[python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array

2010-12-22 Thread otrov
Hi, I failed in my first idea to solve this problem with matlab/octave, as I just started using this tools for data manipulation, and then thought to try python as more feature rich descriptive language and post this problem to python group I'm subscribed already Let's consider this simple

Re: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array

2010-12-22 Thread otrov
1. Start with the first element (call it L) 2. Scan downwind for an matching element (call it R) 3. Compare L+1 and R+1 until you find a mismatch -- that's the current largest match. 4. Repeat from 2 to see if you can find a longer match. Actually, step 4. Repeat from 2..., can be further

Re: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array

2010-12-22 Thread Tim Roberts
otrov wrote: 1. Start with the first element (call it L) 2. Scan downwind for an matching element (call it R) 3. Compare L+1 and R+1 until you find a mismatch -- that's the current largest match. 4. Repeat from 2 to see if you can find a longer match. Actually, step 4. Repeat from 2..., can

Re: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array

2010-12-22 Thread Aahz
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010, Mike Diehn wrote: I'm a unix guy. That's what we call a sort-uniq operation, after the pipeline we'd use: sort datafile | uniq uniq-lines.txt. So I google that with python and Side note: these days if you're using GNU utilities (i.e. you're on Linux or CygWin),