Class | Interval |
In: |
lib/more/facets/interval.rb
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Parent: | Object |
While Ruby support the Range class out of the box, is does not quite fullfil the role od a real Interval class. For instance, it does not support excluding the front sentinel. This is because Range also tries to do triple duty as a simple Sequence and as a simple Tuple-Pair, thus limiting its potential as an Interval. The Interval class remedies the situation by commiting to interval behavior, and then extends the class’ capabilites beyond that of the standard Range in ways that naturally fall out of that.
Range depends on two methods: succ and #<=>. If numeric ranges were the only concern, those could just as well be #+ and #<=>, but esoteric forms make that unfeasible —the obvious example being a String range. But a proper Interval class requires mathematical continuation, thus the Interval depends on #+ and #<=>, as well as #- as the inverse of #+.
i = Interval.new(1,5) i.to_a #=> [1,2,3,4,5] i = Interval[0,5] i.to_a(2) #=> [0,2,4] i = Interval[1,5] i.to_a(-1) #=> [5,4,3,2,1] i = Interval[1,3] i.to_a(1,2) #=> [1.0,1.5,2.0,2.5,3.0]
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 93 def initialize(first, last, exclude_first=false, exclude_last=false ) raise ArgumentError, "bad value for interval" if first.class != last.class @first = first @last = last @exclude_first = exclude_first @exclude_last = exclude_last @direction = (@last <=> @first) end
Returns the length of the interval as the difference between the first and last elements. Returns nil if the sentinal objects do not support distance comparison (distance). TODO: Add n parameter to count segmentations like those produced by each.
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 175 def distance @last - @first #if @last.respond_to?( :distance ) # @last.distance( @first ) #else # #self.to_a.length #end end
Iterates over the interval, passing each _n_th element to the block. If n is not given then n defaults to 1. Each _n_th step is determined by invoking +++ or +\-+ n, depending on the direction of the interval. If n is negative the iteration is preformed in reverse form end sentinal to front sentinal. A second parameter, d, can be given in which case the applied step is calculated as a fraction of the interval‘s length times n / d. This allows iteration over the whole interval in equal sized segments.
1..5.each { |e| ... } #=> 1 2 3 4 5 1..5.each(2) { |e| ... } #=> 1 3 5 1..5.each(1,2) { |e| ... } #=> 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 239 def each(n=1, d=nil) # :yield: return (n < 0 ? @last : @first) if degenerate? # is this right for all values of n ? s = d ? self.length.to_f * (n.to_f / d.to_f) : n.abs raise "Cannot iterate over zero length steps." if s == 0 s = s * @direction if n < 0 e = @exclude_last ? @last - s : @last #e = @exclude_last ? @last.pred(s) : @last t = @exclude_last ? 1 : 0 #while e.cmp(@first) >= t while (e <=> @first) >= t yield(e) e -= s #e = e.pred(s) end else e = @exclude_first ? @first + s : @first #e = @exclude_first ? @first.succ(s) : @first t = @exclude_last ? -1 : 0 #while e.cmp(@last) <= t while (e <=> @last) <= t yield(e) e += s #e = e.succ(s) end end end
Compares two intervals to see if they are equal
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 274 def eql?(other) return false unless @first == other.first return false unless @last == other.last return false unless @exclude_first == other.exclude_first? return false unless @exclude_last == other.exclude_last? true end
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 154 def first_opened ; Interval.new(@first, @last, true, false) ; end
Returns a new interval with either the first or the last sentinel exclusive. If the parameter is false, the deafult, then the first sentinel is excluded; if the parameter is true, the last sentinel is excluded.
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 147 def half_closed(e=false) e ? Interval.new(@first, @last, true, false) : Interval.new(@first, @last, false, true) end
Returns true or false if the element is part of the interval.
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 197 def include?(x) # todo: infinity? tf = exclude_first? ? 1 : 0 tl = exclude_last? ? -1 : 0 (x <=> first) >= tf and (x <=> last) <= tl end
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 153 def last_closed ; Interval.new(@first, @last, true, false) ; end
# File lib/more/facets/interval.rb, line 155 def last_opened ; Interval.new(@first, @last, false, true) ; end