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Is there a simple way to determine the run length of elements in a list that satisfy a pattern?

For example, consider the following list:

digit={0.2,0.9,0.6,0.6,0.7,0.4,0.3,0.2}

The second element (0.9) through to the fifth element (0.7) are all greater than 0.5.

Is there a function to compute such run lengths? When I input the list(digit), it would tell me how many adjacent elements in this list are greater than 0.5?

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    $\begingroup$ What should be the result if there are two such subsequences, for example digit = {0.2, 0.6, 0.6, 0.1, 0.7, 0.7, 0.7, 0.1}? $\endgroup$
    – Domen
    Sep 21, 2022 at 8:04

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digit = {0.2, 0.9, 0.6, 0.6, 0.7, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2};

SequenceSplit[digit, {_?(# <= 0.5 &)}]

{{0.9, 0.6, 0.6, 0.7}}

This example is quite small. Consider:

SeedRandom[4];
alist = Round[RandomReal[{1, 0}, 50], 0.1]

{0.7, 0.4, 0.4, 0.9, 0.2, 0.3, 0.9, 0.6, 0.1, 0.7, 0.2, 0.8, 0.1,
0.8, 0.3, 0.6, 0.8, 0.7, 0.4, 0.6, 0.5, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.3, 0.2,
0.6, 0.3, 0.9, 0., 0.9, 0.3, 0.7, 0.6, 0.2, 0.5, 0.9, 0.6, 0.8, 0.5,
0.9, 0.7, 0.1, 0.7, 1., 0.8, 0.5, 0.7, 0.1}

SequenceSplit[alist, {_?(# <= 0.5 &)}]

Another solution is possible using SequenceCases:

SequenceCases[alist, { __?(# > 0.5 &)}]

If you have difficulty counting the length of sublists in the result below, please let me know.


Result

{{0.7}, {0.9}, {0.9, 0.6}, {0.7}, {0.8}, {0.8}, {0.6, 0.8, 0.7}, {0.6}, {0.6}, {0.9}, {0.9}, {0.7, 0.6}, {0.9, 0.6, 0.8}, {0.9, 0.7}, {0.7, 1., 0.8}, {0.7}}


For further study:

Visualizing runs of two or more items that match the pattern, along with their lengths:

SequenceReplace[alist, 
 k : { Repeated[_, {2, ∞}]?(# > 0.5 &)} :>
  {
   Style[Framed[Length@k], Red], 
   Style[Framed[k, Background -> Lighter@Lighter@Yellow]]
   }
 ]

enter image description here

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Complementary answer:

SeedRandom[4];
alist = Round[RandomReal[{1, 0}, 50], 0.1]

Then

res = {}
Table[If[alist[[i]] >= 0.5, AppendTo[res, {i, alist[[i]]}], Nothing], {i, 1, Length[alist]}];

yields, for example,

{{1, 0.7}, {4, 0.9}, {7, 0.9}, {8, 0.6}, {10, 0.7}, ...}
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  • $\begingroup$ From that, you can build functions such as counters, etc. $\endgroup$
    – Valacar
    Sep 21, 2022 at 8:40

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