🐍 Program 137: Count Equal Values

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🐍 Program 137: Count Equal Values

📌 Description

Create a function that takes three integer arguments (a, b, c) and returns the amount of integers which are of equal value.

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💡 Code Example

def equal(a, b, c):
    # Create a set from the three numbers to count unique values
    unique_values = {a, b, c}
    
    # If there is one unique value, return 3 (all are equal)
    if len(unique_values) == 1:
        return 3
    # If there are two unique values, return 2 (two are equal)
    elif len(unique_values) == 2:
        return 2
    # If there are three unique values, return 0 (none are equal)
    else:
        return 0

# Examples
print(equal(3, 4, 3))  # ➞ 2
print(equal(1, 1, 1))  # ➞ 3
print(equal(3, 4, 1))  # ➞ 0

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✅ Output

2
3
0

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🧠 Explanation

• The function uses a set to count the number of unique values.
• Based on the size of the set:
  • If there's one unique value, all numbers are equal (return 3).
  • If there are two unique values, two numbers are equal (return 2).
  • If there are three unique values, no numbers are equal (return 0).