Python: Find a string consisting of space-separated characters with given counts

Python Programming Puzzles: Exercise-74 with Solution

Write a Python program to find a string consisting of space-separated characters with given counts.

Input: {'f': 1, 'o': 2}
Output:
f o o

Input: {'a': 1, 'b': 1, 'c': 1}
Output:
a b c

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Sample Solution:

Python Code:

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def test(counts):
     return " ".join(c for c, i in counts.items() for _ in range(i))
strs = {"f": 1, "o": 2}
print("Original string:",strs) 
print("String consisting of space-separated characters with given counts:")
print(test(strs))
strs = {"a": 1, "b": 1, "c":1}
print("\nOriginal string:",strs) 
print("String consisting of space-separated characters with given counts:")
print(test(strs)) 

Sample Output:

Original string: {'f': 1, 'o': 2}
String consisting of space-separated characters with given counts:
f o o

Original string: {'a': 1, 'b': 1, 'c': 1}
String consisting of space-separated characters with given counts:
a b c

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