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Tally

Tally[list]
tallies the elements in list, listing all distinct elements together with their multiplicities.

Tally[list, test]
uses test to determine whether pairs of elements should be considered equivalent, and gives a list of the first representatives of each equivalence class, together with their multiplicities.

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Tally[list] lists distinct elements in the order they appear in list.

Tally[list] is equivalent to Tally[list, SameQ].

EXAMPLES

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Basic Examples (2)

Obtain tallies for a list of symbols:

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Use test argument to count expressions with the same Head:

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Scope (3)

Applications (1)

Properties & Relations (3)

SEE ALSO

BinCounts Count Union Commonest Median Mean Sort SortBy Split ListPlot

TUTORIALS

Integer and Number Theoretic Functions

Testing and Searching List Elements

Finding Expressions That Match a Pattern

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