I have a collection of ints that repeat themselves in a pattern:
val repeatingSequence = List(1,2,3,1,2,3,4,1,2,1,2,3,4,5)
I'd like to section that List up when the pattern repeats itself; in this case, when the sequence goes back to 1:
val groupedBySequence = List(List(1,2,3), List(1,2,3,4), List(1,2), List(1,2,3,4,5))
Notice that I'm grouping when the sequence jumps back to 1, but that the sequence can be of arbitrary length. My colleague and I have solved it by adding an additional method called 'groupWhen'
class IteratorW[A](itr: Iterator[A]) {
def groupWhen(fn: A => Boolean): Iterator[Seq[A]] = {
val bitr = itr.buffered
new Iterator[Seq[A]] {
override def hasNext = bitr.hasNext
override def next = {
val xs = collection.mutable.ListBuffer(bitr.next)
while (bitr.hasNext && !fn(bitr.head)) xs += bitr.next
xs.toSeq
}
}
}
}
implicit def ToIteratorW[A](itr: Iterator[A]): IteratorW[A] = new IteratorW(itr)
> repeatingSequence.iterator.groupWhen(_ == 1).toSeq
List(List(1,2,3), List(1,2,3,4), List(1,2), List(1,2,3,4,5))
However, we both feel like there's a more elegant solution lurking in the collection library.
Given an iterator itr
, this will do the trick:
val head = iter.next()
val out = (
Iterator continually {iter takeWhile (_ != head)}
takeWhile {!_.isEmpty}
map {head :: _.toList}
).toList
As well all know, fold can do everything... ;)
val rs = List(1,2,3,1,2,3,4,1,2,1,2,3,4,5)
val res = (rs++List(1)).foldLeft((List[List[Int]](),List[Int]()))((acc,e) => acc match {
case (res,subl) => {
if (e == 1) ((subl.reverse)::res,1::Nil) else (res, e::subl)
}
})
println(res._1.reverse.tail)
Please regard this as an entry for the obfuscated Scala contest rather than as a real answer.
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