Re: letrec/named let
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- Subject: [mg56774] Re: [mg56707] letrec/named let
- From: Daniel Roy <droy at mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 06:04:20 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: MIT
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Ahah.. This works. Very good solution! (much faster than my solution whose performance is dependent on the absolute size of the values ! ugly) dan On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 14:51 -0500, DrBob wrote: > Clear@CompressNumericalSequence > CompressNumericalSequence[s_List] := Module[{u = Union@s}, > s /. Thread[u -> Range@Length@u] > ] > CompressNumericalSequence@{5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4} > > {5,1,1,2,3,4} > > Bobby > > On Wed, 04 May 2005 15:32:18 -0400, Daniel Roy <droy at MIT.EDU> wrote: > > > I just figured out why the suggestions I've been given fail on my test > > cases. Its because the sets that I am passing can have repeated digits. > > > > CompressNumericalSequence@{10,2,2,4,7,8} > > {5,1,1,2,3,4} > > > > Otherwise, your solution of Ordering@Ordering is MUCH faster. > > Unfortuantely, it gives the wrong answer on the above test. > > > > -dan > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 14:14 -0500, DrBob wrote: > >> I have no idea what "named let" does -- not a hell of a lot, I suspect -- but here's a simple replacement for the other routine: > >> > >> CompressNumericalSequence[s_List]:=Ordering@Ordering@s > >> CompressNumericalSequence@{10,2,4,7,8} > >> > >> {5,1,2,3,4} > >> > >> Bobby > >> > >> On Wed, 4 May 2005 00:33:53 -0400 (EDT), Daniel Roy <droy at mit.edu> wrote: > >> > >> > hi. i'm a lisper/schemer and i'm working with mathematica. i > >> > appreciate the lisp-like nature of mathematica but i can't seem to > >> > easily replicate some of the functionality i like which is forcing me to > >> > write ugly side-effect code. > >> > > >> > for instance, how do you do the equivalent of a "named let" in > >> > mathematica (NOTE! I know i can take the max of a list, this is just a > >> > simple example of a named let) > >> > > >> > (define (max-of-list lst) > >> > (let loop ((lst (cdr lst)) > >> > (best (car lst))) > >> > (if (null? lst) > >> > best > >> > (loop (cdr lst) > >> > (if (> (car lst) best) > >> > (car lst) > >> > best))))) > >> >(max-of-list '(1 2 3 4 5 2)) > >> >> 5 > >> > > >> > Here is a mathematica function to compress a sequence numerically. > >> > here is one attempt using functions where i pass the function to > >> > itself... there has to be a better way > >> > > >> > CompressNumericalSequence[S_] := Module[ > >> > {C = Function[{C, R, i}, > >> > If[i < Max[R], > >> > If[Length[Position[R, i]] == 0, > >> > C[C, (If[# > i, # - 1, #]) & /@ R, i], > >> > C[C, R, i + 1]], > >> > R]]}, > >> > C[C, S, 1]]; > >> > > >> > CompressNumericalSequence[{10, 2, 4, 7, 8}] > >> > {5, 1, 2, 3, 4} > >> > > >> > Also, is it possible to do letrec in mathematica? (essentially, i know > >> > i can do recursive function declarations at the top level... my question > >> > is whether i can do them at lower levels?)... > >> > > >> > thanks, dan > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
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- From: Daniel Roy <droy@mit.edu>
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