d'oh! On 12 mar, 07:58, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 12, 10:29 pm, Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hey Larry, > > > that one is fairly easy: > > > >>> from array import array > > >>> array('i', [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2]) > > >>> def count(x, arr): > > > cpt = 0 # declare a counter variable > > for el in arr: # for each element in the array > > if el == x: # when it is equal to the 'x' value > > cpt+=1 # increment the counter variable by one > > return cpt # return the counter after the loop>>> count(1,a) > > > 2 > > Hey Bernard, you have just laboriously reinvented the count method: > > > > >>> from array import array > >>> a = array('i', [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2]) > >>> a.count(1) > 2 > > which Larry has already said doesn't do the job -- the job is to > create a histogram!!
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