Re: number of switches
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- Subject: [mg47507] Re: [mg47479] number of switches
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:39:10 -0400 (EDT)
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On Apr 14, 2004, at 7:16 AM, fake wrote:
> Consider the lists {1,1,0,1} and {1,1,0,0},{1,0,1,0,1}.
> The first sequence (1101) switches 2 times (#2digit~#3digit,
> #3digit~#4digit}, the second (1100) 1 time, the third 10101 4 times.
>
> I have the following problem.
> Consider a list of binary digits. Which is the easiest way to count the
> number of switches of the list (using Mathematica commands)?
>
I don't know what you consider easy. If you're list is not too long
you can do it recursively
countswitches[{x_}]:=0
countswitches[l_List]:=If[l[[1]]!
=l[[2]],1+countswitches[Rest[l]],countswitches[Rest[l]]]
If you're worried about recursing too deeply do it iteratively
countswitches[l_List]:=Module[{acc=0},Do[If[l[[i]]!
=l[[i+1]],acc++],{i,Length[l]-1}];acc]
Regards,
Ssezi
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