Compressing a text file using count of continous characters

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 XYZDEFAAcdAA --> XYZ8ADEF2Acd2A Thanks Sumod -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Compressing a text file using count of continous characters

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 vers