Generic Filter in Racket - scheme

I need to create a function called generic-filter, using the eopl language, that takes two arguments: a predicate and a list. The function should return a similar list but only with elements that satisfy the predicate and must eliminate those that do not comply.
This is what I have so far:
(define generic-filter
(lambda (pred lst)
(if (null? lst)
'()
(let ([element (car lst)]
[tail (generic-filter (cdr lst))])
(if (pred element)
(cons element tail)
tail)))))
This is ok for these types of list and predicates:
> (generic-filter number? ’((1 2 a (b)) 3 4 c 5 d))
’(3 4 5)
> (generic-filter symbol? ’((1 2 a (b)) 3 4 c 5 d))
’(c d)
> (generic-filter list? ’((1 2 a (b)) 3 4 c 5 d))
’((1 2 a (b)))
But it won't work with these ones:
> (generic-filter null? ’((1 2) () (((4 5) ()))))
(() (( () )))
> (generic-filter even? ’((1 2) 3 (((4 5) 6))))
((2) (((4) 6)))
Any tips? thanks.

Related

How to invert the predicate here?

I have the following filter procedure:
; (2) filter
(define (filter test sequence)
; return a list of the elements that pass the predicate test
(let ((elem (if (null? sequence) nil (car sequence)))
(rest (if (null? sequence) nil (cdr sequence))))
(cond ((null? sequence) nil)
((test elem) (cons elem (filter test rest)))
(else (filter test rest)))))
And here would be an example of using it to return the even-numbered elements of a list:
(define even? (lambda (x) (= (modulo x 2) 0)))
(define sequence '(1 2 3 4 5 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17))
(filter even? sequence)
; (2 4 8 14 16)
Is there a simple way to use the not test to invert the selection? For example, I thought the following might work:
(filter (not even?) sequence)
But it returns an error. I can define odd separately, of course:
(define odd? (lambda (x) (not (even? x))))
But I'm trying not to do this. Is there a way to write the odd procedure without defining it directly, but instead using the not directly like I'm trying to do above?
There is a complement function in Common Lisp that does what I think you are looking for. complement is a higher-order procedure that takes a procedure as its argument, and returns a procedure that takes the same arguments as the input procedure and performs the same actions, but the returned truth value is inverted.
Racket has a similar procedure, negate, and it is easy enough to implement this in Scheme:
(define (complement f)
(lambda xs (not (apply f xs))))
> (filter even? '(1 2 3 4 5))
(2 4)
> (filter (complement even?) '(1 2 3 4 5))
(1 3 5)
> (> 1 2 3 4 5)
#f
> ((complement >) 1 2 3 4 5)
#t
And in Racket:
scratch.rkt> (filter even? '(1 2 3 4 5))
'(2 4)
scratch.rkt> (filter (negate even?) '(1 2 3 4 5))
'(1 3 5)
scratch.rkt> (> 1 2 3 4 5)
#f
scratch.rkt> ((negate >) 1 2 3 4 5)
#t
The general answer to this is to simply compose not and the function you care about. Racket has a compose function which does this, but you can easily write a simple one yourself:
(define (compose-1 . functions)
;; simple-minded compose: each function other than the last must
;; take just one argument; all functions should return just one
;; value.
(define (compose-loop fns)
(cond
((null? fns)
(λ (x) x))
((null? (cdr fns))
(car fns))
(else
(λ (x) ((car fns) ((compose-loop (cdr fns)) x))))))
(compose-loop functions))
Making it efficient and more general takes more work of course.
Then you can define odd? (which is already defined of course):
(define odd? (compose-1 not even)
Or in fact define a more general CL-style complement function:
(define (complement f)
(compose-1 not f))
One option is to write an invert function which will curry things along (so the initial function still accepts one argument) until the final evaluation occurs:
(define invert (lambda (func) (lambda (x) (not (func x)))))
(define sequence '(1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17))
(filter (invert even?) sequence)
; (1 3 5 9 11 13 15 17)

Scheme recursive

Deos anyone know, how I can make this funktion recursive by inserting the function somewhere? I am not allowed to use implemented functions for lists except append, make-pair(list) and reverse.
(: split-list ((list-of %a) -> (tuple-of (list-of %a) (list-of %a))))
(check-expect (split-list (list 1 2)) (make-tuple (list 1) (list 2)))
(check-expect (split-list (list 1 2 3 4)) (make-tuple (list 1 3) (list 2 4)))
(check-expect (split-list (list 1 2 3)) (make-tuple (list 1 3) (list 2)))
(check-expect (split-list (list 1 2 3 4 5)) (make-tuple (list 1 3 5) (list 2 4)))
(check-expect (split-list (list 1 2 3 4 5 6)) (make-tuple (list 1 3 5) (list 2 4 6)))
(define split-list
(lambda (x)
(match x
(empty empty)
((make-pair a empty) (make-tuple a empty))
((make-pair a (make-pair b empty)) (make-tuple (list a) (list b)))
((make-pair a (make-pair b c)) (make-tuple (list a (first c)) (list b (first(rest c))))))))
Code for make-tuple:
(define-record-procedures-parametric tuple tuple-of
make-tuple
tuple?
(first-tuple
rest-tuple))
Here's a way you can fix it using match and a named let, seen below as loop.
(define (split xs)
(let loop ((xs xs) ;; the list, initialized with our input
(l empty) ;; "left" accumulator, initialized with an empty list
(r empty)) ;; "right" accumulator, initialized with an empty list
(match xs
((list a b rest ...) ;; at least two elements
(loop rest
(cons a l)
(cons b r)))
((cons a empty) ;; one element
(loop empty
(cons a l)
r))
(else ;; zero elements
(list (reverse l)
(reverse r))))))
Above we use a loop to build up left and right lists then we use reverse to return the final answer. We can avoid having to reverse the answer if we build the answer in reverse order! The technique used here is called continuation passing style.
(define (split xs (then list))
(match xs
((list a b rest ...) ;; at least two elements
(split rest
(λ (l r)
(then (cons a l)
(cons b r)))))
((cons a empty) ;; only one element
(then (list a) empty))
(else ;; zero elements
(then empty empty))))
Both implementations perform to specification.
(split '())
;; => '(() ())
(split '(1))
;; => '((1) ())
(split '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7))
;; => '((1 3 5 7) (2 4 6))
Grouping the result in a list is an intuitive default, but it's probable that you plan to do something with the separate parts anyway
(define my-list '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7))
(let* ((result (split my-list)) ;; split the list into parts
(l (car result)) ;; get the "left" part
(r (cadr result))) ;; get the "right" part
(printf "odds: ~a, evens: ~a~n" l r))
;; odds: (1 3 5 7), evens: (2 4 6)
Above, continuation passing style gives us unique control over the returned result. The continuation is configurable at the call site, using a second parameter.
(split '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7) list) ;; same as default
;; '((1 3 5 7) (2 4 6))
(split '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7) cons)
;; '((1 3 5 7) 2 4 6)
(split '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
(λ (l r)
(printf "odds: ~a, evens: ~a~n" l r)))
;; odds: (1 3 5 7), evens: (2 4 6)
(split '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
(curry printf "odds: ~a, evens: ~a~n"))
;; odds: (1 3 5 7), evens: (2 4 6)
Oscar's answer using an auxiliary helper function or the first implementation in this post using loop are practical and idiomatic programs. Continuation passing style is a nice academic exercise, but I only demonstrated it here because it shows how to step around two complex tasks:
building up an output list without having to reverse it
returning multiple values
I don't have access to the definitions of make-pair and make-tuple that you're using. I can think of a recursive algorithm in terms of Scheme lists, it should be easy to adapt this to your requirements, just use make-tuple in place of list, make-pair in place of cons and make the necessary adjustments:
(define (split lst l1 l2)
(cond ((empty? lst) ; end of list with even number of elements
(list (reverse l1) (reverse l2))) ; return solution
((empty? (rest lst)) ; end of list with odd number of elements
(list (reverse (cons (first lst) l1)) (reverse l2))) ; return solution
(else ; advance two elements at a time, build two separate lists
(split (rest (rest lst)) (cons (first lst) l1) (cons (second lst) l2)))))
(define (split-list lst)
; call helper procedure with initial values
(split lst '() '()))
For example:
(split-list '(1 2))
=> '((1) (2))
(split-list '(1 2 3 4))
=> '((1 3) (2 4))
(split-list '(1 2 3))
=> '((1 3) (2))
(split-list '(1 2 3 4 5))
=> '((1 3 5) (2 4))
(split-list '(1 2 3 4 5 6))
=> '((1 3 5) (2 4 6))
split is kind of a de-interleave function. In many other languages, split names functions which create sublists/subsequences of a list/sequence which preserve the actual order. That is why I don't like to name this function split, because it changes the order of elements in some way.
Tail-call-rescursive solution
(define de-interleave (l (acc '(() ())))
(cond ((null? l) (map reverse acc)) ; reverse each inner list
((= (length l) 1)
(de-interleave '() (list (cons (first l) (first acc))
(second acc))))
(else
(de-interleave (cddr l) (list (cons (first l) (first acc))
(cons (second l) (second acc)))))))
You seem to be using the module deinprogramm/DMdA-vanilla.
The simplest way is to match the current state of the list and call it again with the rest:
(define split-list
(lambda (x)
(match x
;the result should always be a tuple
(empty (make-tuple empty empty))
((list a) (make-tuple (list a) empty))
((list a b) (make-tuple (list a) (list b)))
;call split-list with the remaining elements, then insert the first two elements to each list in the tuple
((make-pair a (make-pair b c))
((lambda (t)
(make-tuple (make-pair a (first-tuple t))
(make-pair b (rest-tuple t))))
(split-list c))))))

Racket Pass List Elements to a Function

I'm trying to figure out how I would be able to pass the values that I have within a list to a function.
Ex:
(define l (list (list 1) (list 2) (list 3 4))) --> l = '((1) (2) (3 4))
(define (myFunc el1 el2 el3)
...Whatever is in my function).
Thus, how would I be able to call myFunc with the elements in l,
I would have (myFunc '(1) '(2) '(3 4)).
Try using apply. For instance:
(define l (list (list 1) (list 2) (list 3 4)))
(define (my-func el1 el2 el3)
(+ (length el1) (length el2) (length el3)))
(apply my-func l) ; => 4
Here is the documentation.

How to split a list into two parts in Scheme

Example: (split '(1 2 3 4) '3)
the Answer should be: ((1 2 3) 4)
The function required 1 list and 1 number, the output should be nested list
the nested list consist of all elements of "mylist" which are equal or less than the "num", and the greater number should be on the right of the list.
I tried but out put is only one list:
(define (split mylist num)
(cond
((null? mylist)'())
((list? (car mylist))(split(car mylist) num))
((> (car mylist) num)(split(cdr mylist) num))
(else(cons (car mylist) (split(cdr mylist) num)))))
A simple solution:
(define (split-list xs y)
(define (less x) (<= x y))
(define (greater x) (> x y))
(list (filter less xs)
(filter greater xs)))
An alternative:
(define (split-list xs y)
(define (less x) (<= x y))
(define-values (as bs) (partition less xs))
(list as bs))
(split-list '(1 2 3 4) 3)
Here's one possible solution, using built-in procedures in Racket:
(define (split mylist num)
(cons
(takef mylist (lambda (n) (<= n num)))
(dropf mylist (lambda (n) (<= n num)))))
For example:
(split '(1 2 3 4) 3)
=> '((1 2 3) 4)
(split '(1 2 3 4 5) 3)
=> '((1 2 3) 4 5)
This is roll your own version using named let. It makes one pass through the data and the result is in reverse order since it's the most effective.
(define (binary-bucket-sort lst threshold)
(let loop ((lst lst) (less-equal '()) (greater '()))
(cond ((null? lst)
(cons less-equal greater))
((<= (car lst) threshold)
(loop (cdr lst) (cons (car lst) less-equal) greater))
(else
(loop (cdr lst) less-equal (cons (car lst) greater))))))
(binary-bucket-sort '(1 5 9 2 6 10 3 7 9 8 4 0) 5)
; ==> ((0 4 3 2 5 1) . (8 9 7 10 6 9))
If you're comfortable with some of the more functional constructs in Racket, such as curry and the like, you can use this rather compact approach:
(define (split-list xs y)
(call-with-values (thunk (partition (curry >= y) xs)) cons))
> (split-list '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7) 3)
'((1 2 3) 4 5 6 7)

removing list with a list

I understand how to remove elements when there are list and a variable, but is there a way to remove elements from a list using another list? EXAMPLE: (list 1 2 3 4 5)(list 1 2 3) yields (list 4 5)
It's the same as with a variable, but you need to use the member function instead of equal?:
#lang racket
; remove every element included in rlist from flist
(define (remove-list rlist flist)
(if (empty? flist)
'()
(let ((c (car flist)))
(if (member c rlist) ; <====
(remove-list rlist (cdr flist))
(cons c (remove-list rlist (cdr flist)))))))
(remove-list (list 1 2 3) (list 1 2 3 4 5))
=> '(4 5)
In Racket this is pretty simple, just use the remove* built-in procedure:
(remove* (list 1 2 3) (list 1 2 3 4 5))
=> '(4 5)

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