[Tutor] mapping/filtering a sequence

[Wayne]

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:21 AM, kevin parks <kp8 at mac.com> wrote:

>
> Then what you would want to do is map the data to the nearest value no?


I guess it all depends on your desired level of precision!


> For this particular hack, I am mostly getting useful values in the range
> 30-85, so I am filtering out anything below 34 and above 83, but i don't
> have 34-83 contiguous. I have a gap toothed integer grid of:
>
> [34, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61,
> 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82]
>
> I want to map each incoming integer to the closest one available. I know,
> it is idiosyncratic. I also need to be able to do this with other
> idiosyncratic gap toothed sets.


I think the simplest way is to use a dictionary. You could, of course, use a
sort to find out where to insert your data.

-Wayne
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