We show that the $n$'th diagonal sum of Barry's modified Pascal triangle can be described as the continuant of the run lengths of the binary representation of $n$. We also obtain an explicit description for the row sums.
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author = {Lukas Spiegelhofer and Jeffrey Shallit},
title = {Continuants, run lengths, and {Barry's} modified {Pascal} triangle},
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Lukas Spiegelhofer; Jeffrey Shallit. Continuants, run lengths, and Barry's modified Pascal triangle. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 26 (2019) no. 1. doi: 10.37236/7399