def compress[A](list: List[A]): List[(A, Int)] = {
def compres21(l:List[A],x:A,acc:Int=0): Int = l match {
case List() => acc
case head::tail if head == x => compres21(tail,x,acc+1)
case head::tail if head != x => compres21(tail,x,acc)
}
def reduce(l:List[A],x:A,acc:List[A]=List()) : List[A] = l match {
case List() => acc.reverse
case head::tail if head==x => reduce(tail,x,acc)
case head::tail if head!=x => reduce(tail,x,head::acc)
}
def compress2(l:List[A],acc:List[(A,Int)]=List()) : List[(A,Int)] = l match {
case List() => acc
case head::tail => compress2(reduce(tail,head),(head,compres21(head::tail,head))::acc)
}
compress2(list)
}
println(compress(List('a','a','b','c','c','c','d','d','c')))
{"html5":"htmlmixed","css":"css","javascript":"javascript","php":"php","python":"python","ruby":"ruby","lua":"text\/x-lua","bash":"text\/x-sh","go":"go","c":"text\/x-csrc","cpp":"text\/x-c++src","diff":"diff","latex":"stex","sql":"sql","xml":"xml","apl":"apl","asterisk":"asterisk","c_loadrunner":"text\/x-csrc","c_mac":"text\/x-csrc","coffeescript":"text\/x-coffeescript","csharp":"text\/x-csharp","d":"d","ecmascript":"javascript","erlang":"erlang","groovy":"text\/x-groovy","haskell":"text\/x-haskell","haxe":"text\/x-haxe","html4strict":"htmlmixed","java":"text\/x-java","java5":"text\/x-java","jquery":"javascript","mirc":"mirc","mysql":"sql","ocaml":"text\/x-ocaml","pascal":"text\/x-pascal","perl":"perl","perl6":"perl","plsql":"sql","properties":"text\/x-properties","q":"text\/x-q","scala":"scala","scheme":"text\/x-scheme","tcl":"text\/x-tcl","vb":"text\/x-vb","verilog":"text\/x-verilog","yaml":"text\/x-yaml","z80":"text\/x-z80"}