Re: Pattern problem: How to count from a long list of numbers all
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- Subject: [mg87439] Re: Pattern problem: How to count from a long list of numbers all
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:16:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Nasser,
ReplaceList does not quit what you want, but you can fix it up:
Length@ReplaceList[x,{___,3,3,___}->0]
hope this helps, Daniel
Nasser Abbasi wrote:
> Hello;
>
> I think using Pattern is my weakest point in Mathematica.
>
> I have this list, say this: (it is all a list of integers, no real numbers).
>
> x = {1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3}
>
> And I want to count how many say a 3 followed immediately by 3. So in the
> above list, there will be 4 such occurrences. And if I want to count how
> many 1 followed by a 3, there will be 2 such cases, etc...
>
> I tried Count[] but I do not know how to set the pattern for "3 followed by
> a comma followed by 3" or just "3 followed immediately by 3".
>
> I tried few things, such as the following
>
> In[68]:= Count[x, {3, 3}_]
> Out[68]= 0
>
> Also tried Cases, but again, I am not to good with Patterns, so not sure how
> to set this up at this moment.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Nasser
> I really need to sit down and study Patterns in Mathematica really well one
> day :)
>
>