from collections import Counter def sock_merchant(colors: list[int]) -> int: """ >>> sock_merchant([10, 20, 20, 10, 10, 30, 50, 10, 20]) 3 >>> sock_merchant([1, 1, 3, 3]) 2 """ return sum(socks_by_color // 2 for socks_by_color in Counter(colors).values()) if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod() colors = [int(x) for x in input("Enter socks by color :").rstrip().split()] print(f"sock_merchant({colors}) = {sock_merchant(colors)}")