From: Sigurd Date: 2012-01-17T01:00:01+09:00 Subject: Re: uniq with count; better way? The first that came to my mind. [4,5,6,4,5,6,6,7].inject(Hash.new(0)) {|res, x| res[x] += 1; res } Is it good enough for you? On Jan 16, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Ralph Shnelvar wrote: > a = [4,5,6,4,5,6,6,7] > > result = Hash.new(0) > a.each { |x| result[x] += 1 } > > p result > > > > The result I am getting > {4=>2, 5=>2, 6=>3, 7=>1} > is what I want. > > Is there a better way; perhaps using uniq? > >