Optimize function similiar to dict.update() but adds common values

[Gregory Piñero]

Yes, that makes sense.  I can't wait to run it tonight.  Sorry I can't
give you the running time of my original function as it never finished
:-(

I'll report back the running time of the new function though, assuming
it finishes ;-)

Thanks again,

-Greg


On 12/14/05, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
> Gregory Piñero wrote:
>
> > Here's a question about your functions.  if I only look at the keys in
> > freq2 then won't I miss any keys that are in freq1 and not in freq2?
>
> No. As I start with a copy of freq1, all keys  of freq1 are already there.
> There is probably a loop involved, but it in Python's underlying C
> implementation, which is a bit faster.
>
> What is left to do is to (1) add key and value for the 20% of freq2 that are
> not in freq1, and to (2) increase the value for the 80% where the key
> occurs in both freq1 and freq2. This is done by the for-loop.
>
> Peter
>
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