2017-04-14 44 views
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我定義在Haskell遞歸數據結構:遞歸數據結構的列表作爲功能輸入

data NestedList a = Element a | SubList [NestedList a] 

,然後我希望定義一個flatten功能將於NestedList的列表,並返回扁平結果,例如:

Input: [Element 1, SubList [Element 2, SubList [] ]] 
Output: [Element 1, Element 2]. 

然而,我的函數定義是不正確的:

flatten :: NestedList a -> [a] 
flatten (Element a) = [a] 
flatten (SubList (x:xs)) = flatten x ++ flatten (SubList xs) 
flatten (SubList []) = [] 

根據這個定義,我的功能會像:的

flatten (SubList [Element 1, SubList []]) 

代替

flatten [Element 1, SubList []] 

所以這flatten不能採取我上面提到的輸入,所以我應該如何定義flatten,使其接受輸入如[元素1,子列表[元素2,子列表[]]]?

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以何種方式是不是定義你想要什麼?在我看來,它工作得很好 - 結果將是'[1]',並且如果你想要將結果的每個元素都包含在Element中(無論出於何種原因...),那麼只需執行'map Element。 flatten'。 – user2407038

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一個更簡單的等價定義是用'flatten(Sublist xs)= xs >> = flatten'來代替最後兩個子句。 – amalloy

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FWIW,'NestedList'只是'Free []',而'flatten'只是'fromFoldable f => Foldable(Free f)'和'instance Foldable []'的'toList'。 – Lazersmoke

回答

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我懷疑你正在尋找以下:

flatten :: [NestedList a] -> [NestedList a] 
flatten (Element a : rest) = Element a : flatten rest 
flatten (SubList xs : rest) = flatten xs ++ flatten rest 
flatten [] = [] 

這似乎做你想要什麼:

> flatten [Element 1, SubList []] 
[Element 1] 
> flatten [Element 1, SubList [Element 2, SubList []]] 
[Element 1,Element 2] 
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如果要將NestedList平面化爲平面NestedList而不是普通列表,則可以定義一個單獨的函數fromList :: [a] -> NestedList a,該函數從普通列表構建平面嵌套列表。

fromList :: [a] -> NestedList a 
fromList l = SubList (toElems l) 
    where 
    toElems :: [a] -> [SubList a] 
    toElems (x:xs) = Element x : toElems xs 
    toElems [] = [] 

或者乾脆

fromList = SubList . map Element 

,寫

flattenNested :: NestedList a -> NestedList a 
flattenNested = fromList . flatten 

當然,你也可以寫flatten本身更簡單地爲:

flatten :: NestedList a -> [a] 
flatten (Element a) = [a] 
flatten (SubList xs) = concat (map flatten xs) 

或這些甚至一越來越新RDY代用品:

flatten (SubList xs) = concatMap flatten xs 

由於concatMap相同=<<

flatten (SubList xs) = flatten =<< xs 

由於NestedList同構Free []

flatten :: Free [] a -> [a] 
flatten (Pure a) = [a] 
flatten (Free xs) = flatten =<< xs 

或使用此關係進一步由(AB):

flatten :: Free [] a -> [a] 
flatten = toList