Frequency count given a dictionary and list

I am attempting to perform a frequency given a dictionary with a master list containing other dictionaries. Here is my data:

dict = {"costcenters": [{"facid": "A1990", "cc": "postpress", "name": "Factory1"},
                       {"facid": "A1981", "cc": "prepress", "name": "Factory3"},
                       {"facid": "A1990", "cc": "prepress", "name": "Factory1"},
                       {"facid": "A1981", "cc": "prepress", "name": "Factory3"},
                       {"facid": "A1990", "cc": "postpress", "name": "Factory1"},
                       {"facid": "A1990", "cc": "digitalpress", "name": "Factory1"},
                       {"facid": "A7881", "cc": "digitalpress", "name": "Factory2"}]

I want to return the Factory with the most cost centers, so in my abbreviated example here, I would want the for loop to return:

Factory1 - 4 

#reason: Factory1 shows up 4 times, Factory3 shows up 2 and Factory2 once)

I don’t need it broken down any further. I have tried the following but am struggling with accessing a list with dictionaries inside and ultimately the ‘name’ key.

elements_count = {}

for cc in dict:
    if cc in elements_count:
        elements_count[cc] += 1
    else:
        elements_count[cc] = 1

print(max(elements_count))

Nothing prints when I run this, so I don’t have any error messages to share. The simplest solution would be best so that I can understand how to capture frequencies in the future. Thank you! :)

Answer

When I run this I get costcenters.

I think you want to do:

import sys

data = {"costcenters": [{"facid": "A1990", "cc": "postpress", "name": "Factory1"},
                       {"facid": "A1981", "cc": "prepress", "name": "Factory3"},
                       {"facid": "A1990", "cc": "prepress", "name": "Factory1"},
                       {"facid": "A1981", "cc": "prepress", "name": "Factory3"},
                       {"facid": "A1990", "cc": "postpress", "name": "Factory1"},
                       {"facid": "A1990", "cc": "digitalpress", "name": "Factory1"},
                       {"facid": "A7881", "cc": "digitalpress", "name": "Factory2"}]}


elements_count = {}

for cc in data["costcenters"]:
    factory = cc["name"]
    if factory in elements_count:
        elements_count[factory] += 1
    else:
        elements_count[factory] = 1

max_value=0
min_value=sys.maxsize*sys.maxsize
for item in elements_count:
    if elements_count[item] > max_value:
        max_value = elements_count[item]
        factory_max = item
    elif elements_count[item] < min_value:
        min_value = elements_count[item]
        factory_min = item

 
print(f'Maximum Value: {factory_max} - {max_value}')
print(f'Minimum Value: {factory_min} - {min_value}')

Output:

Maximum Value: Factory1 - 4

Minimum Value: Factory2 - 1

This assumes your number of factories is no bigger than sys.maxsize squared (you’re talking many billions here), but obviously this could be changed for the largest realistic number.