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10 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
11 \section{Sequences}
12 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
13 \label{section:Sequences}
15 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
16 \subsection[Seq.~Predicates]{Sequence Predicates}
17 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
18 \begin{LIST}{1cm}
20 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{EVERY}\\
21 \FU*{NOTEVERY}}{\}} \VAR{test}
22 \RP{\VAR{sequence}})}
24 Return \retval{\NIL} or \retval{\T}, respectively, as soon as \VAR{test} on
25 any set of corresponding elements of \VAR{sequence}s returns \NIL.
28 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{SOME}\\
29 \FU*{NOTANY}}{\}} \VAR{test}
30 \RP{\VAR{sequence}})}
32 Return \retval{value of \VAR{test}} or \retval{\NIL}, respectively, as soon
33 as \VAR{test} on any set of elements of \VAR{sequence}s returns non-\NIL.
36 \IT{(\FU*{MISMATCH} \VAR{sequence-a} \VAR{sequence-b}
37 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
38 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\\
39 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}\\
40 \kwd{:start1} \VAR{ start-a}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
41 \kwd{:start2} \VAR{ start-b}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
42 \kwd{:end1} \VAR{ end-a}\DF{\NIL}\\
43 \kwd{:end2} \VAR{ end-b}\DF{\NIL}\\
44 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
46 Return \retval{position in \VAR{sequence-a}} where
47 \VAR{sequence-a} and \VAR{sequence-b} begin to
48 mismatch. Return \retval{\NIL} if
49 they match entirely.
52 \end{LIST}
54 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
55 \subsection[Seq.~Functions]{Sequence Functions}
56 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
58 \begin{LIST}{1cm}
60 \IT{(\FU*{MAKE-SEQUENCE} \VAR{sequence-type} \VAR{size}
61 \Op{\kwd{:initial-element} \VAR{foo}})} % default: implementation-dependent
63 Make \retval{sequence} of \VAR{sequence-type} with \VAR{size} elements.
66 \IT{(\FU*{CONCATENATE} \VAR{type} \OPn{\VAR{sequence}})}
68 Return \retval{concatenated sequence} of \VAR{type}.
71 \IT{(\FU*{MERGE} \VAR{type} \DES{\VAR{sequence-a}} \DES{\VAR{sequence-b}}
72 \VAR{test} \Op{\kwd{:key} \VAR{function}\DF{\NIL}})}
74 Return \retval{interleaved sequence} of \VAR{type}. Merged sequence
75 will be sorted if both \VAR{sequence-a} and \VAR{sequence-b} are
76 sorted.
79 \IT{(\FU*{FILL} \DES{\VAR{sequence}} \VAR{foo}
80 \orGOO{\kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
81 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}}{\}})}
83 Return \retval{\VAR{sequence}} after setting elements between \VAR{start}
84 and \VAR{end} to \VAR{foo}.
87 \IT{(\FU*{LENGTH} \VAR{sequence})}
88 {Return \retval{length of
89 \VAR{sequence}} (being value of fill pointer if applicable).
92 \IT{(\FU*{COUNT} \VAR{foo} \VAR{sequence}
93 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
94 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\\
95 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}\\
96 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
97 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
98 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
100 Return \retval{number of \VAR{foo}s} in \VAR{sequence} which satisfy
101 tests.
104 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{COUNT-IF}\\
105 \FU*{COUNT-IF-NOT}}{\}} \VAR{test} \VAR{sequence}
106 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
107 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
108 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
109 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
111 Return \retval{number of elements} in \VAR{sequence} which satisfy
112 \VAR{test}.
115 \IT{(\FU*{ELT} \VAR{sequence} \VAR{index})}
116 {Return \retval{element of
117 \VAR{sequence}} pointed to by zero-indexed
118 \VAR{index}. \kwd{setf}able.
121 \IT{(\FU*{SUBSEQ} \VAR{sequence} \VAR{start}
122 \Op{\VAR{end}\DF{\NIL}})}
124 Return \retval{subsequence of \VAR{sequence}} between \VAR{start}
125 and \VAR{end}. \kwd{setf}able.
128 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{SORT}\\
129 \FU*{STABLE-SORT}}{\}} \DES{\VAR{sequence}} \VAR{test}
130 \Op{\kwd{:key} \VAR{function}})}
132 Return \retval{\VAR{sequence} sorted}. Order
133 of elements considered equal is not guaranteed/retained, respectively.
136 \IT{\arrGOO{(\FU*{REVERSE} \VAR{ sequence})\\
137 (\FU*{NREVERSE } \DES{\VAR{sequence}})}{.}}
139 Return \retval{\VAR{sequence} in reverse order}.
142 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{FIND}\\
143 \FU*{POSITION}}{\}} \VAR{foo} \VAR{sequence}
144 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
145 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\\
146 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}\\
147 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
148 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
149 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
151 Return \retval{first element} in \VAR{sequence} which
152 satisfies tests, or its \retval{position} relative to
153 \VAR{sequence}'s start, respectively.
156 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{FIND-IF}\\
157 \FU*{FIND-IF-NOT}\\\FU*{POSITION-IF}\\
158 \FU*{POSITION-IF-NOT}}{\}} \VAR{test} \VAR{sequence}
159 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
160 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
161 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
162 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
164 Return \retval{first element in \VAR{sequence}} which satisfies \VAR{test}, or
165 \retval{its position} relative to \VAR{sequence}'s start, respectively.
168 \IT{(\FU*{SEARCH} \VAR{sequence-a} \VAR{sequence-b}
169 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
170 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\\
171 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}\\
172 \kwd{:start1} \VAR{ start-a}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
173 \kwd{:start2} \VAR{ start-b}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
174 \kwd{:end1} \VAR{ end-a}\DF{\NIL}\\
175 \kwd{:end2} \VAR{ end-b}\DF{\NIL}\\
176 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
178 Search \VAR{sequence-b} for a subsequence matching
179 \VAR{sequence-a}. Return \retval{position} in \VAR{sequence-b}, or
180 \retval{\NIL}.
183 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{REMOVE} \VAR{ foo } \VAR{sequence}\\
184 \FU*{DELETE} \VAR{ foo } \DES{\VAR{sequence}}}{\}}
185 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
186 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\\
187 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}\\
188 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
189 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
190 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}\\
191 \kwd{:count} \VAR{ count}\DF{\NIL}}{\}})}
193 Make \retval{copy of \VAR{sequence}} without elements matching
194 \VAR{foo}.
197 \IT{(\xorGOO{%
198 \arrGOO{
199 \FU*{REMOVE-IF}\\
200 \FU*{REMOVE-IF-NOT}}{\}} \VAR{ test } \VAR{sequence}\\
201 \arrGOO{
202 \FU*{DELETE-IF}\\
203 \FU*{DELETE-IF-NOT}}{\}} \VAR{ test }
204 \DES{\VAR{sequence}}\text{ }}{\}}
205 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
206 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
207 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
208 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}\\
209 \kwd{:count} \VAR{ count}\DF{\NIL}}{\}})}
211 Make \retval{copy of \VAR{sequence}} with all (or \VAR{count}) elements
212 satisfying \VAR{test} removed.
215 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{REMOVE-DUPLICATES} \VAR{ sequence }\\
216 \FU*{DELETE-DUPLICATES } \DES{\VAR{sequence}}}{\}}
217 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
218 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\\
219 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}\\
220 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
221 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
222 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
224 Make \retval{copy of \VAR{sequence}} without duplicates.
227 \IT{(\xorGOO{%
228 \FU*{SUBSTITUTE} \VAR{ new} \VAR{ old } \VAR{sequence} \\
229 \FU*{NSUBSTITUTE} \VAR{ new} \VAR{ old } \DES{\VAR{sequence}} }{\}}
230 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
231 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\\
232 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}\\
233 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
234 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
235 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}\\
236 \kwd{:count} \VAR{ count}\DF{\NIL}}{\}})}
238 Make \retval{copy of \VAR{sequence}} with all (or \VAR{count})
239 \VAR{old}s replaced by \VAR{new}.
242 \IT{(\xorGOO{%
243 \arrGOO{%
244 \FU*{SUBSTITUTE-IF}\\
245 \FU*{SUBSTITUTE-IF-NOT}}{\}}
246 \VAR{ new} \VAR{ test } \VAR{sequence}\\
247 \arrGOO{%
248 \FU*{NSUBSTITUTE-IF}\\
249 \FU*{NSUBSTITUTE-IF-NOT}}{\}}
250 \VAR{ new} \VAR{ test } \DES{\VAR{sequence}}\text{ }
251 }{\}}
252 \orGOO{\kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
253 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
254 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
255 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}\\
256 \kwd{:count} \VAR{ count}\DF{\NIL}}{\}})}
258 Make \retval{copy of \VAR{sequence}} with all (or \VAR{count})
259 elements satisfying \VAR{test} replaced by
260 \VAR{new}.
263 \IT{(\FU*{REPLACE} \DES{\VAR{sequence-a}} \VAR{sequence-b}
264 \orGOO{\kwd{:start1} \VAR{ start-a}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
265 \kwd{:start2} \VAR{ start-b}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
266 \kwd{:end1} \VAR{ end-a}\DF{\NIL}\\
267 \kwd{:end2} \VAR{ end-b}\DF{\NIL}}{\}})}
269 Replace elements of \retval{\VAR{sequence-a}} with elements of
270 \VAR{sequence-b}.
273 \IT{(\FU*{MAP} \VAR{type} \VAR{function} \RP{\VAR{sequence}})}
275 Apply \VAR{function} successively to corresponding elements of the
276 \VAR{sequence}s. Return values as a \retval{sequence} of
277 \VAR{type}. If \VAR{type} is \NIL, return \retval{\NIL}.
280 \IT{(\FU*{MAP-INTO} \DES{\VAR{result-sequence}} \VAR{function}
281 \RP{\VAR{sequence}})}
283 Store into \retval{\VAR{result-sequence}} successively values of
284 \VAR{function} applied to corresponding elements of the \VAR{sequence}s.
287 \IT{(\FU*{REDUCE} \VAR{function} \VAR{sequence}
288 \orGOO{\kwd{:initial-value} \VAR{ foo}\DF{\NIL}\\
289 \kwd{:from-end} \VAR{ bool}\DF{\NIL}\\
290 \kwd{:start} \VAR{ start}\DF{\LIT{0}}\\
291 \kwd{:end} \VAR{ end}\DF{\NIL}\\
292 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
294 Starting with the first two elements of \VAR{sequence}, apply
295 \VAR{function} successively to its last return value together with the next
296 element of \VAR{sequence}. Return \retval{last value} of {function}.
299 \IT{(\FU*{COPY-SEQ} \VAR{sequence})}
301 Return \retval{copy of \VAR{sequence}} with the same elements.
305 \end{LIST}