#NEWLINE# def __init__( self , iterable = None , **kwds ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# "Create a new, empty Counter object.  And if given, count elements\n        from an input iterable.  Or, initialize the count from another mapping\n        of elements to their counts.\n\n        >>> c = Counter()                           # a new, empty counter\n        >>> c = Counter('gallahad')                 # a new counter from an iterable\n        >>> c = Counter({'a': 4, 'b': 2})           # a new counter from a mapping\n        >>> c = Counter(a=4, b=2)                   # a new counter from keyword args\n\n        " #NEWLINE# super ( Counter , self ) . __init__ ( ) #NEWLINE# self . update ( self , ** kwds )