Problem 1290. A different counting method

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James on 22 Feb 2013

A similar one is here.

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/40-reverse-run-length-encoder

You didn't restrict yourself to using only 0-9 in your sequence, though.

Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 13 Mar 2013

Same as Problem 55 Counting Sequence.

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 14 Mar 2013

The best solution without regexprep.

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