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authorArun Isaac2023-11-17 23:24:00 +0000
committerArun Isaac2023-11-17 23:24:00 +0000
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utils: Define pairify behaviour on odd number of elements.
* ccwl/utils.scm (pairify): Ignore extra elements when list has an odd number of elements. * tests/utils.scm ("pairify must ignore extra elements when list has an odd number of elements"): New test.
Diffstat (limited to 'ccwl')
-rw-r--r--ccwl/utils.scm9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ccwl/utils.scm b/ccwl/utils.scm
index 508e884..d9d1ee3 100644
--- a/ccwl/utils.scm
+++ b/ccwl/utils.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; ccwl --- Concise Common Workflow Language
-;;; Copyright © 2021, 2022 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2021, 2022, 2023 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
;;;
;;; This file is part of ccwl.
;;;
@@ -48,12 +48,17 @@
(display (make-string (* 2 level) #\space) port))
(define (pairify lst)
- "Return a list of pairs of successive elements of LST. For example,
+ "Return a list of pairs of successive elements of LST. Ignore extra
+elements when LST has an odd number of elements. For example,
(pairify (list 1 2 3 4 5 6))
+=> ((1 . 2) (3 . 4) (5 . 6))
+
+(pairify (list 1 2 3 4 5 6 7))
=> ((1 . 2) (3 . 4) (5 . 6))"
(match lst
(() '())
+ ((single-element) '())
((first second tail ...)
(cons (cons first second)
(pairify tail)))))