Re: Count Function
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- Subject: [mg65524] Re: [mg65501] Count Function
- From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 06:52:24 -0400 (EDT)
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Gregory,
Old Hungarian proverb: "Even the blind hen can find the grain."
Count[xmat[[All,14]],
x_ /; x > 9]
János
P.S. In the BOOK look the first example for Condition.
On Apr 5, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Gregory Lypny wrote:
> Thanks János,
>
> That would be my natural inclination: to combine two functions,
> Length and Select in this case, to get a result that serves as a
> check of whatever I'm able to hammer out directly using something
> like Count.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gregory
>
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2006, at 12:47 PM, János wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 5, 2006, at 6:55 AM, Gregory Lypny wrote:
>>
>>> The syntax will be the death of me.
>>>
>>> Count[X[[All,14]], -9.] will tally how many elements in column 14 of
>>> matrix X are equal to -9, but I can't for the life of me figure out
>>> how to get how many are greater than -9. Any hint would be most
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>
>> Here is a newbie approach:
>>
>> In[1]:=
>> xmat = Table[Table[
>> Random[Integer,
>> {1, 100}], {i, 1, 20}],
>> {j, 1, 30}]
>>
>>
>> In[6]:=
>> Length[Select[xmat[[All,14]],
>> #1 > 9 & ]]
>> Out[6]=
>> 25
>>
>>
>> János
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> Trying to argue with a politician is like lifting up the head of a
>> corpse.
>> (S. Lem: His Master Voice)
>>
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- Count Function
- From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny@videotron.ca>
- Count Function