public List <ItemCount> analyze(List <String> list)
{
list.Sort();
List <ItemCount> icList = new List <ItemCount>();
String prev = null;
ItemCount counter = null;
foreach (var s in list)
{
if (s.Equals(prev))
{
// Same item. Just increment the count
counter.increment();
}
else
{
// Item changed. Add previous item count to icList
if (counter != null)
{
icList.Add(counter);
}
counter = new ItemCount(s, 1);
prev = s;
}
}
// The last item has not yet been added to the list
if (counter != null)
{
icList.Add(counter);
}
return(icList);
}
public Dictionary <string, ItemCount> analyzeDict(List <String> list)
{
list.Sort();
Dictionary <string, ItemCount> icList = new Dictionary <string, ItemCount>();
String prev = null;
ItemCount counter = null;
foreach (var s in list)
{
if (s.Equals(prev))
{
// Same item. Just increment the count
counter.increment();
}
else
{
// Item changed. Add previous item count to icList
if (counter != null)
{
icList.Add(s + "_" + counter.getCount().ToString(), counter);
}
counter = new ItemCount(s, 1);
prev = s;
}
}
// The last item has not yet been added to the list
if (counter != null)
{
icList.Add(counter.getItem() + "_" + counter.getCount().ToString(), counter);
}
return(icList);
}
