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title: most_frequent
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tags: list,beginner
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---
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Returns the most frequent element in a `list`.
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Use `set(list)` to get the unique values in the `list` in combination `max()` to find the element that has the most appearances.
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```py
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def most_frequent(list):
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return max(set(list), key = list.count)
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```
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```py
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numbers = [1,2,1,2,3,2,1,4,2]
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most_frequent(numbers) #2
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``` |