• indepndnt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Honest question: is there a mapping function that handles the case where you need to loop through an iterable, and conditionally reference an item one or two steps ahead in the iterable?

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      1 year ago

      In Haskell, you could do something like map (\(thisItem, nextItem) -> …) (zip list (tail list))

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      1 year ago

      Not that I’m aware of but that’s a condition where you’re thinking with an index. What’s the difference you’re looking for?

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        Something like parsing a string that could have command codes in it of varying length. So I guess the difference is, is this a 1-, 2-, or 3-character code?

        I have something like this in a barcode generator and I keep trying to find a way to make it more elegant, but I keep coming back to index and offset as the simplest and most understandable approach.

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      In js there’s reduce. Something like

      arr.reduce((result, currentValue, currentIndex, original) => {
      if(currentIndex < original.length - 2
          && original[currentIndendex + 2] % 2 === 0 ) {
          result.push(currentValue / 2) 
      } else { 
          result.push(currentValue);
      }
      return result;
      }, []) 
      

      This would map arr and return halved values for elements for which the element two steps ahead is even. This should be available in languages where map is present. And sorry for possible typos, writing this on mobile.