Return Total of a Given Repeated Number in a List

[Mike Kerner]

i LOVE all of these solutions.
chunking is so great.
in every language i use, there are two things i always implement:
* chunking
* quicken date shortcuts

On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 2:56 AM Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Another way to do it is this:
>
> function countOccurrences pString
>    repeat for each item tItem in pString
>       add 1 to tFrequencyArray[tItem]
>    end repeat
>
>    return tFrequencyArray
> end countOccurrences
>
> To get the number of 2’s, just extract tFrequencyArray[2] etc.
> The advantage is that you get a frequency list (array) of ALL the items in
> one go.
>
> The bonus advantage is that you also get a list of unique values, by
> getting the keys of tFrequencyArray.
> So it also serves as a duplicate-clearing function, which is sometimes
> handy.
>
> /Andreas
>
>
> > 24 maj 2024 kl. 07:08 skrev Roger Guay via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> >
> > Very clever, Mike. I never thought to use itemDelimiter this way. I’ll
> have to play with this.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >> On May 23, 2024, at 7:37 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> just spitballing:
> >> let's call our containers "tSearchingFor" and "tSearchString"
> >>
> >> *set* the itemDelimiter to comma & tSearchString & comma
> >>
> >> *put* the number of items in tSearchingFor - 1 into tNum
> >>
> >> *if* tSearchString begins with tSearchingFor & comma *then* *add* 1 to
> tNum
> >>
> >> *if* tSearchString ends with comma & tSearchingFor *then* *add* 1 to
> tNum
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 10:08 PM Roger Guay via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Please, what’s the easiest way to return the total number of a given
> >>> repeated number in a list of numbers? IOW, how many times is 2
> repeated in
> >>> a list containing 1,2,3,2,4,2,5,2,8 etc. Appreciate your help.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Roger
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."