- print(x1,...,xn)
- Print the arguments to the command-line interface.
The output representations of
the arguments are joined together without any separating character
or spacing. Does print a line break thereafter. If the function is
called with no argument, it only prints a line break.
- put(x1,...,xn)
- Does the same as print, but does not print a line break.
- input(), input(prompt), input(prompt,history)
- Read a line of input from the command-line interface and return
the input as a string. The line break at the end of the input line is
not contained in the string. If the POSIX terminal interface is
accessible, use
history (a list of strings) as a history
to choose from.
- str(x)
- Convert
x into a string.
- str(x,format,precision)
- Convert the floating point number
x into
a string.
# format = "[+|-](f|e|E|g|G)"
s = str(math.pi,"f",4)
- int(x)
- Convert
x into an integer if possible.
- float(x)
- Convert
x into a floating point number
if possible.
- bin(x)
- Binary representation of an integer.
- oct(x)
- Octal representation of an integer.
- hex(x)
- Hexadecimal representation of an integer.
Hexadecimal representation of binary data.
- ord(s)
- Take a string of length one and return the code point of the
Unicode character.
- chr(x)
- Take an integer value
x and return the Unicode
character at code point x.
Return null if x is out of domain.
A default value may be specified by null coalescing operation:
c = chr(x) or else '?'
- list(x)
- Convert the iterable object
x into a list.
> list(1..4)
[1, 2, 3, 4]
- map(x)
- Convert the iterable object
x of
[key,value] pairs into a map.
> map([["a",1],["b",2]])
{"a": 1, "b": 2}
- set(x)
- Turn an iterable object
x into a set.
> set(1..4)
{1, 2, 3, 4}
- iter(x)
- Take an iterable object and return an iterator.
> i = iter(1..)
> [i(),i(),i(),i()]
[1, 2, 3, 4]
- cycle(x)
- Take an iterable object and return a cycling iterator.
> cycle(1..4).list(10)
[1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2]
- len(a)
- Number of elements of
a. The object a
should be a data structure that has this property.
- rng(a..b), rng(a..b,seed)
- Return a random number generator that returns random integers
from
a inclusive to b inclusive.
Currently the generator is not cryptographically secure.
> r = rng(1..4)
> [r(),r(),r(),r()]
[2, 1, 3, 3]
> r.list(10)
[1, 1, 4, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1]
- rng(a), rng(a,seed)
- Return a random number generator that chooses an element of
the list
a randomly.
- rng(), rng(seed)
- Return a random number generator that returns floats
between zero and one.
- read(id)
- Read the text file with filename
id and encoding
UTF-8. Return the contents as an
UTF32-string.
- load(id)
- Load the module with filename
id and
return the module object. The function load
can be used in a more general way than import statements
(keyword use). One can achieve dynamic loading
this way.
> math = load("math")
> math.floor(2.4)
2.0
- abort(), abort(text)
- Terminate the current program. Raises an exception.
- abs(x)
- Absolute value of
x. Returns an integer if
x is an integer. Takes also complex numbers.
- sgn(x)
- Sign of
x. Returns an integer if
x is an integer.
- max(a,b)
- Return the maximum of
a and b.
- min(a,b)
- Return the minimum of
a and b.
- pow(a,n,m)
- Modular exponentiation: calculate
(a^n)%m fast.
- const(x), const(n,x)
- Shallow freeze a mutable object
x and return it.
If n is given, deep freeze x by
depth n.
If n is null, freeze the complete
tree. Note that const(x) is equivalent to
const(1,x).
- copy(x)
- Construct a shallow copy of the object
x
and return it. For deep copy see copylib.
- type(x)
- Prototype of
x.
- record(x)
- Slot table of
x.
- getattr(x,key)
- The same as
x.(key), but returns null
instead of an exception, in case the property was not found. Usage pattern:
y = getattr(x,key) else default_value
- extend(a,b)
- Insert all slots of
b into the slot
table of a. Already existent slots
of a will not be overwritten.
- zip(a1,...,an)
- Take the iterables
a1,...,an and return an iterator
that produces lists [y1,...,yn] for yk
in ak until one of the iterators
is exhausted.
> zip("abcd",[1,2,3,4]).list()
[["a", 1], ["b", 2], ["c", 3], ["d", 4]]
> zip("abcd",1..).list()
[["a", 1], ["b", 2], ["c", 3], ["d", 4]]
> zip(1..,1..).map(|[x,y]| x*y).list(10)
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100]
> (1..).map(|x| x*x).list(10)
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100]
Note that, for a list of lists, zip is an involution:
a == zip(*zip(*a)).list()
- eval(s), eval(s,m)
- Execute a string as a program. Free variables are from
the current environment (only global variables).
If the map
m
is given, use it as an environment for free/global variables.
> x=12
> eval("2*x")
24
> eval("a=[1,2]")
> a
[1, 2]
> eval("x*y",{x=360,y=240})
86400
- a.push(x)
- Append
x to a.
- a.append(b), a.push(*b)
- Append all elements from
b to a.
- a.plus(x)
- The same as
a.push(x), but returns a.
- a.pop()
- Remove the last element of
a and
return it.
- a.pop(i)
- Remove the element at index
i from a
and return it. Thus, a.pop(0) removes the first element.
- a.insert(i,x)
- Insert the object
x at index i.
Beforehand, all elements from index i inclusive onwards
are shiftet one position to the right.
- a.clear(), a.clear(n)
- Remove all elements.
Remove all elements, but keep the first
n.
- a.map(f)
- Create a shallow copy of
a, apply the
function f to every element of this copy and return
the result.
> [1,2,3,4].map(|x| 2*x)
[2, 4, 6, 8]
- a.filter(p)
- Filter all elements from
a for which the
predicate p is true.
> [1,2,3,4].filter(|x| x%2==0)
[2, 4]
- a.rev()
- Reverse
a and return it.
Does not create a shallow copy, a itself will be
modified.
> list(1..4).rev()
[4, 3, 2, 1]
- a.rot(n)
- Rotate
a by n positions.
If n>0, rotate to the right side.
If n<0, rotate to the left side.
- a.shuffle()
- Shuffle
a randomly and return it.
Does not create a shallow copy, a itself will be
modified.
> list(1..10).shuffle()
[10, 9, 5, 3, 1, 7, 6, 2, 8, 4]
- a.chain(), a.chain(x)
- Construct a new list with the same elements, but if elements
of
a are lists or ranges, these will be unpacked.
When x is given, insert it between the unpacked
lists.
> [[1,2],[3,4]].chain()
[1, 2, 3, 4]
> [[1,2],11..14,3,4].chain()
[1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 3, 4]
> [[1,2],[3,4]].chain(0)
[1, 2, 0, 3, 4]
- a.all(p), a.all()
- Universal quantifier: Return only true if the
predicate
p is true for all elements of a.
> [1,2,3,4].all(|x| x%2==0)
false
- a.any(p), a.any()
- Existential quantifier: Return true if the
predicate
p is true for at least one element
of a.
> [1,2,3,4].any(|x| x%2==0)
true
- a.count(p), a.count()
- Apply predicate
p
to every element of a and
count how often it is true. If no predicate is given, the
total number of elements will be returned.
> [1,2,3,4].count(|x| x%2==0)
2
- a.until(p)
- Return a new iterator that takes elements from
a
as long as the predicate p is false.
isprime = |n| n>1 and (2..).until(|i| i*i>n).all(|i| n%i!=0)
- a.sum(f), a.sum()
- Calculate the sum of all
f(x) for x
in a.
- a.prod(f), a.prod()
- Calculate the product of all
f(x) for x
in a.
- a.reduce(f), a.reduce(e,f)
- Reduce the iterable
a from left to right by the
binary function f. That means, if f is
regarded as a left associative binary operator, this operator is
inserted between all elements of a.
If e is given, it is used as initial element.
# 1+2+3+...+99+100
> (1..100).reduce(|x,y| x+y)
5050
> (1..4).reduce("#",|x,y| x+"/"+str(y))
"#/1/2/3/4"
> fac = |n| (1..n).reduce(1,|x,y| x*y)
> fac(6)
720
- a.map(f)
- Apply the function
f to every element of
a and return a new iterator.
> (1..).map(|x| x^2).list(10)
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100]
- a.filter(p)
- Filter all elements from
a
for which the predicate p is true and
return a new iterator.
> isprime = |n| (1..n).count(|k| n%k==0)==2
> (1..).filter(isprime).list(10)
[2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29]
- a.max(), a.max(p)
- Return the maximum of a. Return the maximum based on a
projection
p.
- a.min(), a.min(p)
- Return the minimum of a. Return the minimum based on a
projection
p.
> a = [[1,"dca"],[2,"b"],[3,"ab"]]
> a.min(|t| t[0])
[1, "dca"]
> a.min(|t| t[1])
[3, "ab"]
> a.min(|t| len(t[1]))
[2, "b"]
- a.join(sep="",left="",right="")
- Apply
str to each element and join the strings
together.
> (1..4).join()
"1234"
If sep is given, it will be inserted between.
> (1..4).join(", ")
"1, 2, 3, 4"
The result will be surrounded by left
and right, if given.
> (1..4).join(", ","(",")")
"(1, 2, 3, 4)"
- a.enum(), a.enum(start)
- Return an iterator that enumerates the elements of
a.
> "abcd".enum().list()
[[0, "a"], [1, "b"], [2, "c"], [3, "d"]]
> "abcd".enum(1).list()
[[1, "a"], [2, "b"], [3, "c"], [4, "d"]]
- a.list(), a.list(n)
- Take the iterable
a and return its elements
as a list. If n is given, a maximum number of
n elements will be taken. This is equivalent to
a.take(n).list().
> (1..).list(4)
[1, 2, 3, 4]
- a.take(n)
- Return a new iterator that takes a maximum number of
n elements from the iterable a.
- a.skip(n)
- Leave out the next
n elements of the iterable
a.
- a.chunks(n)
- Return a new iterator with the same elements, but the elements
are grouped to chunks of size
n.
> (1..6).chunks(2).list()
[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]
- a.sort(), a.sort(p), a.sort(p,cmp)
- Sort the iterable and return it. If
a is a list, it
does not create a shallow copy, thus a itself will be
modified. The function
p is a projection on which the sorting is based,
also known as key function.
The function cmp is an alternative binary comparison
function. The sorting algorithm is not required to be stable,
and cannot be, as cmp does not return information
about the equality case.
> a = ["oak", "Elm", "willow", "birch"]
> a.sort()
["Elm", "birch", "oak", "willow"]
> a.sort(|x| x.lower())
["birch", "Elm", "oak", "willow"]
> a.sort(len)
["oak", "Elm", "birch", "willow"]
> a.sort(null,|x,y| x>y)
["willow", "oak", "birch", "Elm"]