Top k most frequent in Python
Python interview exercise on Dicts & Sets, difficulty 3 of 3. Solve it in the editor beside a worked example, or cold in Interview mode with the example hidden; the tests run the moment you do.
Write top_k_frequent(words, k) that returns the k most frequent words, most frequent first, with ties broken alphabetically. Counter.most_common breaks ties by first appearance, so it is not enough on its own.
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