collections

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collections is a Python standard library module that provides specialized container datatypes such as namedtuple, deque, Counter, and OrderedDict to supplement the built-in container types.

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instanceOf Python standard library module ⓘ
availableIn Python 2 ⓘ
linked to: Python 2.0

Python 3 ⓘ
linked to: Python 3.x
category container datatypes module ⓘ
containsClass ChainMap ⓘ
Counter ⓘ
OrderedDict ⓘ
UserDict ⓘ
UserList ⓘ
UserString ⓘ
defaultdict ⓘ
deque ⓘ
containsFunction namedtuple ⓘ
somenamedtuple (deprecated alias) ⓘ
designGoal provide alternatives to general-purpose built-in containers ⓘ
documentationURL https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html ⓘ
includesSubmodule collections.abc ⓘ
introducedIn Python 2.4 ⓘ
linked to: Python 2.0
locatedIn Lib/collections/__init__.py ⓘ
moduleName collections ⓘ
partOf Python standard library ⓘ
programmingLanguage Python ⓘ
provides ChainMap ⓘ
Counter ⓘ
OrderedDict ⓘ
UserDict ⓘ
UserList ⓘ
UserString ⓘ
abc ⓘ
defaultdict ⓘ
deque ⓘ
namedtuple ⓘ
purpose provide specialized container datatypes ⓘ
relatedTo functools ⓘ
itertools ⓘ
typing ⓘ
supplements built-in container types ⓘ
supports abstract base classes for containers ⓘ
usedFor counting hashable objects ⓘ
creating dict-like objects via inheritance ⓘ
creating lightweight object types ⓘ
creating list-like objects via inheritance ⓘ
creating string-like objects via inheritance ⓘ
efficient queue implementations ⓘ
grouping multiple mappings ⓘ
ordered mappings (pre Python 3.7 dict semantics) ⓘ

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