Re^2: Retrieving data with largest count

Many thanks for the advice so far. Much appreciated. In answer to your question, if two items have the same count, choosing an item at random is fine.

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Re^3: Retrieving data with largest count by GrandFather (Saint) on Jun 04, 2009 at 20:27 UTC
"choosing an item at random is fine" and also the hardest option. All candidates in a group have to be retained until processing the input data is complete, then all groups have to be checked for multiple candidate items and a random item selected. If either 'first' or 'last' is also fine then either of those is easier to implement. True laziness is hard work	[reply]