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class Array

  # In Statistics. mode is the value that occurs most frequently
  # in a given set of data. This method returns an array in case
  # there is a tie.
  #
  #   [:a, :b, :c, :b, :d].mode  #=> [:b]
  #   [:a, :b, :c, :b, :a].mode  #=> [:a, :b]
  #
  # Returns an Array of most common elements.
  #
  # @author Robert Klemme

  def mode
    max = 0
    c = Hash.new 0
    each {|x| cc = c[x] += 1; max = cc if cc > max}
    c.select {|k,v| v == max}.map {|k,v| k}
  end

end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 2 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-glimmer-3.2.0	lib/core/facets/array/mode.rb
facets-3.1.0	lib/core/facets/array/mode.rb