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Re: Howto sum up a list?

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• Subject: [mg106939] Re: [mg106913] Howto sum up a list?
• From: Fred Simons <f.h.simons at tue.nl>
• Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:45:03 -0500 (EST)
• References: <201001280743.CAA23521@smc.vnet.net>

Jonas Stein wrote:
> How can i sum up the list:
>
> MyList = {{eggs, 4}, {milk, 1}, {eggs, 1}, {milk, 1}}
>
> I want to get something like: 
>
> {{eggs, 5},{milk, 2}}
>
> I tyied Tally[], but that ignored the factor 4 in {eggs, 4}
>
> Thank you. 
>
>   
In this particular case, with  each sublist consisting of a name and a 
number, the following can be used:

List @@@ List @@ Times @@ Power @@@ MyList

More general is

{#[[1, 1]], Total[#[[All, 2]]]} & /@ SplitBy[Sort[MyList], First]

Kind regards,

Fred Simons
Eindhoven University of Technology

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  • Howto sum up a list?
    • From: Jonas Stein <news@jonasstein.de>