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Count and summation of positive and negative number sequences

I want to write a code to count and sum any positive and negative series of numbers.
Numbers are either positive or negative(no zero).
I have written codes with for loops. Is there any creative alternative?

Data

R

set.seed(100)
x <- round(rnorm(20, sd = 0.02), 3)

python

x = [-0.01, 0.003, -0.002, 0.018, 0.002, 0.006, -0.012, 0.014, -0.017, -0.007,

     0.002, 0.002, -0.004, 0.015, 0.002, -0.001, -0.008, 0.01, -0.018, 0.046]

loops

R

sign_indicator <- ifelse(x > 0, 1,-1)
number_of_sequence <- rep(NA, 20)
n <- 1
for (i in 2:20) {
  if (sign_indicator[i] == sign_indicator[i - 1]) {
    n <- n + 1
  } else{
    n <- 1
  }
  number_of_sequence[i] <- n
  
}
number_of_sequence[1] <- 1

#############################

summation <- rep(NA, 20)

for (i in 1:20) {
  summation[i] <- sum(x[i:(i + 1 - number_of_sequence[i])])
}

python

sign_indicator = [1 if i > 0 else -1 for i in X]

number_of_sequence = [1]
N = 1
for i in range(1, len(sign_indicator)):
    if sign_indicator[i] == sign_indicator[i - 1]:
        N += 1
    else:
        N = 1
    number_of_sequence.append(N)

#############################
summation = []

for i in range(len(X)):
    if number_of_sequence[i] == 1:          
          summation.append(X[i])

    else:
        summation.append(sum(X[(i + 1 - number_of_sequence[i]):(i + 1)]))

result

        x n_of_sequence    sum
1  -0.010             1 -0.010
2   0.003             1  0.003
3  -0.002             1 -0.002
4   0.018             1  0.018
5   0.002             2  0.020
6   0.006             3  0.026
7  -0.012             1 -0.012
8   0.014             1  0.014
9  -0.017             1 -0.017
10 -0.007             2 -0.024
11  0.002             1  0.002
12  0.002             2  0.004
13 -0.004             1 -0.004
14  0.015             1  0.015
15  0.002             2  0.017
16 -0.001             1 -0.001
17 -0.008             2 -0.009
18  0.010             1  0.010
19 -0.018             1 -0.018
20  0.046             1  0.046
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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In R, you can use data.tables rleid to create groups with positive and negative series of number and then create a sequence of rows in each group and do a cumulative sum of the x values.

library(data.table)
df <- data.table(x)
df[, c("n_of_sequence", "sum") := list(seq_len(.N), cumsum(x)), by = rleid(sign(x))]
df

#         x n_of_sequence    sum
# 1: -0.010             1 -0.010
# 2:  0.003             1  0.003
# 3: -0.002             1 -0.002
# 4:  0.018             1  0.018
# 5:  0.002             2  0.020
# 6:  0.006             3  0.026
# 7: -0.012             1 -0.012
# 8:  0.014             1  0.014
# 9: -0.017             1 -0.017
#10: -0.007             2 -0.024
#11:  0.002             1  0.002
#12:  0.002             2  0.004
#13: -0.004             1 -0.004
#14:  0.015             1  0.015
#15:  0.002             2  0.017
#16: -0.001             1 -0.001
#17: -0.008             2 -0.009
#18:  0.010             1  0.010
#19: -0.018             1 -0.018
#20:  0.046             1  0.046

We can use rleid in dplyr as well to create groups and do the same.

library(dplyr)
df %>%
  group_by(gr = data.table::rleid(sign(x))) %>%
  mutate(n_of_sequence = row_number(), sum = cumsum(x))
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

0

You can calculate the run lengths of each sign using rle from base to and do something like this.

set.seed(0)
z <- round(rnorm(20, sd = 0.02), 3)
run_lengths <- rle(sign(z))$lengths
run_lengths
# [1] 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1

To get n_of_sequence

n_of_sequence <- run_lengths %>% map(seq) %>% unlist
n_of_sequence
# [1] 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1

Finally, to get the summations of the sequences,

start <- cumsum(c(1,run_lengths))
start <- start[-length(start)] # start points of each series 
map2(start,run_lengths,~cumsum(z[.x:(.x+.y-1)])) %>% unlist()
# [1] -0.010  0.003 -0.002  0.018  0.020  0.026 -0.012  0.014 -0.017 -0.024
# [11]  0.002  0.004 -0.004  0.015  0.017 -0.001 -0.009  0.010 -0.018  0.046
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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Here's a simple non-looping function in R:

count_and_sum <- function(x)
{
  runs   <- rle((x > 0) * 1)$lengths
  groups <- split(x, rep(1:length(runs), runs))
  output <- function(group) data.frame(x = group, n = seq_along(group), sum = cumsum(group))
  result <- as.data.frame(do.call(rbind, lapply(groups, output)))
  `rownames<-`(result, 1:nrow(result))
}

So you can do:

set.seed(100)
x <- round(rnorm(20, sd = 0.02), 3)
count_and_sum(x)
#>         x n    sum
#> 1  -0.010 1 -0.010
#> 2   0.003 1  0.003
#> 3  -0.002 1 -0.002
#> 4   0.018 1  0.018
#> 5   0.002 2  0.020
#> 6   0.006 3  0.026
#> 7  -0.012 1 -0.012
#> 8   0.014 1  0.014
#> 9  -0.017 1 -0.017
#> 10 -0.007 2 -0.024
#> 11  0.002 1  0.002
#> 12  0.002 2  0.004
#> 13 -0.004 1 -0.004
#> 14  0.015 1  0.015
#> 15  0.002 2  0.017
#> 16 -0.001 1 -0.001
#> 17 -0.008 2 -0.009
#> 18  0.010 1  0.010
#> 19 -0.018 1 -0.018
#> 20  0.046 1  0.046

Created on 2020-02-16 by the reprex package (v0.3.0)

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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Here is a simple tidyverse solution...

library(tidyverse) #or just dplyr and tidyr

set.seed(100)
x <- round(rnorm(20, sd = 0.02), 3)

df <- tibble(x = x) %>% 
  mutate(seqno = cumsum(c(1, diff(sign(x)) != 0))) %>% #identify sequence ids
  group_by(seqno) %>%                                  #group by sequences
  mutate(n_of_sequence = row_number(),                 #count row numbers for each group
         sum = cumsum(x)) %>%                          #cumulative sum for each group
  ungroup() %>% 
  select(-seqno)                                       #remove sequence id

df
# A tibble: 20 x 3
        x n_of_sequence     sum
    <dbl>         <int>   <dbl>
 1 -0.01              1 -0.01  
 2  0.003             1  0.003 
 3 -0.002             1 -0.002 
 4  0.018             1  0.018 
 5  0.002             2  0.0200
 6  0.006             3  0.026 
 7 -0.012             1 -0.012 
 8  0.014             1  0.014 
 9 -0.017             1 -0.017 
10 -0.007             2 -0.024 
11  0.002             1  0.002 
12  0.002             2  0.004 
13 -0.004             1 -0.004 
14  0.015             1  0.015 
15  0.002             2  0.017 
16 -0.001             1 -0.001 
17 -0.008             2 -0.009 
18  0.01              1  0.01  
19 -0.018             1 -0.018 
20  0.046             1  0.046 
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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As for Python, someone will come up with a solution using the pandas library. In the meantime, here is a simple proposal:

class Combiner:
    def __init__(self):
        self.index = self.seq_index = self.summation = 0

    def combine(self, value):
        self.index += 1
        if value * self.summation <= 0:
            self.seq_index = 1
            self.summation = value
        else:
            self.seq_index += 1
            self.summation += value
        return self.index, value, self.seq_index, self.summation

c = Combiner()
lst = [c.combine(v) for v in x]

for t in lst:
    print(f"{t[0]:3} {t[1]:7.3f} {t[2]:3} {t[3]:7.3f}")

Output:

  1  -0.010   1  -0.010
  2   0.003   1   0.003
  3  -0.002   1  -0.002
  4   0.018   1   0.018
  5   0.002   2   0.020
  6   0.006   3   0.026
  7  -0.012   1  -0.012
  8   0.014   1   0.014
  9  -0.017   1  -0.017
 10  -0.007   2  -0.024
 11   0.002   1   0.002
 12   0.002   2   0.004
 13  -0.004   1  -0.004
 14   0.015   1   0.015
 15   0.002   2   0.017
 16  -0.001   1  -0.001
 17  -0.008   2  -0.009
 18   0.010   1   0.010
 19  -0.018   1  -0.018
 20   0.046   1   0.046

If you need separate lists, you can do

idxs, vals, seqs, sums = (list(tpl) for tpl in zip(*lst))

or, if iterators are OK, simply

idxs, vals, seqs, sums = zip(*lst)

(explanation here)

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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Two different lazy solutions in Python, using the itertools module.

Using itertools.groupby (and accumulate)

from itertools import accumulate, groupby

result = (
    item
    for _, group in groupby(x, key=lambda n: n < 0)
    for item in enumerate(accumulate(group), 1)
)

Using itertools.accumulate with a custom accumulation function

from itertools import accumulate

def sign_count_sum(count_sum, value):
    count, prev_sum = count_sum
    same_sign = (prev_sum < 0) is (value < 0)
    if same_sign:
        return count + 1, prev_sum + value
    else:
        return 1, value

result = accumulate(x, sign_count_sum, initial=(0, 0))
next(result)  # needed to skip the initial (0, 0) item

The initial keyword argument was added in Python 3.8. In earlier versions you can use itertools.chain to prepend the (0,0)-tuple:

result = accumulate(chain([(0, 0)], x), sign_count_sum)

The output is as expected:

for (i, v), (c, s) in zip(enumerate(x), result):
    print(f"{i:3} {v:7.3f} {c:3} {s:7.3f}")
  0  -0.010   1  -0.010
  1   0.003   1   0.003
  2  -0.002   1  -0.002
  3   0.018   1   0.018
  4   0.002   2   0.020
  5   0.006   3   0.026
  6  -0.012   1  -0.012
  7   0.014   1   0.014
  8  -0.017   1  -0.017
  9  -0.007   2  -0.024
 10   0.002   1   0.002
 11   0.002   2   0.004
 12  -0.004   1  -0.004
 13   0.015   1   0.015
 14   0.002   2   0.017
 15  -0.001   1  -0.001
 16  -0.008   2  -0.009
 17   0.010   1   0.010
 18  -0.018   1  -0.018
 19   0.046   1   0.046
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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In Python, apart from defining a class to store the memory variables, you can use a closure to achieve the same.

def run():
    count = 0
    last_sign = 0

    def sign(i):
        return 1 if i > 0 else -1

    def f(i):
        nonlocal count
        nonlocal last_sign
        if sign(i) == last_sign:
            count = count+1
        else:
            last_sign = sign(i)
            count = 1
        return count

    return f

f = run()
y = [f(i) for i in x]

Note this works for Python 3 only (in Python 2 I think you cannot modify the closure variable like this). Similar thing for summation as well.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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The other solutions look okay but you don't really need to use sophisticated language features or library functions for this simple problem.

result, prev = [], None

for idx, cur in enumerate(x):
    if not prev or (prev > 0) != (cur > 0):
        n, summation = 1, cur
    else:
        n, summation = n + 1, summation + cur
    result.append((idx, cur, n, summation))
    prev = cur

As you can see, you don't really need sign_indicator list, two for-loops or range function as in the snippet in the question section.

If you want index to start from 1, use enumerate(x, 1) instead of enumerate(x)

To see the result, you can run the following code

for idx, num, length, summation in result:
     print(f"{idx:>2d} {num:.3f} {length:>2d} {summation:.3f}")
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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In R, you could also do:

# DATA
set.seed(100)
x <- round(rnorm(20, sd = 0.02), 3)

library(data.table)
dt <- data.table(x = x)

# Create Positive or Negative variable
dt$x_logical <- ifelse(dt$x > 0, "P", "N")

# Create a reference data.frame/table to keep continuous counts
seq_dt <- data.frame(val = rle(x = dt$x_logical)$lengths)
seq_dt$id <- 1:nrow(seq_dt)

# Map id in the main data.table and get cumulative sum
dt$id <- rep(seq_dt$id, seq_dt$val)
dt[, csum := cumsum(x), by = "id"]


        x x_logical id   csum
 1: -0.010         N  1 -0.010
 2:  0.003         P  2  0.003
 3: -0.002         N  3 -0.002
 4:  0.018         P  4  0.018
 5:  0.002         P  4  0.020
 6:  0.006         P  4  0.026
 7: -0.012         N  5 -0.012
 8:  0.014         P  6  0.014
 9: -0.017         N  7 -0.017
10: -0.007         N  7 -0.024
11:  0.002         P  8  0.002
12:  0.002         P  8  0.004
13: -0.004         N  9 -0.004
14:  0.015         P 10  0.015
15:  0.002         P 10  0.017
16: -0.001         N 11 -0.001
17: -0.008         N 11 -0.009
18:  0.010         P 12  0.010
19: -0.018         N 13 -0.018
20:  0.046         P 14  0.046
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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Here's another base R approach:

data.frame(x,
           n = sequence(rle(sign(x))$lengths),
           sum = Reduce(function(x, y) if (sign(x) == sign(y)) x + y else y, x, accumulate = TRUE))

        x n    sum
1  -0.010 1 -0.010
2   0.003 1  0.003
3  -0.002 1 -0.002
4   0.018 1  0.018
5   0.002 2  0.020
6   0.006 3  0.026
7  -0.012 1 -0.012
8   0.014 1  0.014
9  -0.017 1 -0.017
10 -0.007 2 -0.024
11  0.002 1  0.002
12  0.002 2  0.004
13 -0.004 1 -0.004
14  0.015 1  0.015
15  0.002 2  0.017
16 -0.001 1 -0.001
17 -0.008 2 -0.009
18  0.010 1  0.010
19 -0.018 1 -0.018
20  0.046 1  0.046
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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I think a loop would be easier to read, but just for fun, here's a solution in Python using recursion:

x = [-0.01, 0.003, -0.002, 0.018, 0.002, 0.006, -0.012, 0.014, -0.017, -0.007, 0.002, 0.002, -0.004, 0.015, 0.002,
     -0.001, -0.008, 0.01, -0.018, 0.046]


def sign(number):
    return 1 if number > 0 else -1


def sum_previous(pos, result=None):
    if not result:
        result = x[pos]
    else:
        result += x[pos]
    if pos == 0 or sign(x[pos]) != sign(x[pos-1]):
        return result
    else:
        return sum_previous(pos-1, result)


results = [sum_previous(i) for i in range(len(x))]
print(results)
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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A simple python answer, ignores the 0 case:

x = [-0.01, 0.003, -0.002, 0.018, 
     0.002, 0.006, -0.012, 0.014, 
     -0.017, -0.007, 0.002, 0.002, 
     -0.004, 0.015, 0.002, -0.001, 
     -0.008, 0.01, -0.018, 0.046]

count = 0
sign_positive = x[0] > 0
sign_count = []
for n in x:
    # the idea is to keep track of the sign and increment the 
    # count if it agrees with the current number we are looking at
    if (n > 0 and sign_positive) or (n < 0 and not sign_positive):
        count = count + 1
    # if it does not, the count goes back to 1
    else:
        count = 1
    # Whether we increased the count or not, we update whether the
    # sign was positive or negative
    sign_positive = n > 0
    sign_count.append(count)

# This is just to reproduce the output 
# (although I find the last repetition of the number unnecessary)    
results = list(zip(x, sign_count))
for i, result in enumerate(results):
    print(f"{i: >2d} {result[0]: .3f} {result[1]: >2d} {result[0]: .3f}")

 0 -0.010  1 -0.010
 1  0.003  1  0.003
 2 -0.002  1 -0.002
 3  0.018  1  0.018
 4  0.002  2  0.002
 5  0.006  3  0.006
 6 -0.012  1 -0.012
 7  0.014  1  0.014
 8 -0.017  1 -0.017
 9 -0.007  2 -0.007
10  0.002  1  0.002
11  0.002  2  0.002
12 -0.004  1 -0.004
13  0.015  1  0.015
14  0.002  2  0.002
15 -0.001  1 -0.001
16 -0.008  2 -0.008
17  0.010  1  0.010
18 -0.018  1 -0.018
19  0.046  1  0.046

A little more sophisticated solution, also takes care of the 0 case:

# To test the 0 case I am changing two numbers to 0
x = [-0.01, 0.003, -0.002, 0.018, 
     0.002, 0.006, -0.012, 0.014, 
    -0.017, -0.007, 0, 0, 
    -0.004, 0.015, 0.002, -0.001, 
    -0.008, 0.01, -0.018, 0.046]

# The rest is similar
count = 0
# This time we are using a nested ternary assignment 
# to account for the case of 0
# This would be more readable as a function, 
# but what it does is simple
# It returns None if n is 0, 
# True if it is larger than 0 
# and False if it less than 0
sign_positive = None if n == 0 else False if n < 0 else True
sign_count = []
for n in x:
    # We add the case of 0 by adding a third condition where
    # sign_positive was None (meaning the previous
    # number was 0) and the current number is 0.
    if (n > 0 and sign_positive) or \
       (n < 0 and not sign_positive) or \
       (n == 0 and sign_positive == None):
        count = count + 1
    else:
        count = 1
    sign_positive = None if n == 0 else False if n < 0 else True
    sign_count.append(count)
results = list(zip(x, sign_count))
for i, result in enumerate(results):
    print(f"{i: >2d} {result[0]: .3f} {result[1]: >2d} {result[0]: .3f}")

 0 -0.010  1 -0.010
 1  0.003  1  0.003
 2 -0.002  1 -0.002
 3  0.018  1  0.018
 4  0.002  2  0.002
 5  0.006  3  0.006
 6 -0.012  1 -0.012
 7  0.014  1  0.014
 8 -0.017  1 -0.017
 9 -0.007  2 -0.007
10  0.000  1  0.000
11  0.000  2  0.000
12 -0.004  3 -0.004
13  0.015  1  0.015
14  0.002  2  0.002
15 -0.001  1 -0.001
16 -0.008  2 -0.008
17  0.010  1  0.010
18 -0.018  1 -0.018
19  0.046  1  0.046
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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