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Concise algorithm solution in Speedy category for The Most Wanted Letter by Igor_Sekretarev
from collections import defaultdict
def checkio(text: str) -> str:
count = defaultdict(int)
for ch in text.lower():
if ch.isalpha():
count[ch] += 1
return max(count, key=lambda x: (count[x], -ord(x)))
if __name__ == '__main__':
print("Example:")
print(checkio("Hello World!"))
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert checkio("Hello World!") == "l", "Hello test"
assert checkio("How do you do?") == "o", "O is most wanted"
assert checkio("One") == "e", "All letter only once."
assert checkio("Oops!") == "o", "Don't forget about lower case."
assert checkio("AAaooo!!!!") == "a", "Only letters."
assert checkio("abe") == "a", "The First."
print("Start the long test")
assert checkio("a" * 9000 + "b" * 1000) == "a", "Long."
print("The local tests are done.")
April 26, 2021