Re: Howto sum up a list?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg106971] Re: Howto sum up a list?
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:50:50 -0500 (EST)
- References: <hjrf6g$mur$1@smc.vnet.net>
On 2010.01.28. 8:43, 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}
>
One way is
{#[[1, 1]], Total[#[[All, 2]]]} & /@ GatherBy[list, First]