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NAME
count - count elements of list or matrix satisfying a stated condition
SYNOPSIS
count(x, y)
TYPES
x list or matrix
y string
return integer
DESCRIPTION
For count(x, y), y is to be the name of a user-defined function;
count(x,y) then returns the number of elements of x for which y
tests as "true".
EXAMPLE
; define f(a) = (a < 5)
; A = list(1,2,7,6,4,8)
; count(A, "f")
3
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
none
SEE ALSO
select, modify
## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll
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## @(#) $Id: count,v 29.3 2006/05/07 07:25:46 chongo Exp $
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