Thread Subject: Counting elements in a matrix

Hi all,
 I would like to know whether it is possible to list all the elements in an arbitrary matrix and the number of times they appear. For example if my matrix is
[ 1,2,3; 3,4,5; 5,6,7]
the program should list as follows
element no of appearances
    1 1
    2 1
    3 2
    4 1
    5 2
    6 1
    7 1.

I would much appreciate if anyone can help regarding this.

Thanks in advance

"Raghavasimhan Thirunarayanan" <kingmakerbull@rediffmail.com> wrote in message <gndr1j$6th$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hi all,
> I would like to know whether it is possible to list all the elements in an arbitrary matrix and the number of times they appear. For example if my matrix is
> [ 1,2,3; 3,4,5; 5,6,7]
> the program should list as follows
> element no of appearances
> 1 1
> 2 1
> 3 2
> 4 1
> 5 2
> 6 1
> 7 1.
>
> I would much appreciate if anyone can help regarding this.
>
> Thanks in advance

This problem comes now and then. See this thread:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/239462#611824

Bruno

On Feb 17, 9:04=A0am, "Raghavasimhan Thirunarayanan"
<kingmakerb...@rediffmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> =A0I would like to know whether it is possible to list all the elements i=
n an arbitrary matrix and the number of times they appear. For example if m=
y matrix is
> [ 1,2,3; 3,4,5; 5,6,7]
> the program should list as follows
> element =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 no of appearances
> =A0 =A0 1 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A01
> =A0 =A0 2 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A01
> =A0 =A0 3 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A02
> =A0 =A0 4 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A01
> =A0 =A0 5 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A02
> =A0 =A0 6 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A01
> =A0 =A0 7 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A01.
>
> I would much appreciate if anyone can help regarding this.
>
> Thanks in advance

If m is your matrix then hist(m(:))

"Raghavasimhan Thirunarayanan" <kingmakerbull@rediffmail.com> wrote in message <gndr1j$6th$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> ........
> I would like to know whether it is possible to list all the elements in an arbitrary matrix and the number of times they appear.
> ........

  Raghavasimhan, from Bruno's reference I call your attention to advice I gave there about a similar problem: "... use the third output argument of 'unique' in the 'accumarray' function rather than doing 'histc'. This has the advantage of requiring only one sort operation altogether."

Roger Stafford