An iterator is an object-oriented programming pattern which for the most part functions similarly to a pointer to an object inside a collection with the added ability to traverse through the collection in a defined manner, agnostic of the actual implementation or even object addresses in physical ...
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Splicing enumerables together
Basically, what I mean by splice is to take an array of Enumerables, take the 1st element from the first one, then the 1st element from the second one, and so forth, until we come back to the 1st ...
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Python lazy dict with iterator in constructor
This question began as an off-topic answer to this question, but the code here serves a different goal.
I wrote the following class for the purpose of populating a dict on demand from an iterator. ...
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IEnumerable and Predicate sets in .NET (complete, explained)
See a revised version in the answer below
GitHub Repository
Previously: Countable and uncountable sets in .NET (clean version).
Thesis There is a full featured support of countable sets in .NET:...
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ExtensionMethods for iterating hierarchically data structures depth/breath-first
I wrote a few simple extension methods that allow to traverse a hierachically data structure depth-first or breath-first using LINQ:
Usage:
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C++11 Quicksort any container
As the title says, simple quicksort to help myself get used to C++ templates and iterators. Main concern is whether there's a better way to template so that you can have a simple function (e.g. ...
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Convert a dictionary of iterables into an iterator of dictionaries
I have a user-editable dictionary of content used to fill in a string.Template and I wanted to allow the user to fill the same template with several values at once.
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Scan over parameter iterator for model simulation
I'm writing a small Python application that performs model simulation for many different parameters. The iterator of parameters isn't completely known ahead of time. Rather, the iterator needs to ...
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A Rust iterator to match and replace subsequences
I needed to do transformations on a data stream, not on an element-by-element basis, but on subsequences. This is what I've come up with:
https://github.com/peterjoel/rust-iter-replace/blob/master/src/...
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A general iterator to replace “non-standard” C-style for loops
Since the deprecation of C-style for loops in Swift 2.2 (and the removal in Swift 3),
several questions about the possible replacements were asked on Stack Overflow. In most cases, a ...
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Standard deviation from iterators
I want this to be similar to the STL algorithms but I don't find it elegant nor concise at all:
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Finding a Cartesian product of multiple lists
I came up with an extension method to find a Cartesian product of multiple IEnumerable sets. I was able to achieve lazy enumeration via ...
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JavaScript Iteration
In my current project I have objects of the following structure:
CanvasBundle - Object
Some elements...
gridCanvas
axesCanvas
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Custom C++ iterator
So I have written a custom iterator for std::map that allows access to just the "values" of the map and I was wondering if it is the "correct" way to implement <...
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Input iterator in C++
For educational purposes and to understand how iterators are working in C++, I've create an input iterator and I would like others to look at and provide any feedback on my code.
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An iterator returning all possible solutions to n-queen problem in Java - follow-up
(See the initial iteration.)
Now I have slightly improved performance of the iterator. Whenever we have set a queen at a particular board cell, the previous iteration sacrifices \$\mathcal{O}(n)\$ ...
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An iterator returning all possible solutions to n-queen problem in Java
(See the next iteration.)
Given a positive integer \$n\$, I have an iterator that returns all possible solutions to \$n\$-queens problem one by one:
QueenIterableV1.java:
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Yet another Pythonic range implementation for C++
I recently had the need to loop from zero to some limit only known at runtime. Instead of writing:
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Exposing Iterators while Trully Hiding Their Implementation
While implementing classes composed of various collections, I've found that it's pretty hard to completely hide the type of collection used, while still allowing C++ style operations on iterators.
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RFC 4180-compliant CSV parser in Java
While looking at a recent question, I realized that there is no CSV parser in the standard Java library. I decided to write one that complies with RFC 4180. Highlights of the standard include:
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An iterator returning all possible permutations of a list in Java
I have this class that iterates over all permutations of an input list:
PermutationIterable.java:
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Combination generator in Java - 2nd iteration
I have refactored the previous combination generator, and now it is an iterator returning combinations as lists. It hides larger constant factors as the previous version, yet it is really easy to use:
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multirange iterator
I'm doing some boring math with lot of sums over lot of variables. So, instead of nesting for loops I have decided to use something like this:
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Split up an iterable into batches
I was writing a program that had a list of e-mail messages. It needed to group them into batches, with the condition that each batch must have at max 20 messages, and be maximally 50k in size (no ...
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Scala implementation of @rolfl's integer-partitioning algorithm
While reviewing @Martijn's Distinct sums of integers (finding all combinations of positive integers that sum to a given number), I proposed the following solution:
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Flags on steroids
What is so bad about [Flags] enum? It does not support IEnumerable<T> anyhow, so to get one we need to use syntax like (...
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Range iterator in ES6 similar to Python and Ruby for
Background and Purpose
For those unaccustomed to Ruby, Ruby supports range literals i.e. 1..4 meaning 1, 2, 3, 4 and ...
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Finding if sequential numbers for total exists
Question:
Given a sequence of positive integers A and an integer T, return whether there is a continuous sequence of A that sums up to exactly T
Example:
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Max element of input iterator range
I came across this SO question on why std::max_element requires a ForwardIterator (as apposed to an ...
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Let's “Iterator” through Fibonacci, forever and ever
Following-up to my previous question, this class is now based on an iterator. The class, instead of forcing the programmer to use up a bunch of memory just to get each progressive number once, they ...
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iterating over the values of a list of ordered dictionaries
I am facing the following problem: I have a special data structure that is a dictionary whose keys are integers (dimensions). The values are also dictionaries whose keys are strings (geometric types) ...
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Using the llvm::iterator_adaptor_base
I'm currently working with the LLVM JIT framework. There is some graph I had to implement for internal cost bench-marking. It has cyclic node dependencies, so I have to use ...
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Mapping & Sorting Randomly Generated Numbers
Below is the assignment I was given and the coding is what I have came up with. I would appreciate criticism on how I did and on ways to have gone differently about it.
You want to number your ...
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Random access iterator for custom data type in C++
I am working with an array-like data container through a 3rd party API. So I can not change the container itself to add iterators. There are many different array-like classes, and each have a specific ...
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The final word on contiguous iterators
Following the paradigms of SCARY iterators, there should only be a single iterator-type for contiguous iterators per value-type.
Here my code for that iterator, working with C++11+:
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Pythonish integer range in Java - follow-up
(See the previous iteration.)
I have refactored the Range; now it looks like this:
Range.java:
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Pythonish integer range in Java
Introduction
After getting stuck with a Pythonish integer range in C++, I rewrote the facility in Java. In Python you can say:
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Pythonish integer range in C++
Python has that range:
>>> range(10, -20, -3)
[10, 7, 4, 1, -2, -5, -8, -11, -14, -17]
I have this C++ implementation of exactly the same facility:
range.h:
<...
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Reimplementing enumerate() to produce a sequence or iterator
Apparently it is possible to implement enumerate so it produces a sequence when given a sequence, and produces an iterable otherwise. Sequence can be safely ...
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Singly-linked list implementation with iterators
Taking into account everything you guys told me last time I posted, I came up with this implementation of a singly-linked list, in which the first and last elements are known.
I tried to make the ...
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Filtered Iterator
I have written a wrapper for Java's Iterator class using Java 7, which is designed to only iterate items that match a certain filter.
When the filter is null, all ...
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Improving multiple assignment using an iterator function
Often I need to perform multiple assignment from a sequence
(e.g. from the result of a split()) but with some semantics
that, AFAIK, are not available in the ...
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Binary trees in Rust: more iterators! (non-consuming variant)
This is a follow-up to Binary trees in Rust: iterators, where Shepmaster suggested that I implement a non-consuming iterator.
This was relatively straightforward.
I chose to mirror the design of the ...
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Binary trees in Rust: iterators
This is a follow-up to Basic binary tree manipulation in Rust, where Shepmaster suggested that I implement the Iterator trait for the binary tree.
This ended up ...
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Saving and resuming position while iterating over a container
Background:
I'm in the process of writing a relatively simple behavior tree driven AI system for a game that I'm working on. Basically, the behavior tree is made up of individual gameplay tasks (move,...
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Yield statement in a using block from a clarity point of view
I want an opinion of the community about readability and maintainability of the following code.
This is quite a rare case when yield statement included in a using construction.
I know that this code ...
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Implementation of Vector in C++
This is a simple implementation of vector in C++. Please offer your reviews to improve the code.
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Using an IEnumerator without a foreach loop in order to simulate a state machine
I am working with an object that needs to run an ExecuteEffect() method. Sometimes, the ExecuteEffect() only needs to run once, ...
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Implementing xrange
I wanted to learn about Iterable and Iterators and hence thought about getting my hands dirty rather than reading theory and ...
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Iterating over Dungeon Map
I'm working on an RPG so of course I have to have some dungeons. I've got the dungeon generation working, with the output being a DungeonTileType[][].
Now I ...
