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Re: Counting number of numbers in a large list between two valus

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  • Subject: [mg114518] Re: Counting number of numbers in a large list between two valus
  • From: Andy <andyr at wolfram.com>
  • Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:13:59 -0500 (EST)

On 12/5/2010 8:57 PM, Lyle wrote:
> tallydata[{x1_, x2_}] := Length[Select[data, x1<= #<= x2&]]
UnitStep can be quite fast and saves you from having to sort.

In[12]:= data = RandomVariate[NormalDistribution[], 20000000];

tallydata2[data_, {x1_, x2_}] :=
  Total[UnitStep[data - x1]*UnitStep[x2 - data]]

tallydata[data_, {x1_, x2_}] := Length[Select[data, x1 <= # <= x2 &]]

tallydata2[data, {2, 3}] // AbsoluteTiming

Out[14]= {1.4374356, 426159}

tallydata[data, {2, 3}] // AbsoluteTiming

Out[15]= {18.2491824, 426159}

Andy Ross
Wolfram Research


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