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import statistics

def mode(input_list): # Defining function "mode."

"""This function returns the mode(Mode as in the measures of

central tendency) of the input data.

The input list may contain any Datastructure or any Datatype.

>>> input_list = [2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2]

>>> mode(input_list)

>>> input_list = [2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2]

>>> mode(input_list) == statistics.mode(input_list)

True

"""

# Copying input_list to check with the index number later.

check_list = input_list.copy()

result = list() # Empty list to store the counts of elements in input_list

for x in input_list:

result.append(input_list.count(x))

input_list.remove(x)

y = max(result) # Gets the maximum value in the result list.

# Returns the value with the maximum number of repetitions.

return check_list[result.index(y)]

if __name__ == "__main__":

data = [2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2]

print(mode(data))

print(statistics.mode(data))

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