90 lines
2.3 KiB
Racket
90 lines
2.3 KiB
Racket
#lang scribble/doc
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@(require scribble/manual
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scribble/eval
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"guide-utils.ss")
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@title[#:tag "pairs"]{Pairs and Lists}
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A @deftech{pair} joins two arbitrary values. The @scheme[cons]
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procedure constructs pairs, and the @scheme[car] and @scheme[cdr]
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procedures extract the first and second elements of the pair,
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respectively. The @scheme[pair?] predicate recognizes pairs.
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Some pairs print by wrapping parentheses around the printed forms of
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the two pair elements, putting a @litchar{`} at the beginning and a
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@litchar{.} between the elements.
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@examples[
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(cons 1 2)
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(cons (cons 1 2) 3)
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(car (cons 1 2))
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(cdr (cons 1 2))
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(pair? (cons 1 2))
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]
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A @deftech{list} is a combination of pairs that creates a linked
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list. More precisely, a list is either the empty list @scheme[null],
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or it is a pair whose first element is a list element and whose second
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element is a list. The @scheme[list?] predicate recognizes lists. The
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@scheme[null?] predicate recognizes the empty list.
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A list prints as a @litchar{`} followed by a pair of parentheses
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wrapped around the list elements.
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@examples[
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null
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(cons 0 (cons 1 (cons 2 null)))
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(list? null)
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(list? (cons 1 (cons 2 null)))
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(list? (cons 1 2))
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]
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The @scheme[display] function prints a pair or list without a leading
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@litchar{`}:
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@examples[
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(display (cons 1 2))
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(display null)
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(display (list 1 2 3))
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]
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Pairs are immutable (contrary to Lisp tradition), and @scheme[pair?]
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and @scheme[list?] recognize immutable pairs and lists, only. The
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@scheme[mcons] procedure creates a mutable pair, which works with
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@scheme[set-mcar!] and @scheme[set-mcdr!], as well as @scheme[mcar]
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and @scheme[mcdr].
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@examples[
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(define p (mcons 1 2))
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p
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(pair? p)
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(mpair? p)
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(set-mcar! p 0)
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p
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]
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Among the most important predefined procedures on lists are those that
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iterate through the list's elements:
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@interaction[
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(map (lambda (i) (/ 1 i))
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'(1 2 3))
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(andmap (lambda (i) (i . < . 3))
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'(1 2 3))
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(ormap (lambda (i) (i . < . 3))
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'(1 2 3))
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(filter (lambda (i) (i . < . 3))
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'(1 2 3))
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(foldl (lambda (v i) (+ v i))
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10
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'(1 2 3))
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(for-each (lambda (i) (display i))
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'(1 2 3))
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(member "Keys"
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'("Florida" "Keys" "U.S.A."))
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(assoc 'where
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'((when "3:30") (where "Florida") (who "Mickey")))
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]
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@refdetails["pairs"]{pairs and lists}
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