On Dec 14, 12:07 pm, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 14, 2007 10:54 AM, nirvana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I need to count the number of continous character occurances(more than > > 1) in a file, and replace it with a compressed version, like below > > XYZAAAAAAAADEFAAcdAA --> XYZ8ADEF2Acd2A > > This sounds like homework. Google for run length encoding for > algorithms, or check your textbook.
nah, not homework... :). And yeah got it. And thanks for its name (RLE), that saved a lot of googles.... Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
