Display number of occurrences for every character in an input string

Question

The code should take a string as input from keyboard:

The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair.

The output should be like this(not sorted in any particular order):

  :  15
. :  1
T :  1
a :  10
c :  1
e :  8
d :  4
g :  3
f :  2
i :  10
h :  3
m :  1
o :  4
n :  10
q :  1
p :  3
s :  5
r :  2
u :  1
t :  6
y :  1
x :  1

All ASCII characters count unicode is not a requirement, spaces, quotes,etc and input should come from keyboard / not constants, attributes, output should be printed with new line after each character like in the above example, it should not be returned as string or dumped as hashmap/dictionary etc, so x : 1 and x: 1 are ok, but {'x':1,... and x:1 are not.

Q: Function or complete program taking stdin and writing stdout?
A: Code needs to be a program taking input using standard in and display the result via standard out.

Scoreboard:

Shortest overall: 5 bytes

Shortest overall: 7 bytes

Answer 1

PHP - 68 (or 39) bytes

<?foreach(count_chars(fgets(STDIN),1)as$k=>$v)echo chr($k)." : $v
";

Output for the example text:

  : 15
. : 1
T : 1
a : 10
c : 1
d : 4
e : 8
f : 2
g : 3
h : 3
i : 10
m : 1
n : 10
o : 4
p : 3
q : 1
r : 2
s : 5
t : 6
u : 1
x : 1
y : 1

If the exact output is not required, this would work for 39 bytes:

<?print_r(count_chars(fgets(STDIN),1));

Sample output:

Array
(
    [32] => 15
    [46] => 1
    [84] => 1
    [97] => 10
    [99] => 1
    [100] => 4
    [101] => 8
    [102] => 2
    [103] => 3
    [104] => 3
    [105] => 10
    [109] => 1
    [110] => 10
    [111] => 4
    [112] => 3
    [113] => 1
    [114] => 2
    [115] => 5
    [116] => 6
    [117] => 1
    [120] => 1
    [121] => 1
)

where each numerical index refers the ordinal value of the character it represents.

I suspect very strongly that using an in-built function that does exactly what the problem states will soon be disallowed.

Answer 2

k (8 7)

#:'=0:0

Example

k)#:'=:0:0
The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair.
T| 1
h| 3
e| 8
 | 15
d| 4
f| 2
i| 10
n| 10
t| 6
o| 4
s| 5
a| 10
y| 1
q| 1
u| 1
g| 3
m| 1
p| 3
r| 2
x| 1
c| 1
.| 1

edit: Down to seven, H/T Aaron Davies

Explanation

Take a String from keyboard :

k)0:0
text
"text"

Group the distinct elements and return a map containing key as distinct characters and values are the indices where the distinct elements occur.

k)=0:0
text
t| 0 3
e| ,1
x| ,2

Now count values of each entry in the map.

k)#:'=0:0
text
t| 2
e| 1
x| 1

Answer 3

GNU core utils - 29 22 20 chars (53 with formatting)

Wumpus's improvement (20 chars):

fold -1|sort|uniq -c

Firefly's improvement (22 chars):

grep -o .|sort|uniq -c

joeytwiddle's original (29 chars):

sed 's+.+\0\n+g'|sort|uniq -c

Originally I used sed to simply add a newline after each character. Firefly improved on that with grep -o ., since -o displays every matched pattern on its own line. Wumpus pointed out a further improvement using fold -1 instead. Nice work!

uniq does the real work, although it only applies to sorted lists.

Note that the output format does not exactly match the example in the question. That requires a final run through sed to swap the arguments. (Waiting on an answer to Jan Dvorak's question to see if this is required...)

Reformatting with sed is "only" another 33 characters! (Total 53)

|sed 's/ *\(.*\) \(.\)/\2 :  \1/'

Awk can almost do the job whilst adding only 25 chars, but it hides the first space. Silly awk!

|awk '{print $2" :  "$1}'

I wonder if improvements can be made in the reformatting stage...

Answer 4

Perl 6: 21 chars

.say for get.comb.Bag

(REPL)
> .say for get.comb.Bag
The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair.
"T" => 1
"h" => 3
"e" => 8
" " => 15
"d" => 4
"f" => 2
"i" => 10
"n" => 10
"t" => 6
"o" => 4
"s" => 5
"a" => 10
"y" => 1
"q" => 1
"u" => 1
"g" => 3
"m" => 1
"p" => 3
"r" => 2
"x" => 1
"c" => 1
"." => 1

Answer 5

Ruby 1.9.3: 53 characters

(Based on @shiva's and @daneiro's comments.)

gets.split("").uniq.map{|x|puts x+" : #{$_.count x}"}

Sample run:

bash-4.1$ ruby -e 'a=gets;a.split("").uniq.map{|x|puts"#{x} : #{a.count x}"}' <<< 'Hello world'
H : 1
e : 1
l : 3
o : 2
  : 1
w : 1
r : 1
d : 1

 : 1

Ruby: 44 characters

Not respecting the output format:

s=Hash.new 0;gets.chars{|c|s[c]+=1};pp s

Sample run:

bash-4.1$ ruby -rpp -e 's=Hash.new 0;gets.chars{|c|s[c]+=1};pp s' <<< 'Hello, world!'
{"H"=>1,
 "e"=>1,
 "l"=>3,
 "o"=>2,
 ","=>1,
 " "=>1,
 "w"=>1,
 "r"=>1,
 "d"=>1,
 "!"=>1,
 "\n"=>1}

Answer 6

Python 3: 76 characters

76

import collections as c
for x,y in c.Counter(input()).items():print(x,':',y)

44

(print same characters many times, see Wasi's answer for a valid version)

a=input()
for x in a:print(x,':',a.count(x))

Answer 7

APL (15)

M,⍪+⌿Z∘.=M←∪Z←⍞

If you really need the :, it's 19 (but there's others who aren't including it):

M,':',⍪+⌿Z∘.=M←∪Z←⍞

Output:

      M,⍪+⌿Z∘.=M←∪Z←⍞
The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair. 
T  1
h  3
e  8
  16
d  4
f  2
i 10
n 10
t  6
o  4
s  5
a 10
y  1
q  1
u  1
g  3
m  1
p  3
r  2
x  1
c  1
.  1

Answer 8

R, 30 characters

table(strsplit(readline(),""))

Example usage:

> table(strsplit(readline(),""))
The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair.

    .  a  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  m  n  o  p  q  r  s  t  T  u  x  y 
15  1 10  1  4  8  2  3  3 10  1 10  4  3  1  2  5  6  1  1  1  1 

Answer 9

Perl 5, 54 characters

map{$h{$_}++}split//,<>;print"$_ : $h{$_}\n"for keys%h

Answer 10

JavaScript

1. 66 53 bytes:

   prompt(a={}).replace(/./g,function(c){a[c]=-~a[c]}),a
   

2. 69 56 bytes:

   b=prompt(a={});for(i=b.length;i--;){a[b[i]]=-~a[b[i]]};a
   

3. 78 65 bytes:

   prompt().split('').reduce(function(a,b){return a[b]=-~a[b],a},{})
   

N.B.: In all cases deleted number of bytes refer to extra console.log() call which is pointless if run in the console. Big thanks to @imma for the great catch with -~a[b] and prompt(a={}). This definitely saved some more bytes.

Answer 11

Python 2, correctly (58)

s=raw_input()
for l in set(s):print l+" : "+str(s.count(l))

Output:

python count.py
The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair.
  : 15
. : 1
T : 1
a : 10
c : 1
e : 8
d : 4
g : 3
f : 2
i : 10
h : 3
m : 1
o : 4
n : 10
q : 1
p : 3
s : 5
r : 2
u : 1
t : 6
y : 1
x : 1

Python 2, cheetah style (41)

s=input()
print {l:s.count(l) for l in s}

Output:

python count.py
"The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair."
{' ': 15, '.': 1, 'T': 1, 'a': 10, 'c': 1, 'e': 8, 'd': 4, 'g': 3, 'f': 2, 'i': 10, 'h': 3, 'm': 1, 'o': 4, 'n': 10, 'q': 1, 'p': 3, 's': 5, 'r': 2, 'u': 1, 't': 6, 'y': 1, 'x': 1}

Answer 12

Mathematica, 61 bytes

Map[{#[[1]], Length@#} &, Gather@Characters[Input[]]] // TableForm

It then pops up this dialog box,

and for the sample sentence, produces as output

Answer 13

JavaScript (69 68 characters):

Expects s to hold the string.

_={};for(x in s)_[a=s[x]]=-~_[a];for(x in _)console.log(x+': '+_[x])

This follows the new rules perfectly.

Note: This presumes a clean environment, with no custom properties on any standard object prototypes.

Edit: 1 character less!

Console output:

T: 1
h: 3
e: 8
 : 15
d: 4
f: 2
i: 10
n: 10
t: 6
o: 4
s: 5
a: 10
y: 1
q: 1
u: 1
g: 3
m: 1
p: 3
r: 2
x: 1
c: 1
.: 1

---

Old answer (44 characters):

r={};[].map.call(s,function(e){r[e]=-~r[e]})

This was valid before the rules changed.

r contains the output.

Answer 14

python 3, 49

Stealing idea from evuez

t=input()
for i in set(t):print(i,':',t.count(i))

input:

The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair.

output:

  :  15
. :  1
T :  1
a :  10
c :  1
e :  8
d :  4
g :  3
f :  2
i :  10
h :  3
m :  1
o :  4
n :  10
q :  1
p :  3
s :  5
r :  2
u :  1
t :  6
y :  1
x :  1

Answer 15

APL (Dyalog Unicode), 5 bytes^SBCS

Full program body. Prompts for a string from STDIN and prints newline separated table to STDOUT. Leftmost column is the input characters, and counts are right-aligned with the largest number separated from its character by a single space.

,∘≢⌸⍞

Try it online!

⍞ prompt for text input from STDIN

⌸ create a keys' table consisting of
 , the unique element followed
 ∘ by
 ≢ the tally of the indices of its occurrence (i.e how many times it occurs)

Answer 16

Haskell, 93

import Data.List
main=getLine>>=mapM(\s->putStrLn$[head s]++" : "++show(length s)).group.sort

Answer 17

PowerShell (49)

[char[]](read-host)|group|%{$_.Name+":"+$_.Count}

Answer 18

C# (178 220 chars)

Based on @Spongeman's comment I changed it up a bit:

using C=System.Console;using System.Linq;class P{static void Main()
{C.WriteLine(string.Join("\n",C.ReadLine().GroupBy(x=>x)
.OrderBy(x=>x.Key).Select(g=>g.Key+":"+g.Count())));}}

---

Line breaks added for readability, my first feeble attempt at code golf! :)

class P {static void Main(){var d=new Dictionary<char,int>();
Console.ReadLine().ToList().ForEach(x=>{ if(d.ContainsKey(x))
{d[x]++;}else{d.Add(x,1);}});Console.WriteLine(string
.Join("\n",d.Keys.Select(x=>x+":" +d[x])));}}

Answer 19

Sclipting, 19 characters

梴要⓶銻꾠⓷❸虛變梴❶⓺減負겠⓸⓸終丟

Output

T:1
h:3
e:8
 :15
d:4
f:2
i:10
n:10
t:6
o:4
s:5
a:10
y:1
q:1
u:1
g:3
m:1
p:3
r:2
x:1
c:1
.:1

If you want the spaces around the :, change 꾠 to 긃똠, making it 20 characters.

Explanation

Get length of input string.
梴
Stack is now [ input, length ]
While {
要
    Get first character of string and push ":"
    ⓶銻꾠
    Stack is now [ length, input, firstchar, ":" ]
    Replace all occurrences of that character with empty string
    ⓷❸虛變
    Stack is now [ length, firstchar, ":", reducedinput ]
    Get the length of that, calculate difference to previous length, push "\n"
    梴❶⓺減負겠
    Stack is now [ firstchar, ":", reducedinput, newlength, diff, "\n" ]
    Move the input string and length back up, leaving output below it
    ⓸⓸
    Stack is now [ firstchar, ":", diff, "\n", reducedinput, newlength ]
                   `------------------------'                `-------'
                   Every iteration of the               The length provides
                   While loop generates                 the While loop's
                   a bit like this                      terminating condition
} End While
終
Discard the length which is now 0
丟

Answer 20

F# (66 59 49, 72 with prescribed formattting)

let f s=s|>Seq.countBy(id)|>Seq.iter(printfn"%A")

Output:

> f The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair.
(' ', 15)
('.', 1)
('T', 1)
('a', 10)
('c', 1)
('d', 4)
('e', 8)
('f', 2)
('g', 3)
('h', 3)
('i', 10)
('m', 1)
('n', 10)
('o', 4)
('p', 3)
('q', 1)
('r', 2)
('s', 5)
('t', 6)
('u', 1)
('x', 1)
('y', 1)

With the prescribed formatting, it becomes:

let f s=s|>Seq.countBy(id)|>Seq.iter(fun(a,b)->printfn"\"%c\" :  %d"a b)

Answer 21

Mathematica, 34 29 bytes

Not sure why the other Mathematica answer is so complicated... ;)

Grid@Tally@Characters@Input[]

Answer 22

Bash (20 15 characters)

 ptx -S.|uniq -c
 10                                        a
  1                                        c
  4                                        d
  8                                        e
  2                                        f
  3                                        g
  3                                        h
 10                                        i
  1                                        m
 10                                        n
  4                                        o
  3                                        p
  1                                        q
  2                                        r
  5                                        s
  6                                        t
  1                                        T
  1                                        u
  1                                        x
  1                                        y

ASCII encoding now supported

Bash (23 characters):

xxd -p -c1|sort|uniq -c

  1 0a
 15 20
  1 2e
  1 54
 10 61
  1 63
  4 64
  8 65
  2 66
  3 67
  3 68
 10 69
  1 6d
 10 6e
  4 6f
  3 70
  1 71
  2 72
  5 73
  6 74
  1 75
  1 78
  1 79

ASCII formatting not supported

Answer 23

Java 8, 273 253 249 246 239 200 bytes

interface I{static void main(String[]a){int m[]=new int[999],i=0;for(int c:new java.util.Scanner(System.in).nextLine().getBytes())m[c]++;for(;++i<999;)if(m[i]>0)System.out.printf("%c: %d%n",i,m[i]);}}

-24 bytes thanks to @Poke.
-7 bytes thanks to @OlivierGrégoire.

Explanation:

Try it here.

interface I{                        // Class
  static void main(String[]a){      //  Mandatory main-method
    int m[]=new int[999],           //  Integer-array to count the occurrences
        i=0;                        //  Index-integer, starting at 0
    for(int c:new java.util.Scanner(System.in).nextLine().getBytes())
                                    //   Loop over the input as bytes:
      m[c]++;                       //    Increase the occurrence-counter of the char by 1
    for(;++i<999;)                  //   Loop over the array:
      if(m[i]>0)                    //    If the current character occurred at least once:
        System.out.print("%c: %d%n",//     Print with proper formatting:
         i,                         //      The character
         m[i]);}}                   //      and the occurrence-count

Answer 24

JavaScript, 44 37 bytes

s=>[...s].map(x=>o[x]=-~o[x],o={})&&o

---

Try it

o.innerText=JSON.stringify((f=
s=>[...s].map(x=>o[x]=-~o[x],o={})&&o
)(i.value="The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair."));oninput=_=>o.innerText=JSON.stringify(f(i.value))

<input id=i><pre id=o></pre>

Answer 25

Powershell, 63

$a=@{};[char[]](read-host)|%{$a[$_]++};$a.Keys|%{"$_ :"+$a[$_]}

Answer 26

Windows Command Script - 72 Bytes

set/p.=
:a
set/a\%.:~,1%=\%.:~,1%+1
set.=%.:~1%
%.%goto:b
goto:a
:b
set\

Outputs:

\=15 (space)
\.=1
\a=10
\c=1
\d=4
\e=8
\f=2
\g=3
\h=3
\i=10
\m=1
\n=10
\o=4
\p=3
\q=1
\r=2
\s=5
\T=7
\u=1
\x=1
\y=1

Answer 27

J, 23 chars

(~.;"0+/@|:@=)/:~1!:1]1

Slightly different output format (line 2 is stdin):

   (~.;"0+/@|:@=)/:~1!:1]1
Mississippi
┌─┬─┐
│M│1│
├─┼─┤
│i│4│
├─┼─┤
│p│2│
├─┼─┤
│s│4│
└─┴─┘

Answer 28

J, 22 characters

(~.;"0+/@(=/~.))1!:1]1

Example:

   (~.;"0+/@(=/~.))1!:1]1
The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair.
+-+--+
|T|1 |
+-+--+
|h|3 |
+-+--+
|e|8 |
+-+--+
| |15|
+-+--+
|d|4 |
+-+--+
|f|2 |
+-+--+
|i|10|
+-+--+
|n|10|
+-+--+
|t|6 |
+-+--+
|o|4 |
+-+--+
|s|5 |
+-+--+
|a|10|
+-+--+
|y|1 |
+-+--+
|q|1 |
+-+--+
|u|1 |
+-+--+
|g|3 |
+-+--+
|m|1 |
+-+--+
|p|3 |
+-+--+
|r|2 |
+-+--+
|x|1 |
+-+--+
|c|1 |
+-+--+
|.|1 |
+-+--+

Answer 29

C#

string str = Console.ReadLine(); // Get Input From User Here
char chr;
for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
{
    chr = (char)i; // Use The Integer Index As ASCII Char Value --> Convert To Char
    if (str.IndexOf(chr) != -1) // If The Current Char Exists In The Input String
    {
        Console.WriteLine(chr + " : " + str.Count(x => x == chr)); // Count And Display
    }
}
Console.ReadLine(); // Hold The Program Open.

In Our Case, If The Input Will Be "The definition of insanity is quoting the same phrase again and again and not expect despair."

The Output Will Be:

  : 15
. : 1
T : 1
a : 10
c : 1
d : 4
e : 8
f : 2
g : 3
h : 3
i : 10
m : 1
n : 10
o : 4
p : 3
q : 1
r : 2
s : 5
t : 6
u : 1
x : 1
y : 1

Answer 30

C#: 129

This is Avivs answer but shorter:

var s=Console.ReadLine();for(int i=0;i<256;i++){var ch=(char)i;Console.Write(s.Contains(ch)?ch+":"+s.Count(c=>c==ch)+"\r\n":"");}

This is mine:

C#: 103

foreach(var g in Console.ReadLine().OrderBy(o=>o).GroupBy(c=>c))Console.WriteLine(g.Key+":"+g.Count());