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I would like to expand a vector of values each by a vector containing the number of each instance. I have come up with the following code which does the job but it seems like this is a common use so I am probably missing something.



valuelist = ["a","b","d","z"]
numberofinstance = [3,5,1,11]

valuevector = String
for i in 1:length(numberofinstance)
append!(valuevector , repeat([valuelist[i]], numberofinstance[i]))
end









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  • I found the function in StatsBase.jl. See my updated answer.

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I would like to expand a vector of values each by a vector containing the number of each instance. I have come up with the following code which does the job but it seems like this is a common use so I am probably missing something.



valuelist = ["a","b","d","z"]
numberofinstance = [3,5,1,11]

valuevector = String
for i in 1:length(numberofinstance)
append!(valuevector , repeat([valuelist[i]], numberofinstance[i]))
end









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  • I found the function in StatsBase.jl. See my updated answer.

    – crstnbr
    Jan 2 at 19:22














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I would like to expand a vector of values each by a vector containing the number of each instance. I have come up with the following code which does the job but it seems like this is a common use so I am probably missing something.



valuelist = ["a","b","d","z"]
numberofinstance = [3,5,1,11]

valuevector = String
for i in 1:length(numberofinstance)
append!(valuevector , repeat([valuelist[i]], numberofinstance[i]))
end









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I would like to expand a vector of values each by a vector containing the number of each instance. I have come up with the following code which does the job but it seems like this is a common use so I am probably missing something.



valuelist = ["a","b","d","z"]
numberofinstance = [3,5,1,11]

valuevector = String
for i in 1:length(numberofinstance)
append!(valuevector , repeat([valuelist[i]], numberofinstance[i]))
end






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  • I found the function in StatsBase.jl. See my updated answer.

    – crstnbr
    Jan 2 at 19:22



















  • I found the function in StatsBase.jl. See my updated answer.

    – crstnbr
    Jan 2 at 19:22

















I found the function in StatsBase.jl. See my updated answer.

– crstnbr
Jan 2 at 19:22





I found the function in StatsBase.jl. See my updated answer.

– crstnbr
Jan 2 at 19:22












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If you are fine with using a package (basically a stdlib), the function you are looking for is called inverse_rle in StatsBase.jl:



julia> using StatsBase

julia> inverse_rle(valuelist, numberofinstance)
20-element Array{String,1}:
"a"
"a"
"a"
"b"
"b"
"b"
"b"
"b"
"d"
"z"
"z"
"z"
"z"
"z"
"z"
"z"
"z"
"z"
"z"
"z"

julia> @btime inverse_rle($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
76.799 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)

julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)


If you want to avoid packages, you could, in principle, broadcast repeat or ^ (powering) like so,



vcat(collect.(.^(valuelist, numberofinstance))...)



but I'd argue that this is relatively hard to parse and also slower than inverse_rle,



julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

julia> @btime vcat(collect.(.^($valuelist, $numberofinstance))...)
472.615 ns (9 allocations: 800 bytes)


However, since Julia allows you to write fast loops you can easily define your own simple function. The following is much faster than your solution (as fast as the implementation in StatsBase):



function multiply(vs, ns)
r = Vector{String}(undef, sum(ns))
c = 1
@inbounds for i in axes(ns, 1)
for k in 1:ns[i]
r[c] = vs[i]
c += 1
end
end
r
end


Benchmark:



julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

julia> @btime multiply($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
76.469 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)





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    If you are fine with using a package (basically a stdlib), the function you are looking for is called inverse_rle in StatsBase.jl:



    julia> using StatsBase

    julia> inverse_rle(valuelist, numberofinstance)
    20-element Array{String,1}:
    "a"
    "a"
    "a"
    "b"
    "b"
    "b"
    "b"
    "b"
    "d"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"
    "z"

    julia> @btime inverse_rle($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
    76.799 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)

    julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
    693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)


    If you want to avoid packages, you could, in principle, broadcast repeat or ^ (powering) like so,



    vcat(collect.(.^(valuelist, numberofinstance))...)



    but I'd argue that this is relatively hard to parse and also slower than inverse_rle,



    julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
    693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

    julia> @btime vcat(collect.(.^($valuelist, $numberofinstance))...)
    472.615 ns (9 allocations: 800 bytes)


    However, since Julia allows you to write fast loops you can easily define your own simple function. The following is much faster than your solution (as fast as the implementation in StatsBase):



    function multiply(vs, ns)
    r = Vector{String}(undef, sum(ns))
    c = 1
    @inbounds for i in axes(ns, 1)
    for k in 1:ns[i]
    r[c] = vs[i]
    c += 1
    end
    end
    r
    end


    Benchmark:



    julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
    693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

    julia> @btime multiply($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
    76.469 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)





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      If you are fine with using a package (basically a stdlib), the function you are looking for is called inverse_rle in StatsBase.jl:



      julia> using StatsBase

      julia> inverse_rle(valuelist, numberofinstance)
      20-element Array{String,1}:
      "a"
      "a"
      "a"
      "b"
      "b"
      "b"
      "b"
      "b"
      "d"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"
      "z"

      julia> @btime inverse_rle($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
      76.799 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)

      julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
      693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)


      If you want to avoid packages, you could, in principle, broadcast repeat or ^ (powering) like so,



      vcat(collect.(.^(valuelist, numberofinstance))...)



      but I'd argue that this is relatively hard to parse and also slower than inverse_rle,



      julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
      693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

      julia> @btime vcat(collect.(.^($valuelist, $numberofinstance))...)
      472.615 ns (9 allocations: 800 bytes)


      However, since Julia allows you to write fast loops you can easily define your own simple function. The following is much faster than your solution (as fast as the implementation in StatsBase):



      function multiply(vs, ns)
      r = Vector{String}(undef, sum(ns))
      c = 1
      @inbounds for i in axes(ns, 1)
      for k in 1:ns[i]
      r[c] = vs[i]
      c += 1
      end
      end
      r
      end


      Benchmark:



      julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
      693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

      julia> @btime multiply($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
      76.469 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)





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        If you are fine with using a package (basically a stdlib), the function you are looking for is called inverse_rle in StatsBase.jl:



        julia> using StatsBase

        julia> inverse_rle(valuelist, numberofinstance)
        20-element Array{String,1}:
        "a"
        "a"
        "a"
        "b"
        "b"
        "b"
        "b"
        "b"
        "d"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"

        julia> @btime inverse_rle($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        76.799 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)

        julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)


        If you want to avoid packages, you could, in principle, broadcast repeat or ^ (powering) like so,



        vcat(collect.(.^(valuelist, numberofinstance))...)



        but I'd argue that this is relatively hard to parse and also slower than inverse_rle,



        julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

        julia> @btime vcat(collect.(.^($valuelist, $numberofinstance))...)
        472.615 ns (9 allocations: 800 bytes)


        However, since Julia allows you to write fast loops you can easily define your own simple function. The following is much faster than your solution (as fast as the implementation in StatsBase):



        function multiply(vs, ns)
        r = Vector{String}(undef, sum(ns))
        c = 1
        @inbounds for i in axes(ns, 1)
        for k in 1:ns[i]
        r[c] = vs[i]
        c += 1
        end
        end
        r
        end


        Benchmark:



        julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

        julia> @btime multiply($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        76.469 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)





        share|improve this answer















        If you are fine with using a package (basically a stdlib), the function you are looking for is called inverse_rle in StatsBase.jl:



        julia> using StatsBase

        julia> inverse_rle(valuelist, numberofinstance)
        20-element Array{String,1}:
        "a"
        "a"
        "a"
        "b"
        "b"
        "b"
        "b"
        "b"
        "d"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"
        "z"

        julia> @btime inverse_rle($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        76.799 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)

        julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)


        If you want to avoid packages, you could, in principle, broadcast repeat or ^ (powering) like so,



        vcat(collect.(.^(valuelist, numberofinstance))...)



        but I'd argue that this is relatively hard to parse and also slower than inverse_rle,



        julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

        julia> @btime vcat(collect.(.^($valuelist, $numberofinstance))...)
        472.615 ns (9 allocations: 800 bytes)


        However, since Julia allows you to write fast loops you can easily define your own simple function. The following is much faster than your solution (as fast as the implementation in StatsBase):



        function multiply(vs, ns)
        r = Vector{String}(undef, sum(ns))
        c = 1
        @inbounds for i in axes(ns, 1)
        for k in 1:ns[i]
        r[c] = vs[i]
        c += 1
        end
        end
        r
        end


        Benchmark:



        julia> @btime yoursolution($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        693.329 ns (13 allocations: 1.55 KiB)

        julia> @btime multiply($valuelist, $numberofinstance);
        76.469 ns (1 allocation: 240 bytes)






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