st: Re:number of occurences

["Victor Zammit" <vmz@go.net.mt>]

Dear Statalist,

the following sample contains ten different colors:red,white,brown,orange,

black,pink,blue,grey,yellow,green,in all.Given a much bigger sample,

how can I find out the number of occurences for each of the ten colors. 

red-white-brown-orange-black-pink-blue 

grey-orange-white-red-yellow-blue 

grey-yellow-blue-black-white-green 

black-pink-orange-blue-grey-white 

grey-green-yellow-white-red-pink 

black-pink-orange-grey-white-red 

grey-white-black-blue-brown-pink 

grey-pink-blue-black-red-green 

grey-green-black-blue-brown-orange 

black-grey-brown-yellow-orange-pink 

red-white-yellow-blue-black-green-brown 

black-pink-grey-blue-green-white 

grey-green-black-brown-yellow-pink 

grey-black-red-blue-yellow-green 

grey-blue-red-orange-yellow-black 

red-white-green-pink-black-orange-grey 

grey-black-pink-orange-yellow-brown 

black-white-green-pink-grey-red 

grey-green-orange-pink-red-yellow 

black-grey-red-green-yellow-orange

Thanks for any feedback,

Victor Zammit. 

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