Agree your example is more elegant than mine, and LINQ beats a list comprehension for more complex needs. counts() was a throw-away for initializing the progre

Agree your example is more elegant than mine, and LINQ beats a list comprehension for more complex needs. counts() was a throw-away for initializing the progress bar, so I was a little lazy there Float you mention was needed for the looping calc at the call site. Appreciate the feedback