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Minor code and comment cleanup #16315

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Put less code in the try block
rhettinger Sep 20, 2019
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Document another property of the default method
rhettinger Sep 20, 2019
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Lib/statistics.py
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Expand Up @@ -555,8 +555,9 @@ def mode(data):

"""
data = iter(data)
pairs = Counter(data).most_common(1)
try:
return Counter(data).most_common(1)[0][0]
return pairs[0][0]
except IndexError:
raise StatisticsError('no mode for empty data') from None

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# mean=0.300. Only the latter (which corresponds with R6) gives the
# desired cut point with 30% of the population falling below that
# value, making it comparable to a result from an inv_cdf() function.
# The R6 exclusive method is also idempotent.

# For describing population data where the end points are known to
# be included in the data, the R7 inclusive method is a reasonable
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