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Re: Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array?

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Agreed, I'm not a huge fan of the solution. John and Robert's are much more straightforward, reusable, and elegant.

You shouldn't have to use a variable called temp_array ... almost ever.
On Sunday, 15 May 2011 at 4:01 pm, 7stud -- wrote:
Thomas Greenwood wrote in post #998795:
> > 
> > A kludge but it does the job.
> 
> After asking for advice on a computer programming forum, the chosen 
> solution should never be a kludge. Rather, the solution should be 
> elegant and inspiring, and you should learn somethin.
> 
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> 

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Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array? Thomas Greenwood <nedpointsman@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 05:01 -0500
  Re: Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array? John Feminella <johnf@bitsbuilder.com> - 2011-05-15 06:49 -0500
  Re: Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-15 13:52 +0200
  Re: Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array? Thomas Greenwood <nedpointsman@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 08:06 -0500
    Re: Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-15 15:37 +0200
    Re: Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array? 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-15 15:01 -0500
      Re: Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array? Adam Prescott <adam@aprescott.com> - 2011-05-15 15:21 -0500
      Re: Counting how many times the same elements occurs in an array? David Jacobs <developer@wit.io> - 2011-05-15 15:33 -0500

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