How to count occurrences of Friday 13th

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I would like to find a function that will count the number of times Friday 13th happens in a particular calendar year.



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    I fell into a delightful rabbit hole of day-counting algorithms on Wikipedia. I wanted to leave a link to the Doomsday algorithm for mental calculation of the day of the week, for fun: Doomsday rule on Wiki.
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I would like to find a function that will count the number of times Friday 13th happens in a particular calendar year.



Does anybody have any hints ?



Thank you










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    I fell into a delightful rabbit hole of day-counting algorithms on Wikipedia. I wanted to leave a link to the Doomsday algorithm for mental calculation of the day of the week, for fun: Doomsday rule on Wiki.
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    – MarcoB
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    Wolfram Challenges.
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    Sounds like one for the code golf boys and girls
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    – Strawberry
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I would like to find a function that will count the number of times Friday 13th happens in a particular calendar year.



Does anybody have any hints ?



Thank you










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Does anybody have any hints ?



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    I fell into a delightful rabbit hole of day-counting algorithms on Wikipedia. I wanted to leave a link to the Doomsday algorithm for mental calculation of the day of the week, for fun: Doomsday rule on Wiki.
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    – MarcoB
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    Wolfram Challenges.
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    – J. M. is slightly pensive
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    Sounds like one for the code golf boys and girls
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    – Strawberry
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    Oh, of course they did it already: codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/69510/…
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    I fell into a delightful rabbit hole of day-counting algorithms on Wikipedia. I wanted to leave a link to the Doomsday algorithm for mental calculation of the day of the week, for fun: Doomsday rule on Wiki.
    $endgroup$
    – MarcoB
    Mar 4 at 19:54










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    Wolfram Challenges.
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    – J. M. is slightly pensive
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  • $begingroup$
    Sounds like one for the code golf boys and girls
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    – Strawberry
    Mar 5 at 13:05










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    Oh, of course they did it already: codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/69510/…
    $endgroup$
    – Strawberry
    Mar 5 at 13:11







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I fell into a delightful rabbit hole of day-counting algorithms on Wikipedia. I wanted to leave a link to the Doomsday algorithm for mental calculation of the day of the week, for fun: Doomsday rule on Wiki.
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– MarcoB
Mar 4 at 19:54




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I fell into a delightful rabbit hole of day-counting algorithms on Wikipedia. I wanted to leave a link to the Doomsday algorithm for mental calculation of the day of the week, for fun: Doomsday rule on Wiki.
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– MarcoB
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Wolfram Challenges.
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Sounds like one for the code golf boys and girls
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Sounds like one for the code golf boys and girls
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– Strawberry
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Oh, of course they did it already: codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/69510/…
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– Strawberry
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Select[
Table[DateObject@2019, m, 13, m, 12],
DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
]



Day: Fri 13 Sep 2019,Day: Fri 13 Dec 2019




countFri13[year_Integer]:=Length @ Select[
Table[DateObject@year, m, 13, m, 12],
DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
]





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    I worked on this problem in 2015. Here is part on my notebook from that time.



    A not so good algorithm.



    friday13th[year_Integer] := 
    Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @
    DateRange[DateObject[year, 1, 13], DateObject[year, 12, 13], 1, "Month"]


    A good algorithm.



    friday13th[year_Integer] := 
    Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Table[DateObject[year, i, 13], i, 12]


    A better algorithm.



    friday13th[year_Integer] := 
    Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Array[DateObject[year, #, 13] &, 12]


    Using the better algorithm, I got (at the time I created the notebook)



    friday13th @ 2014


    2014



    friday13th @ 2015


    2015



    And for this year, I get



    friday13th @ 2019


    2019






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      Select[
      Table[DateObject@2019, m, 13, m, 12],
      DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
      ]



      Day: Fri 13 Sep 2019,Day: Fri 13 Dec 2019




      countFri13[year_Integer]:=Length @ Select[
      Table[DateObject@year, m, 13, m, 12],
      DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
      ]





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        Select[
        Table[DateObject@2019, m, 13, m, 12],
        DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
        ]



        Day: Fri 13 Sep 2019,Day: Fri 13 Dec 2019




        countFri13[year_Integer]:=Length @ Select[
        Table[DateObject@year, m, 13, m, 12],
        DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
        ]





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          Select[
          Table[DateObject@2019, m, 13, m, 12],
          DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
          ]



          Day: Fri 13 Sep 2019,Day: Fri 13 Dec 2019




          countFri13[year_Integer]:=Length @ Select[
          Table[DateObject@year, m, 13, m, 12],
          DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
          ]





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          Select[
          Table[DateObject@2019, m, 13, m, 12],
          DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
          ]



          Day: Fri 13 Sep 2019,Day: Fri 13 Dec 2019




          countFri13[year_Integer]:=Length @ Select[
          Table[DateObject@year, m, 13, m, 12],
          DateString[#, "DayName"] === "Friday" &
          ]






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              I worked on this problem in 2015. Here is part on my notebook from that time.



              A not so good algorithm.



              friday13th[year_Integer] := 
              Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @
              DateRange[DateObject[year, 1, 13], DateObject[year, 12, 13], 1, "Month"]


              A good algorithm.



              friday13th[year_Integer] := 
              Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Table[DateObject[year, i, 13], i, 12]


              A better algorithm.



              friday13th[year_Integer] := 
              Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Array[DateObject[year, #, 13] &, 12]


              Using the better algorithm, I got (at the time I created the notebook)



              friday13th @ 2014


              2014



              friday13th @ 2015


              2015



              And for this year, I get



              friday13th @ 2019


              2019






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                $begingroup$

                I worked on this problem in 2015. Here is part on my notebook from that time.



                A not so good algorithm.



                friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @
                DateRange[DateObject[year, 1, 13], DateObject[year, 12, 13], 1, "Month"]


                A good algorithm.



                friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Table[DateObject[year, i, 13], i, 12]


                A better algorithm.



                friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Array[DateObject[year, #, 13] &, 12]


                Using the better algorithm, I got (at the time I created the notebook)



                friday13th @ 2014


                2014



                friday13th @ 2015


                2015



                And for this year, I get



                friday13th @ 2019


                2019






                share|improve this answer









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                  $begingroup$

                  I worked on this problem in 2015. Here is part on my notebook from that time.



                  A not so good algorithm.



                  friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                  Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @
                  DateRange[DateObject[year, 1, 13], DateObject[year, 12, 13], 1, "Month"]


                  A good algorithm.



                  friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                  Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Table[DateObject[year, i, 13], i, 12]


                  A better algorithm.



                  friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                  Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Array[DateObject[year, #, 13] &, 12]


                  Using the better algorithm, I got (at the time I created the notebook)



                  friday13th @ 2014


                  2014



                  friday13th @ 2015


                  2015



                  And for this year, I get



                  friday13th @ 2019


                  2019






                  share|improve this answer









                  $endgroup$



                  I worked on this problem in 2015. Here is part on my notebook from that time.



                  A not so good algorithm.



                  friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                  Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @
                  DateRange[DateObject[year, 1, 13], DateObject[year, 12, 13], 1, "Month"]


                  A good algorithm.



                  friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                  Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Table[DateObject[year, i, 13], i, 12]


                  A better algorithm.



                  friday13th[year_Integer] := 
                  Select[DayName[#] === Friday &] @ Array[DateObject[year, #, 13] &, 12]


                  Using the better algorithm, I got (at the time I created the notebook)



                  friday13th @ 2014


                  2014



                  friday13th @ 2015


                  2015



                  And for this year, I get



                  friday13th @ 2019


                  2019







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