2 * (C) Copyright 2004-2007 Shawn Betts
3 * (C) Copyright 2007-2010 John J. Foerch
4 * (C) Copyright 2007-2008 Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
6 * Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the terms specified in the
11 * array_p returns true if its argument is an array, otherwise false.
13 function array_p (ob
) {
14 return ob
&& ob
.constructor &&
15 ob
.constructor.name
== "Array" || false;
19 * make_array returns its argument unchanged if it is already an array, an
20 * empty array if its argument is undefined, otherwise an array containing
21 * its object as the sole element.
23 function make_array (ob
) {
33 * array_find returns the first element in the given array that satisfies
34 * predicate p. returns null on failure.
36 function array_find (ar
, p
) {
37 for (var i
= 0, n
= ar
.length
; i
< n
; ++i
) {
46 * array_find_index returns the index of the first element in the array
47 * that satisfies predicate p. returns -1 on failure.
49 function array_find_index (ar
, p
) {
50 for (var i
= 0, n
= ar
.length
; i
< n
; ++i
) {
59 * remove_duplicates_filter returns a function that can be used in
60 * Array.filter. It removes duplicates. Optional argument cmp is a
61 * comparison function to test equality. The default comparison function
62 * tests equality of the string representation of the objects, making it
63 * unsuitable for use filtering a list of objects of compound data types.
65 function remove_duplicates_filter (cmp
) {
69 if (acc
.some(function (y
) cmp(x
, y
)))
77 if (acc
[x
]) return false;
85 * Given an array, switches places on the subarrays at index i1 to i2 and j1 to
86 * j2. Leaves the rest of the array unchanged.
88 function switch_subarrays (arr
, i1
, i2
, j1
, j2
) {
89 return arr
.slice(0, i1
) +
93 arr
.slice(j2
, arr
.length
);
98 * splice_ranges: Given an ordered array of non-overlapping ranges,
99 * represented as elements of [start, end], insert a new range into the
100 * array, extending, replacing, or merging existing ranges as needed.
101 * Mutates `arr' in place, but returns the reference to it.
105 * splice_range([[1,3],[4,6], 5, 8)
108 * splice_range([[1,3],[4,6],[7,10]], 2, 8)
111 function splice_range (arr
, start
, end
) {
112 for (var i
= 0; i
< arr
.length
; ++i
) {
117 arr
.splice(i
, 0, [start
, end
]);
125 * The range we are inserting overlaps the current
126 * range. We need to scan right to see if it also contains any other
127 * ranges entirely, and remove them if necessary.
130 while (j
< arr
.length
&& end
>= arr
[j
][0])
133 arr
[i
][1] = Math
.max(end
, arr
[j
][1]);
134 arr
.splice(i
+ 1, j
- i
);
138 if (start
> arr
[arr
.length
- 1][1])
139 arr
.push([start
, end
]);