Data.List.Ordered

data-ordlist-0.4.7.0: Set and bag operations on ordered lists

Copyright | (c) 2009-2011 Leon P Smith
License | BSD3
Maintainer | leon@melding-monads.com
Stability | experimental
Portability | portable
Safe Haskell | Safe
Language | Haskell98

Data.List.Ordered

Contents

- Predicates
- Insertion Functions
- Set-like operations
- Lists to Ordered Lists
- Miscellaneous folds

Description

This module implements bag and set operations on ordered lists. For the purposes of this module, a "bag" (or "multiset") is a non-decreasing list, whereas a "set" is a strictly ascending list. Bags are sorted lists that may contain duplicates, whereas sets are sorted lists that do not contain duplicates.

Except for the `nub`, `sort`, `nubSort`, and `isSorted` families of functions, every function assumes that any list arguments are sorted lists. Assuming this precondition is met, every resulting list is also sorted.

Because `isect` handles multisets correctly, it does not return results comparable to `Data.List.`intersect`` on them. Thus `isect` is more than just a more efficient `intersect` on ordered lists. Similar statements apply to other associations between functions this module and functions in `Data.List`, such as `union` and `Data.List.`union``.

All functions in this module are left biased. Elements that appear in earlier arguments have priority over equal elements that appear in later arguments, and elements that appear earlier in a single list have priority over equal elements that appear later in that list.

Synopsis

- member :: Ord a => a -> [a] -> Bool
- memberBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> a -> [a] -> Bool
- has :: Ord a => [a] -> a -> Bool
- hasBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> a -> Bool
- subset :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> Bool
- subsetBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] -> Bool
- isSorted :: Ord a => [a] -> Bool
- isSortedBy :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> Bool
- insertBag :: Ord a => a -> [a] -> [a]
- insertBagBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> a -> [a] -> [a]
- insertSet :: Ord a => a -> [a] -> [a]
- insertSetBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> a -> [a] -> [a]
- isect :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- isectBy :: (a -> b -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [b] -> [a]
- union :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- unionBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- minus :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- minusBy :: (a -> b -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [b] -> [a]
- minus' :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- minusBy' :: (a -> b -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [b] -> [a]
- xunion :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- xunionBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- merge :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- mergeBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- mergeAll :: Ord a => [[a]] -> [a]
- mergeAllBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [[a]] -> [a]
- unionAll :: Ord a => [[a]] -> [a]
- unionAllBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [[a]] -> [a]
- nub :: Ord a => [a] -> [a]
- nubBy :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]
- sort :: Ord a => [a] -> [a]
- sortBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a]
- sortOn :: Ord b => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a]
- sortOn' :: Ord b => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a]
- nubSort :: Ord a => [a] -> [a]
- nubSortBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a]
- nubSortOn :: Ord b => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a]
- nubSortOn' :: Ord b => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a]
- foldt :: (a -> a -> a) -> a -> [a] -> a
- foldt' :: (a -> a -> a) -> a -> [a] -> a

# Predicates

member :: Ord a => a -> [a] -> Bool #

The `member` function returns `True` if the element appears in the ordered list.

memberBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> a -> [a] -> Bool #

The `memberBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `member`.

has :: Ord a => [a] -> a -> Bool #

The `has` function returns `True` if the element appears in the list; it is equivalent to `member` except the order of the arguments is reversed, making it a function from an ordered list to its characteristic function.

hasBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> a -> Bool #

The `hasBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `has`.

subset :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> Bool #

The `subset` function returns true if the first list is a sub-list of the second.

subsetBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] -> Bool #

The `subsetBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `subset`.

isSorted :: Ord a => [a] -> Bool #

The `isSorted` predicate returns `True` if the elements of a list occur in non-descending order, equivalent to ``isSortedBy` (`<=`)`.

isSortedBy :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> Bool #

The `isSortedBy` function returns `True` iff the predicate returns true for all adjacent pairs of elements in the list.

# Insertion Functions

insertBag :: Ord a => a -> [a] -> [a] #

The `insertBag` function inserts an element into a list. If the element is already there, then another copy of the element is inserted.

insertBagBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> a -> [a] -> [a] #

The `insertBagBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `insertBag`.

insertSet :: Ord a => a -> [a] -> [a] #

The `insertSet` function inserts an element into an ordered list. If the element is already there, then the element replaces the existing element.

insertSetBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> a -> [a] -> [a] #

The `insertSetBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `insertSet`.

# Set-like operations

isect :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `isect` function computes the intersection of two ordered lists. An element occurs in the output as many times as the minimum number of occurrences in either input. If either input is a set, then the output is a set.

    isect [ 1,2, 3,4 ] [ 3,4, 5,6 ]   == [ 3,4 ]
    isect [ 1, 2,2,2 ] [ 1,1,1, 2,2 ] == [ 1, 2,2 ]

isectBy :: (a -> b -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [b] -> [a] #

The `isectBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `isect`.

union :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `union` function computes the union of two ordered lists. An element occurs in the output as many times as the maximum number of occurrences in either input. The output is a set if and only if both inputs are sets.

    union [ 1,2, 3,4 ] [ 3,4, 5,6 ]   == [ 1,2, 3,4, 5,6 ]
    union [ 1, 2,2,2 ] [ 1,1,1, 2,2 ] == [ 1,1,1, 2,2,2 ]

unionBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `unionBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `union`.

minus :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `minus` function computes the difference of two ordered lists. An element occurs in the output as many times as it occurs in the first input, minus the number of occurrences in the second input. If the first input is a set, then the output is a set.

    minus [ 1,2, 3,4 ] [ 3,4, 5,6 ]   == [ 1,2 ]
    minus [ 1, 2,2,2 ] [ 1,1,1, 2,2 ] == [ 2 ]

minusBy :: (a -> b -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [b] -> [a] #

The `minusBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `minus`.

minus' :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `minus'` function computes the difference of two ordered lists. The result consists of elements from the first list that do not appear in the second list. If the first input is a set, then the output is a set.

    minus' [ 1,2, 3,4 ] [ 3,4, 5,6 ]   == [ 1,2 ]
    minus' [ 1, 2,2,2 ] [ 1,1,1, 2,2 ] == []
    minus' [ 1,1, 2,2 ] [ 2 ]          == [ 1,1 ]

minusBy' :: (a -> b -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [b] -> [a] #

The `minusBy'` function is the non-overloaded version of `minus'`.

xunion :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `xunion` function computes the exclusive union of two ordered lists. An element occurs in the output as many times as the absolute difference between the number of occurrences in the inputs. If both inputs are sets, then the output is a set.

    xunion [ 1,2, 3,4 ] [ 3,4, 5,6 ]   == [ 1,2, 5,6 ]
    xunion [ 1, 2,2,2 ] [ 1,1,1, 2,2 ] == [ 1,1, 2 ]

xunionBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `xunionBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `xunion`.

merge :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `merge` function combines all elements of two ordered lists. An element occurs in the output as many times as the sum of the occurrences in both lists. The output is a set if and only if the inputs are disjoint sets.

    merge [ 1,2, 3,4 ] [ 3,4, 5,6 ]   == [ 1,2,  3,3,4,4,  5,6 ]
    merge [ 1, 2,2,2 ] [ 1,1,1, 2,2 ] == [ 1,1,1,1,  2,2,2,2,2 ]

mergeBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] -> [a] #

The `mergeBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `merge`.

mergeAll :: Ord a => [[a]] -> [a] #

The `mergeAll` function merges a (potentially) infinite number of ordered lists, under the assumption that the heads of the inner lists are sorted. An element is duplicated in the result as many times as the total number of occurrences in all inner lists.

The `mergeAll` function is closely related to ``foldr` `merge` []`. The former does not assume that the outer list is finite, whereas the latter does not assume that the heads of the inner lists are sorted. When both sets of assumptions are met, these two functions are equivalent.

This implementation of `mergeAll` uses a tree of comparisons, and is based on input from Dave Bayer, Heinrich Apfelmus, Omar Antolin Camarena, and Will Ness. See `CHANGES` for details.

mergeAllBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [[a]] -> [a] #

The `mergeAllBy` function is the non-overloaded variant of the `mergeAll` function.

unionAll :: Ord a => [[a]] -> [a] #

The `unionAll` computes the union of a (potentially) infinite number of lists, under the assumption that the heads of the inner lists are sorted. The result will duplicate an element as many times as the maximum number of occurrences in any single list. Thus, the result is a set if and only if every inner list is a set.

The `unionAll` function is closely related to ``foldr` `union` []`. The former does not assume that the outer list is finite, whereas the latter does not assume that the heads of the inner lists are sorted. When both sets of assumptions are met, these two functions are equivalent.

Note that there is no simple way to express `unionAll` in terms of `mergeAll` or vice versa on arbitrary valid inputs. They are related via `nub` however, as ``nub` . `mergeAll` == `unionAll` . `map` `nub``. If every list is a set, then `map nub == id`, and in this special case (and only in this special case) does `nub . mergeAll == unionAll`.

This implementation of `unionAll` uses a tree of comparisons, and is based on input from Dave Bayer, Heinrich Apfelmus, Omar Antolin Camarena, and Will Ness. See `CHANGES` for details.

unionAllBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [[a]] -> [a] #

The `unionAllBy` function is the non-overloaded variant of the `unionAll` function.

# Lists to Ordered Lists

nub :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] #

On ordered lists, `nub` is equivalent to `nub`, except that it runs in linear time instead of quadratic. On unordered lists it also removes elements that are smaller than any preceding element.

    nub [1,1,1,2,2] == [1,2]
    nub [2,0,1,3,3] == [2,3]
    nub = nubBy (<)

nubBy :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] #

The `nubBy` function is the greedy algorithm that returns a sublist of its input such that:

    isSortedBy pred (nubBy pred xs) == True

This is true for all lists, not just ordered lists, and all binary predicates, not just total orders. On infinite lists, this statement is true in a certain mathematical sense, but not a computational one.

sort :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] #

The `sort` function implements a stable sorting algorithm. It is a special case of `sortBy`, which allows the programmer to supply their own comparison function.

sortBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] #

The `sortBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `sort`.

sortOn :: Ord b => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a] #

Sort a list by comparing the results of a key function applied to each element. `sortOn f` is equivalent to `sortBy (comparing f)`, but has the performance advantage of only evaluating `f` once for each element in the input list. This is called the decorate-sort-undecorate paradigm, or Schwartzian transform.

Since: 4.8.0.0

sortOn' :: Ord b => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a] #

This variant of `sortOn` recomputes the sorting key every comparison. This can be better for functions that are cheap to compute. This is definitely better for projections, as the decorate-sort-undecorate saves nothing and adds two traversals of the list and extra memory allocation.

nubSort :: Ord a => [a] -> [a] #

The `nubSort` function is equivalent to ``nub` `.` `sort``, except that duplicates are removed as it sorts. It is essentially the same implementation as `Data.List.sort`, with `merge` replaced by `union`. Thus the performance of `nubSort` should better than or nearly equal to `sort` alone. It is faster than both `sort` and ``nub` `.` `sort`` when the input contains significant quantities of duplicated elements.

nubSortBy :: (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> [a] #

The `nubSortBy` function is the non-overloaded version of `nubSort`.

nubSortOn :: Ord b => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a] #

The `nubSortOn` function provides decorate-sort-undecorate for `nubSort`.

nubSortOn' :: Ord b => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [a] #

This variant of `nubSortOn` recomputes the sorting key for each comparison

# Miscellaneous folds

foldt :: (a -> a -> a) -> a -> [a] -> a #

The function ``foldt` plus zero` computes the sum of a list using a sequence of balanced trees of operations. Given an appropriate `plus` operator, this function can be productive on an infinite list, hence it is lazier than `foldt'`. `foldt` is used in the implementation of `mergeAll` and `unionAll`.

foldt' :: (a -> a -> a) -> a -> [a] -> a #

The function ``foldt'` plus zero` computes the sum of a list using a balanced tree of operations. `foldt'` necessarily diverges on infinite lists, hence it is a stricter variant of `foldt`. `foldt'` is used in the implementation of `sort` and `nubSort`.