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Re: Sum elements in a list with conditions

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  • Subject: [mg69846] Re: [mg69828] Sum elements in a list with conditions
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:53:16 -0400 (EDT)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

data={{a1, b1},{a2,b2},{a2,b3},
      {a2,b4},{a3, b5}, {a3, b6}};

The first two methods assume that your data is sorted/clustered by the first element (if not, sort first):

{#[[1,1]],Plus@@#[[All,2]]}&/@
  Split[data,#1[[1]]==#2[[1]]&]

{{a1, b1}, {a2, b2 + b3 + b4}, {a3, b5 + b6}}

data//.{s___,{x_,y_},{x_,z_},r___}:>
    {s,{x,y+z},r}

{{a1, b1}, {a2, b2 + b3 + b4}, {a3, b5 + b6}}

Module[{v=Union[data[[All,1]]]},
  Table[{v[[n]],
      Plus@@Cases[data,x_?(#[[1]]==v[[n]]&):>x[[2]]]},
    {n,Length[v]}]]

{{a1, b1}, {a2, b2 + b3 + b4}, {a3, b5 + b6}}

%==%%==%%%

True


Bob Hanlon

---- Guillermo Sanchez <guillermo.sanchez at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> Dear group
> I have a pair of elements list. The second elements of the list should
> be summed when the first element of the pairs are equals. Example
> 
> Given
> 
> {{a1, b1},{a2,b2},{a2,b3},{a2,b4},{a3, b5}, {a3, b6}}
> 
> the output should be
> 
> {{a1, b1},{a2, b2+b3+b4},{a3, b5+b6}}
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Guillermo
> 


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