I know, I know. Whenever I just post a question like "please help me" I feel really bad but in most cases what I've tried is either scribbles on paper or just me racking my brains about *how* to start or, if I actually write some code, just a bunch of syntax errors. The problem is that it's difficult to start thinking like a programmer when nobody ever taught you or gave you some good resources/exercises. I'm trying to learn on my own but my progress is really slow. I've done a few tutorials, read stuff here and there, bought two good books, wrote 10-15 scripts but I still struggle a LOT with simple stuff like this. And it's because I just can't "picture" the task I'm aiming for in form of code. I think this requires either training (computer science degree etc) or years of practice and I have neither, hopefully after so many months I'll start grasping the whole idea better :/ :(

In reply to Re^4: convert columns into matrix and get population count? by fasoli
in thread convert columns into matrix and get population count? by fasoli

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