On 10/26/2009 4:04 AM, Nils Wagner wrote:
> how can I obtain the multiplicity of an entry in a list
> a = ['abc','def','abc','ghij']
That's a Python question, not a NumPy question.
So comp.lang.python would be a better forum.
But here's a simplest solution::
a = ['abc','def','abc','ghij']
for item in set(a):
print item, a.count(item)
This is horribly inefficient of course.
If you have a big list, if would be *much*
better to use defaultdict:
from collections import defaultdict
myct = defaultdict(int)
for item in a:
myct[item] += 1
print myct.items()
fwiw,
Alan Isaac
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