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%S 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
%T 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
%U 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2
%N Number of distinct runs in base-16 digits of n.
%C Every positive integers occurs infinitely many times. See A297770 for a guide to related sequences.
%H Clark Kimberling, <a href="/A297784/b297784.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>
%e 17830144 in base-16: 1,1,0,1,1,0,0; four runs, of which 3 are distinct, so that a(17830144) = 3.
%t b = 16; s[n_] := Length[Union[Split[IntegerDigits[n, b]]]]
%t Table[s[n], {n, 1, 200}]
%Y Cf. A043568 (number of runs, not necessarily distinct), A297770.
%K nonn,base,easy
%O 1,16
%A _Clark Kimberling_, Feb 03 2018