package Language::Functional; use strict; use warnings; use Carp; no strict 'refs'; use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS $INFINITE); require Exporter; @ISA = qw(Exporter); $VERSION = '0.04'; $INFINITE = 8192; my @methods = qw(show inc double square cons max min even odd rem quot gcd lcm Until id const flip fst snd head Last tail init null Map filter Length concat foldl foldl1 scanl scanl1 foldr foldr1 scanr scanr1 iterate repeat replicate take drop splitAt takeWhile dropWhile span break lines words unlines unwords Reverse And Or any all elem notElem lookup maximum minimum sum product zip zip3 unzip unzip3 integers factors prime ); @EXPORT_OK = @methods; %EXPORT_TAGS = ('all', => \@methods); =head1 NAME Language::Functional - a module which makes Perl slightly more functional =head1 SYNOPSIS use Language::Functional ':all'; print 'The first ten primes are: ', show(take(10, filter { prime(shift) } integers)), "\n"; =head1 DESCRIPTION Perl already contains some functional-like functions, such as C and C. The purpose of this module is to add other functional-like functions to Perl, such as foldl and foldr, as well as the use of infinite lists. Think as to how you would express the first ten prime numbers in a simple way in your favourite programming language? So the example in the synopsis is a killer app, if you will (until I think up a better one ;-). The idea is mostly based on Haskell, from which most of the functions are taken. There are a couple of major omissions: currying and types. Lists (and tuples) are simply Perl list references, none of this 'cons' business, and strings are simple strings, not lists of characters. The idea is to make Perl slightly more functional, rather than completely replace it. Hence, this slots in very well with whatever else your program may be doing, and is very Perl-ish. Other modules are expected to try a much more functional approach. =head1 FUNCTIONS The following functions are available. (Note: these should not be called as methods). In each description, I shall give the Haskell definition (if I think it would help) as well as a useful example. =over 4 =cut # Insert copious amounts of POD documentation here for each # function... (test.pl will have to do for now) sub show_old { join ", ", map { my $d = Data::Dumper->new([$_]); $d->Indent(0)->Terse(1); $d->Dump; } @_; } =item show Show returns a string representation of an object. It does not like infinite lists. =cut sub show { return join ", ", map {show_aux($_)} @_; } sub show_aux { my $x = shift; if (not defined $x) { return 'undef'; } elsif ($x eq '') { return "''"; } elsif (not ref $x) { if ($x =~ /^([+-]?)(?=\d|\.\d)\d*(\.\d*)?([Ee]([+-]?\d+))?$/) { return "$x"; } elsif ($x =~ /^.$/) { return "'$x'"; } else { $x =~ s|\n|\\n|g; return '"' . $x . '"'; } } elsif (ref($x) eq 'ARRAY') { # Here we evaluate all values of the array. As this can # be lazy, and might resize the array, we have to do this # now. map { $x->[$_] if $_ < scalar @{$x}} (0..scalar @{$x}); # return "(Array of size " . scalar @{$x} . ", " . ref($x) . ")" . "[" . show(@{$x}) . "]"; return "[" . show(@{$x}) . "]"; } else { return "[ref $x]"; } } =item inc k Increases the value passed by 1. $x = inc 2; # 3 In Haskell: inc :: a -> a inc k = 1 + k =cut sub inc($) { return shift() + 1; } =item double k Doubles the passed value. $x = double 3; # 6 In Haskell: double :: a -> a double k = k * 2 =cut sub double($) { return shift() * 2; } =item square k Returns the square of the passed value. eg: $x = square 3; # 9 In Haskell: square :: a -> a square k = k * k =cut sub square($) { return shift() ** 2; } sub cons { unshift @{$_[1]}, $_[0]; return ($_[1]); } sub min($$) { my($x, $y) = @_; return $x if $x < $y; return $y; } sub max($$) { my($x, $y) = @_; return $x if $x > $y; return $y; } sub even($) { my $x = shift; return not $x % 2; } sub odd($) { my $x = shift; return not even($x); } sub rem($$) { my($x, $y) = @_; return $x % $y; } sub quot($$) { my($x, $y) = @_; return int($x/$y); } =item gcd x y Returns the greatest common denominator of two numbers. eg: $x = gcd(144, 1024); # 16 In Haskell: gcd :: Integral a => a -> a -> a gcd 0 0 = error "gcd 0 0 is undefined" gcd x y = gcd' (abs x) (abs y) where gcd' x 0 = x gcd' x y = gcd' y (x `rem` y) =cut sub gcd($$) { my($x, $y) = @_; croak "gcd(0, 0) is undefined!" if ($x == 0 and $y == 0); return gcd_aux(abs $x, abs $y); } sub gcd_aux($$); sub gcd_aux($$) { my($x, $y) = @_; return $x if $y == 0; return gcd_aux($y, rem($x, $y)); } =item lcm x y Returns the lowest common multiple of two numbers. eg: $x = lcm(144, 1024); # 9216 In Haskell: lcm :: (Integral a) => a -> a -> a lcm _ 0 = 0 lcm 0 _ = 0 lcm x y = abs ((x `quot` gcd x y) * y) =cut sub lcm($$) { my($x, $y) = @_; return 0 if $x == 0; return 0 if $y == 0; return abs((quot($x,gcd($x, $y))) * $y); } =item id x The identity function - simply returns the argument. eg: $x = id([1..6]); # [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. In Haskell: id :: a -> a id x = x =cut sub id { my @values = @_; return @values; } =item const k _ Returns the first argument of 2 arguments. eg: $x = const(4, 5); # 4 In Haskell: const :: a -> b -> a const k _ = k =cut sub const { my $x = shift; return $x; } =item flip f Given a function, flips the two arguments it is passed. Note that this returns a CODEREF, as currying does not yet happen. eg: flip(sub { $_[0] ** $_[1] })->(2, 3) = 9. In Haskell (ie this is what it should really do): flip :: (a -> b -> c) -> b -> a -> c flip f x y = f y x =cut sub flip { my $f = shift; return sub { $f->($_[1], $_[0]); } } # flip f x y -> f y x can't be done as # this isn't yet lazy or curried! =item Until p f x Keep on applying f to x until p(x) is true, and then return x at that point. eg: $x = Until { shift() % 10 == 0 } \&inc, 1; # 10 In Haskell: until :: (a -> Bool) -> (a -> a) -> a -> a until p f x = if p x then x else until p f (f x) =cut sub Until(&&$); sub Until(&&$) { my($p, $f, $x) = @_; return $x if $p->($x); return Until(\&$p, \&$f, $f->($x)); } =item fst x:xs Returns the first element in a tuple. eg: $x = fst([1, 2]); # 1 In Haskell: fst :: (a,b) -> a fst (x,_) = x =cut sub fst($) { my $x = shift; return $x->[0]; } =item snd x:y:xs Returns the second element in a tuple. eg: $x = snd([1, 2]); # 2 In Haskell: snd :: (a,b) -> a snd (_,y) = y =cut sub snd($) { my $x = shift; return $x->[1]; } =item head xs Returns the head (first element) of a list. eg: $x = head([1..6]); # 1 In Haskell: head :: [a] -> a head (x:_) = x =cut sub head($) { my $xs = shift; return $xs->[0]; } =item Last xs Returns the last element of a list. Note the capital L, to make it distinct from the Perl 'last' command. eg: $x = Last([1..6]); # 6 In Haskell: last :: [a] -> a last [x] = x last (_:xs) = last xs =cut sub Last($) { my $xs = shift; return $xs->[-1]; } =item tail xs Returns a list minus the first element (head). eg: $x = tail([1..6]); # [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] In Haskell: tail :: [a] -> [a] tail (_:xs) = xs =cut sub tail($) { my $xs = shift; my $len = scalar @{$xs}; $len = $len == $INFINITE ? $len : $len - 1; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { my($array, $idx) = @_; return $xs->[$idx+1]; }, $len; return \@a; } =item init xs Returns a list minus its last element. eg: $x = init([1..6]); # [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] In Haskell: init :: [a] -> [a] init [x] = [] init (x:xs) = x : init xs =cut sub init($) { my $xs = shift; pop(@{$xs}); return $xs; } =item null xs Returns whether or not the list is empty. eg: $x = null([1, 2]); # False In Haskell: null :: [a] -> Bool null [] = True null (_:_) = False =cut sub null($) { my $x = shift; return not @{$x}; } =item Map f xs Evaluates f for each element of the list xs and returns the list composed of the results of each such evaluation. It is very similar to the Perl command 'map', hence the capital M, but also copes with infinite lists. eg: $x = Map { double(shift) } [1..6]; # [2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12] In Haskell: map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] map f xs = [ f x | x <- xs ] =cut sub Map(&$) { my($f, $xs) = @_; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { my($array, $idx) = @_; return $f->($xs->[$idx]); }, scalar @{$xs}; return \@a; } =item filter p xs Returns the list of the elements in xs for which p(xs) returns true. It is similar to the Perl command 'grep', but it also copes with infinite lists. eg: $x = filter(\&even, [1..6]); # [2, 4, 6] In Haskell: filter :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] filter p xs = [ x | x <- xs, p x ] =cut # Ha! Before infinite lists simply consisted of: # return [grep { $f->($_) } @{$xs}]; sub filter(&$) { my($f, $xs) = @_; my $pointer = -1; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { my($array, $idx) = @_; my $debug = 0; print "$idx: in (done $pointer)\n" if $debug; if ($pointer eq $INFINITE) { die "Fetching an infinite amount of values in filter()!\n"; } if ($idx - 1 > $pointer) { print "$idx: doing $array->FETCH for $pointer..", $idx - 1, "\n" if $debug; map { $array->FETCH($_) if $_ < $array->FETCHSIZE} ($pointer..$idx-1); } if ($idx > $array->FETCHSIZE) { print "$idx: in: silly, getting out\n" if $debug; return undef; } while (1) { $pointer++; print "$idx: loop: $idx (done $pointer/", $array->FETCHSIZE, ") = ", $f->($xs->[$pointer]), "\n" if $debug; if ($pointer >= $array->FETCHSIZE) { print "$idx: Size *was* ", $array->FETCHSIZE, "!\n" if $debug; $array->STORESIZE($idx); print "$idx: Set size to ", $array->FETCHSIZE, "!\n" if $debug; last; } if ($f->($xs->[$pointer])) { print "$idx: oooh (elt $pointer: '", $xs->[$pointer], "' was true)\n" if $debug; last; } } print "$idx: loop: out\n" if $debug; return $xs->[$pointer]; }, scalar @{$xs}; return \@a; } =item concat Concatenates lists together into one list. eg: concat([[1..3], [4..6]]); # [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] In Haskell: concat :: [[a]] -> [a] concat = foldr (++) [] TODO: Make sure this works with infinite lists! =cut sub concat($) { my($xxs) = shift; return foldr(sub { [@{shift()}, @{shift()}]; }, [], $xxs); } =item Length Returns the length of a list - only do this with finite lists! eg: $x = Length([1..6]); # 6 In Haskell: length :: [a] -> Int length = foldl' (\n _ -> n + 1) 0 TODO Make sure this works! =cut #' sub Length($) { my $xs = shift; my $len = scalar @{$xs}; confess "Fetching the length of an infinite list!" if $len == $INFINITE; return $len; } =item foldl f z xs Applies function f to the pairs (z, xs[0]), (f(z, xs[0], xs[1]), (f(f(z, xs[0], xs[1])), xs[2]) and so on. ie it folds from the left and returns the last value. Note that foldl should not be done to infinite lists. eg: the following returns the sum of 1..6: $x = foldl { shift() + shift() } 0, [1..6]; # 21 In Haskell: foldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> [b] -> a foldl f z [] = z foldl f z (x:xs) = foldl f (f z x) xs =cut sub foldl(&$$) { my($f, $z, $xs) = @_; map { $z = $f->($z, $_) } @{$xs}; return $z; } =item foldl1 f xs This is a variant of foldl where the first value of xs is taken as z. Applies function f to the pairs (xs[0], xs[1]), (f(xs[0], xs[1], xs[2]), (f(f(xs[0], xs[1], xs[2])), xs[3]) and so on. ie it folds from the left and returns the last value. Note that foldl should not be done to infinite lists. eg: the following returns the sum of 1..6: $x = foldl1 { shift() + shift() } [1..6]; # 21 In Haskell: foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> a foldl1 f (x:xs) = foldl f x xs =cut sub foldl1(&$) { my($f, $xs) = @_; my $z = shift @{$xs}; return foldl(\&$f, $z, $xs); } =item scanl f q xs Returns a list of all the intermedia values that foldl would compute. ie returns the list z, f(z, xs[0]), f(f(z, xs[0]), xs[1]), f(f(f(z, xs[0]), xs[1]), xs[2]) and so on. eg: $x = scanl { shift() + shift() }, 0, [1..6]; # [0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21] In Haskell: scanl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> [b] -> [a] scanl f q xs = q : (case xs of [] -> [] x:xs -> scanl f (f q x) xs) =cut sub scanl(&$$) { my($f, $q, $xs) = @_; # Ha! Before infinite lists simply consisted of the elegant: # my @return = $q; # map { $q = $f->($q, $_); push @return, $q } @{$xs}; # return [@return]; my $pointer = -1; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { my($array, $idx) = @_; my $debug = 0; print "$idx: in (done $pointer)\n" if $debug; if ($idx == 0) { print "$idx: zero, easy = $q!\n" if $debug; return $q; } if ($pointer eq $INFINITE) { die "Fetching an infinite amount of values in filter()!\n"; } if ($idx - 1 > $pointer) { print "$idx: doing $array->FETCH for $pointer..", $idx - 1, "\n" if $debug; map { $array->FETCH($_) if $_ < $array->FETCHSIZE} ($pointer..$idx-1); } if ($idx > $array->FETCHSIZE) { print "$idx: in: silly, getting out\n" if $debug; return undef; } $pointer++; print "$idx: getting f(idx $idx-1, ", $xs->[$idx-1], "\n" if $debug; my $return = $f->($array->FETCH($idx-1), $xs->[$idx-1]); print "$idx: out with $return\n" if $debug; return $return; }, scalar @{$xs} + 1; return \@a; } =item scanl1 f xs This is a variant of scanl where the first value of xs is taken as q. Returns a list of all the intermedia values that foldl would compute. ie returns the list f(xs[0], xs[1]), f(f(xs[0], xs[1]), xs[2]), f(f(f(xs[0], xs[1]), xs[2]), xs[3]) and so on. eg: $x = scanl1 { shift() + shift() } [1..6]; # [1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21] In Haskell: scanl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> [a] scanl1 f (x:xs) = scanl f x xs =cut sub scanl1(&$) { my($f, $xs) = @_; my $z = shift @{$xs}; return scanl(\&$f, $z, $xs); } =item foldr f z xs This is similar to foldl but is folding from the right instead of the left. Note that foldr should not be done to infinite lists. eg: the following returns the sum of 1..6 $x = foldr { shift() + shift() } 0, [1..6] ; # 21 In Haskell: foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b foldr f z [] = z foldr f z (x:xs) = f x (foldr f z xs) =cut sub foldr(&$$) { my($f, $z, $xs) = @_; map { $z = $f->($_, $z) } reverse @{$xs}; return $z; } =item foldr1 f xs This is similar to foldr1 but is folding from the right instead of the left. Note that foldr1 should not be done on infinite lists. eg: $x = foldr1 { shift() + shift() } [1..6]; # 21 In Haskell: foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> a foldr1 f [x] = x foldr1 f (x:xs) = f x (foldr1 f xs) =cut sub foldr1(&$) { my($f, $xs) = @_; my $z = pop @{$xs}; return foldr(\&$f, $z, $xs); } =item scanr f z xs This is similar to scanl but is scanning and folding from the right instead of the left. Note that scanr should not be done on infinite lists. eg: $x = scanr { shift() + shift() } 0, [1..6]; # [0, 6, 11, 15, 18, 20, 21] In Haskell: scanr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> [b] scanr f q0 [] = [q0] scanr f q0 (x:xs) = f x q : qs where qs@(q:_) = scanr f q0 xs =cut sub scanr(&$$) { my($f, $z, $xs) = @_; my @return = $z; map { $z = $f->($_, $z); push @return, $z; } reverse @{$xs}; return [@return]; } =item scanr1 f xs This is similar to scanl1 but is scanning and folding from the right instead of the left. Note that scanr1 should not be done on infinite lists. eg: $x = scanr1 { shift() + shift() } [1..6]; # [6, 11, 15, 18, 20, 21] In Haskell: scanr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> [a] scanr1 f [x] = [x] scanr1 f (x:xs) = f x q : qs where qs@(q:_) = scanr1 f xs =cut sub scanr1(&$) { my($f, $xs) = @_; my $z = pop @{$xs}; return scanr(\&$f, $z, $xs); } =item iterate f x This returns the infinite list (x, f(x), f(f(x)), f(f(f(x)))...) and so on. eg: $x = take(8, iterate { shift() * 2 } 1); # [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128] In Haskell: iterate :: (a -> a) -> a -> [a] iterate f x = x : iterate f (f x) =cut sub iterate(&$) { my($f, $x) = @_; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { my($array, $idx) = @_; return $x if $idx == 0; return $f->($array->FETCH($idx-1)); }; return \@a; } =item repeat x This returns the infinite list where all elements are x. eg: $x = take(4, repeat(42)); # [42, 42, 42, 42]. In Haskell: repeat :: a -> [a] repeat x = xs where xs = x:xs =cut sub repeat($) { my $x = shift; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { return $x; }; return \@a; } =item replicate n x Returns a list containing n times the element x. eg: $x = replicate(5, 1); # [1, 1, 1, 1, 1] In Haskell: replicate :: Int -> a -> [a] replicate n x = take n (repeat x) =cut sub replicate($$) { my($n, $x) = @_; return take($n, repeat($x)); } # TODO # cycle :: [a] -> [a] # cycle [] = error "Prelude.cycle: empty list" # cycle xs = xs' where xs'=xs++xs' =item take n xs Returns a list containing the first n elements from the list xs. eg: $x = take(2, [1..6]); # [1, 2] In Haskell: take :: Int -> [a] -> [a] take 0 _ = [] take _ [] = [] take n (x:xs) | n>0 = x : take (n-1) xs take _ _ = error "Prelude.take: negative argument" =cut sub take($$) { my($n, $xs) = @_; my @return; foreach my $i (0..$n-1) { push @return, $xs->[$i]; } return \@return; } =item drop n xs Returns a list containing xs with the first n elements missing. eg: $x = drop(2, [1..6]); # [3, 4, 5, 6] In Haskell: drop :: Int -> [a] -> [a] drop 0 xs = xs drop _ [] = [] drop n (_:xs) | n>0 = drop (n-1) xs drop _ _ = error "Prelude.drop: negative argument" =cut sub drop($$) { my($n, $xs) = @_; # Ha! Before infinite lists simply consisted of: # return [splice @{$xs}, $n]; my $len = scalar @{$xs}; $len = $len == $INFINITE ? $len : $len - $n; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { my($array, $idx) = @_; return $xs->[$idx+$n]; }, $len; return \@a; } =item splitAt n xs Splits the list xs into two lists at element n. eg: $x = splitAt(2, [1..6]);# [[1, 2], [3, 4, 5, 6]] In Haskell: splitAt :: Int -> [a] -> ([a], [a]) splitAt 0 xs = ([],xs) splitAt _ [] = ([],[]) splitAt n (x:xs) | n>0 = (x:xs',xs'') where (xs',xs'') = splitAt (n-1) xs splitAt _ _ = error "Prelude.splitAt: negative argument" =cut sub splitAt($$) { my($n, $xs) = @_; return [take($n, $xs), drop($n, $xs)]; } =item takeWhile p xs Takes elements from xs while p(that element) is true. Returns the list. eg: $x = takeWhile { shift() <= 4 } [1..6]; # [1, 2, 3, 4] In Haskell: takeWhile :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] takeWhile p [] = [] takeWhile p (x:xs) | p x = x : takeWhile p xs | otherwise = [] =cut sub takeWhile(&$) { my($p, $xs) = @_; # Ha! Before infinite lists simply consisted of: # my @return; # push @return, $_ while($_ = shift @{$xs} and $p->($_)); # return [@return]; my $pointer = -1; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { my($array, $idx) = @_; my $debug = 0; print "$idx: in (done $pointer)\n" if $debug; if ($pointer eq $INFINITE) { die "Fetching an infinite amount of values in filter()!\n"; } if ($idx - 1 > $pointer) { print "$idx: doing $array->FETCH for $pointer..", $idx - 1, "\n" if $debug; map { $array->FETCH($_) if $_ < $array->FETCHSIZE} ($pointer..$idx-1); } if ($idx > $array->FETCHSIZE) { print "$idx: in: silly, getting out\n" if $debug; return undef; } $pointer++; if ($p->($xs->[$pointer])) { print "$idx: p true for index $pointer\n" if $debug; return $xs->[$pointer]; } else { print "$idx: p NOT true for index - resizing to $pointer\n" if $debug; $array->STORESIZE($pointer); return undef; } }, scalar @{$xs}; return \@a; } =item dropWhile p xs Drops elements from the head of xs while p(that element) is true. Returns the list. eg: $x = dropWhile { shift() <= 4 } [1..6]; # [5, 6] In Haskell: dropWhile :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] dropWhile p [] = [] dropWhile p xs@(x:xs') | p x = dropWhile p xs' | otherwise = xs =cut sub dropWhile(&$) { my($p, $xs) = @_; # Ha! Before infinite lists simply consisted of: # shift @{$xs} while($_ = @{$xs}[0] and $p->($_)); my $pointer = 0; while (1) { last unless $p->($xs->[$pointer]); $pointer++; } print "Pointer = $pointer\n" if 0; my $len = scalar @{$xs}; $len = $len == $INFINITE ? $len : $len - $pointer; tie my @a, 'InfiniteList', sub { my($array, $idx) = @_; return $xs->[$idx + $pointer]; }, $len; return \@a; } =item span p xs Splits xs into two lists, the first containing the first few elements for which p(that element) is true. eg: $x = span { shift() <= 4 }, [1..6]; # [[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6]] In Haskell: span :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a],[a]) span p [] = ([],[]) span p xs@(x:xs') | p x = (x:ys, zs) | otherwise = ([],xs) where (ys,zs) = span p xs' =cut sub span(&$) { my($p, $xs) = @_; my @xs = @{$xs}; return [takeWhile(\&$p, $xs), dropWhile(\&$p, \@xs)]; } =item break p xs Splits xs into two lists, the first containing the first few elements for which p(that element) is false. eg: $x = break { shift() >= 4 }, [1..6]; # [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]] In Haskell: break :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a],[a]) break p = span (not . p) =cut sub break(&$) { my($p, $xs) = @_; return span(sub { not $p->(@_) }, $xs); } =item lines s Breaks the string s into multiple strings, split at line boundaries. eg: $x = lines("A\nB\nC"); # ['A', 'B', 'C'] In Haskell: lines :: String -> [String] lines "" = [] lines s = let (l,s') = break ('\n'==) s in l : case s' of [] -> [] (_:s'') -> lines s'' =cut sub lines($) { my $s = shift; return [split /\n/, $s]; } =item words s Breaks the string s into multiple strings, split at whitespace boundaries. eg: $x = words("hey how random"); # ['hey', 'how', 'random'] In Haskell: words :: String -> [String] words s = case dropWhile isSpace s of "" -> [] s' -> w : words s'' where (w,s'') = break isSpace s' =cut sub words($) { my $s = shift; return [split /\s+/, $s]; } =item unlines xs Does the opposite of unlines, that is: joins multiple strings into one, joined by newlines. eg: $x = unlines(['A', 'B', 'C']); # "A\nB\nC"; In Haskell: unlines :: [String] -> String unlines = concatMap (\l -> l ++ "\n") (note that strings in Perl are not lists of characters, so this approach will not actually work...) =cut sub unlines($) { my $xs = shift; # return concatMap(sub { return $_[0] . "\n"; }, $xs); return foldr1(sub { return $_[0] . "\n" . $_[1]; }, $xs); } =item unwords ws Does the opposite of unwords, that is: joins multiple strings into one, joined by a space. eg: $x = unwords(["hey","how","random"]); # 'hey how random' In Haskell: unwords :: [String] -> String unwords [] = [] unwords ws = foldr1 (\w s -> w ++ ' ':s) ws =cut sub unwords($) { my $xs = shift; return foldr1(sub { return $_[0] . ' ' . $_[1]; }, $xs); } =item Reverse xs Returns a list containing the elements of xs in reverse order. Note the capital R, so as not to clash with the Perl command 'reverse'. You should not try to Reverse an infinite list. eg: $x = Reverse([1..6]); # [6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1] In Haskell: reverse :: [a] -> [a] reverse = foldl (flip (:)) [] =cut sub Reverse($) { my $xs = shift; return [reverse @{$xs}]; } =item And xs Returns true if all the elements in xs are true. Returns false otherwise. Note the capital A, so as not to clash with the Perl command 'and'. You should not try to And an infinite list (unless you expect it to fail, as it will short-circuit). eg: $x = And([1, 1, 1]); # 1 In Haskell: and :: [Bool] -> Bool and = foldr (&&) True =cut sub And($) { my $xs = shift; map { return 0 if not $_; } @{$xs}; return 1; } =item Or xs Returns true if one of the elements in xs is true. Returns false otherwise. Note the capital O, so as not to clash with the Perl command 'or'. You may try to Or an infinite list as it will short-circuit (unless you expect it to fail, that is). eg: $x = Or([0, 0, 1]); # 1 In Haskell: or :: [Bool] -> Bool or = foldr (||) False =cut sub Or($) { my $xs = shift; map { return 1 if $_; } @{$xs}; return 0; } =item any p xs Returns true if one of p(each element of xs) are true. Returns false otherwise. You should not try to And an infinite list (unless you expect it to fail, as it will short-circuit). eg: $x = any { even(shift) } [1, 2, 3]; # 1 In Haskell: any :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> Bool any p = or . map p =cut sub any(&$) { my($p, $xs) = @_; map { return 1 if $p->($_); } @{$xs}; return 0; } =item all p xs Returns true if all of the p(each element of xs) is true. Returns false otherwise. You may try to Or an infinite list as it will short-circuit (unless you expect it to fail, that is). eg: $x = all { odd(shift) } [1, 1, 3]; # 1 In Haskell: all :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> Bool all p = and . map p =cut sub all(&$) { my($p, $xs) = @_; map { my $x = $_; return 0 if not $p->($x); } @{$xs}; return 1; } =item elem x xs Returns true is x is present in xs. You probably should not do this with infinite lists. Note that this assumes x and xs are numbers. eg: $x = elem(2, [1, 2, 3]); # 1 In Haskell: elem :: Eq a => a -> [a] -> Bool elem = any . (==) =cut sub elem($$) { my($x, $xs) = @_; return any(sub { $_[0] == $x }, $xs); } =item notElem x xs Returns true if x is not present in x. You should not do this with infinite lists. Note that this assumes that x and xs are numbers. eg: $x = notElem(2, [1, 1, 3]); # 1 In Haskell: notElem :: Eq a => a -> [a] -> Bool notElem = all . (/=) =cut sub notElem($$) { my($x, $xs) = @_; return all { shift() != $x } $xs; } =item lookup key xys This returns the value of the key in xys, where xys is a list of key, value pairs. It returns undef if the key was not found. You should not do this with infinite lists. Note that this assumes that the keys are strings. eg: $x = lookup(3, [1..6]); # 4 In Haskell: lookup :: Eq a => a -> [(a,b)] -> Maybe b lookup k [] = Nothing lookup k ((x,y):xys) | k==x = Just y | otherwise = lookup k xys TODO: Make sure this works with infinite lists =cut sub lookup($$) { my($key, $xys) = @_; my %hash = @{$xys}; return $hash{$key} if defined $hash{$key}; return undef; } =item minimum xs Returns the minimum value in xs. You should not do this with a infinite list. eg: $x = minimum([1..6]); # 1 In Haskell: minimum :: Ord a => [a] -> a minimum = foldl1 min =cut sub minimum($) { my $xs = shift; return foldl1(\&min, $xs); } =item maximum xs Returns the maximum value in xs. You should not do this with an infinite list. eg: maximum([1..6]) = 6. In Haskell: maximum :: Ord a => [a] -> a maximum = foldl1 max =cut sub maximum($) { my $xs = shift; return foldl1(\&max, $xs); } =item sum xs Returns the sum of the elements of xs. You should not do this with an infinite list. eg: sum([1..6]) = 21. In Haskell: sum :: Num a => [a] -> a sum = foldl' (+) 0 =cut #' sub sum($) { my $xs = shift; return foldl(sub { $_[0] + $_[1] }, 0, $xs); } =item product xs Returns the products of the elements of xs. You should not do this with an infinite list. eg: product([1..6]) = 720. In Haskell: product :: Num a => [a] -> a product = foldl' (*) 1 =cut #' sub product($) { my $xs = shift; return foldl(sub { $_[0] * $_[1] }, 1,$xs); } =item zip as bs Zips together two lists into one list. Should not be done with infinite lists. eg: zip([1..6], [7..12]) = [1, 7, 2, 8, 3, 9, 4, 10, 5, 11, 6, 12]. In Haskell: zip :: [a] -> [b] -> [(a,b)] zip = zipWith (\a b -> (a,b)) zipWith :: (a->b->c) -> [a]->[b]->[c] zipWith z (a:as) (b:bs) = z a b : zipWith z as bs zipWith _ _ _ = [] =cut sub zip($$) { my($as, $bs) = @_; my @result; foreach (1..max(Length($as), Length($bs))) { push @result, shift @{$as}; push @result, shift @{$bs}; } return [@result]; } =item zip3 as bs cs Zips together three lists into one. Should not be done with infinite lists. eg: zip3([1..2], [3..4], [5..6]) = [1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6]. In Haskell: zip3 :: [a] -> [b] -> [c] -> [(a,b,c)] zip3 = zipWith3 (\a b c -> (a,b,c)) zipWith3 :: (a->b->c->d) -> [a]->[b]->[c]->[d] zipWith3 z (a:as) (b:bs) (c:cs) = z a b c : zipWith3 z as bs cs zipWith3 _ _ _ _ = [] =cut sub zip3($$$) { my($as, $bs, $cs) = @_; my @result; foreach (1..maximum([Length($as), Length($bs), Length($cs)])) { push @result, shift @{$as}; push @result, shift @{$bs}; push @result, shift @{$cs}; } return [@result]; } =item unzip abs Unzips one list into two. Should not be done with infinite lists. eg: unzip([1,7,2,8,3,9,4,10,5,11,6,12]) = ([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]). unzip :: [(a,b)] -> ([a],[b]) unzip = foldr (\(a,b) ~(as,bs) -> (a:as, b:bs)) ([], []) =cut sub unzip($) { my $abs = shift; my(@as, @bs); while (@{$abs}) { push @as, shift @{$abs}; push @bs, shift @{$abs}; } return [@as], [@bs]; } =item unzip abcs Unzips one list into three. Should not be done with infinite lists. eg: unzip3([1,3,5,2,4,6]) = ([1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]). In Haskell: unzip3 :: [(a,b,c)] -> ([a],[b],[c]) unzip3 = foldr (\(a,b,c) ~(as,bs,cs) -> (a:as,b:bs,c:cs)) ([],[],[]) =cut sub unzip3($) { my $abcs = shift; my(@as, @bs, @cs); while (@{$abcs}) { push @as, shift @{$abcs}; push @bs, shift @{$abcs}; push @cs, shift @{$abcs}; } return [@as], [@bs], [@cs]; } =item integers A useful function that returns an infinite list containing all the integers. eg: integers = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...). =cut sub integers() { return iterate { shift() +1 } 1; } =item factors x A useful function that returns the factors of x. eg: factors(100) = [1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100]. In Haskell: factors x = [n | n <- [1..x], x `mod` n == 0] =cut sub factors($) { my $x = shift; return [grep { $x % $_ == 0 } (1..$x)]; } =item prime x A useful function that returns, rather unefficiently, if x is a prime number or not. It is rather useful while used as a filter, eg: take(10, filter("prime", integers)) = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29]. In Haskell: primes = [n | n <- [2..], length (factors n) == 2] =cut sub prime($) { my $x = shift; return Length(factors($x)) == 2; } =back =head1 AUTHOR Leon Brocard EFE =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 1999-2008, Leon Brocard =head1 LICENSE This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut package InfiniteList; use strict; use Carp; use Tie::Array; use vars qw(@ISA); @ISA = ('Tie::Array'); sub TIEARRAY { my $class = shift; my $closure = shift; my $size = shift || $Language::Functional::INFINITE; confess "usage: tie(\@ary, 'InfiniteList', &closure)" if @_ || ref($closure) ne 'CODE'; return bless { CLOSURE => $closure, ARRAY => [], SIZE => $size, }, $class; } sub FETCH { my($self,$idx) = @_; my $debug = 0; print ":fetch $idx... " if $debug; if ($idx == $Language::Functional::INFINITE or $idx == $Language::Functional::INFINITE-1) { confess "Fetching an infinite amount of values!"; } if (not defined $self->{ARRAY}[$idx]) { print "MISS\n" if $debug; $self->{ARRAY}[$idx] = $self->{CLOSURE}->($self, $idx); } else { print "HIT\n" if $debug; } print ":so $idx = ", $self->{ARRAY}[$idx], "\n" if $debug; return $self->{ARRAY}[$idx]; } sub FETCHSIZE { my $self = shift; return $self->{SIZE}; } sub STORE { my $self = shift; confess "Storing, this should never happen to an infinite list!"; } sub STORESIZE { my($self, $size) = @_; $self->{SIZE} = $size; }