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Re: list of digits to string

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  • Subject: [mg33774] Re: list of digits to string
  • From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 03:50:22 -0400 (EDT)
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"Murray Eisenberg" <murraye at attbi.com> wrote in message
news:a8rgcs$b3s$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> How do I convert a list of bits, say {0, 1, 1, 0, 0}, to a corresponding
> character string, "01100"?  Just for bits, the expression
>
>   StringJoin[lis /. {0 -> "0", 1 -> "1"}]
>
> does what I want.  But, more generally, how do I do the same with
> arbitrary digits?  The expression similar to the above but for all 9
> digits 0, 1, 2, ..., 9 seems overly long.  Is there an easier way?


Murray,
Initial zeros are a problem. Here are two ways:

    lst= Join[{0},Table[Random[Integer,{0,9}],{10000}]];

    s1=StringDrop[ToString[FromDigits[Prepend[lst,1]]],1];//Timing

        {1.1 Second,Null}

    s2=StringJoin@@ToString/@lst;//Timing

        {2.69 Second,Null}

    s1===s2

    True

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Allan

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