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Problem 38. Return a list sorted by number of occurrences

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Given a vector x, return a vector y of the unique values in x sorted by the number of occurrences in x.
Ties are resolved by a sort from lowest to highest.
So if
x = [1 2 2 2 3 3 7 7 93]
then
y = [2 3 7 1 93]
Solve

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55.67% Correct | 44.33% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Nov 20, 2025

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