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#!/usr/bin/env python3

from collections import Counter


def lucky_integer(*integers):
    """ Given an array of integers, return the lucky integer if found otherwise
    return -1. If there are more than one then return the largest.

        A lucky integer is an integer that has a frequency in the array equal
        to its value.

    >>> lucky_integer(2, 2, 3, 4)
    2
    >>> lucky_integer(1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3)
    3
    >>> lucky_integer(1, 1, 1, 3)
    -1
    """
    counter = Counter(integers)
    try:
        return max(i for i in set(integers) if i == counter[i])
    except ValueError:
        return -1


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest

    doctest.testmod(verbose=True)