sirhaug's solution to List Ops on the Kotlin track

Instructions

Test suite

Solution

Implement basic list operations.

In functional languages list operations like length, map, and reduce are very common. Implement a series of basic list operations, without using the existing functions of the same name.

Hints

The tests for this exercise require you to use extensions, a mechanism for adding new functionality to an existing class whose source you do not directly control without having to subclass it. To learn more about Kotlin's implementations of extensions, check out the official documentation.

The customFoldLeft and customFoldRight methods are "fold" functions, which is a concept well-known in the functional programming world, but less so in the object-oriented one. If you'd like more background information, check out this fold page.

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ListExtensionsTest.kt

import org.junit.Ignore
import org.junit.Test
import kotlin.test.assertEquals

class ListExtensionsTest {

    @Test
    fun testAppendingEmptyLists() {
        assertEquals(
                emptyList(),
                emptyList<Int>().customAppend(emptyList()))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testAppendingNonEmptyListOnEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                listOf('1', '2', '3', '4'),
                emptyList<Char>().customAppend(listOf('1', '2', '3', '4')))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testAppendingNonEmptyListOnNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                listOf("1", "2", "2", "3", "4", "5"),
                listOf("1", "2").customAppend(listOf("2", "3", "4", "5")))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testConcatOnEmptyListOfLists() {
        assertEquals(
                emptyList(),
                emptyList<List<Int>>().customConcat())
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testConcatOnNonEmptyListOfLists() {
        assertEquals(
                listOf('1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6'),
                listOf(listOf('1', '2'), listOf('3'), emptyList(), listOf('4', '5', '6')).customConcat())
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testFilteringEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                emptyList(),
                emptyList<Int>().customFilter { it % 2 == 1 })
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testFilteringNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                listOf(1, 3, 5),
                listOf(1, 2, 3, 5).customFilter { it % 2 == 1 })
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testSizeOfEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(0, emptyList<Int>().customSize)
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testSizeOfNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(4, listOf("one", "two", "three", "four").customSize)
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testTransformingEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                emptyList(),
                emptyList<Int>().customMap { it -> it + 1 })
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testTransformingNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                listOf(2, 4, 6, 8),
                listOf(1, 3, 5, 7).customMap { it -> it + 1 })
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testFoldLeftOnEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                2.0,
                emptyList<Int>().customFoldLeft(2.0, Double::times))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testFoldLeftWithDirectionIndependentOperationOnNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                15,
                listOf(1, 2, 3, 4).customFoldLeft(5, Int::plus))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testFoldLeftWithDirectionDependentOperationOnNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                0,
                listOf(2, 5).customFoldLeft(5, Int::div))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testFoldRightOnEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                2.0,
                emptyList<Double>().customFoldRight(2.0, Double::times))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testFoldRightWithDirectionIndependentOperationOnNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                15,
                listOf(1, 2, 3, 4).customFoldRight(5, Int::plus))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testFoldRightWithDirectionDependentOperationOnNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                2,
                listOf(2, 5).customFoldRight(5, Int::div))
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testReversingEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                emptyList(),
                emptyList<Int>().customReverse())
    }

    @Ignore
    @Test
    fun testReversingNonEmptyList() {
        assertEquals(
                listOf('7', '5', '3', '1'),
                listOf('1', '3', '5', '7').customReverse())
    }

}

fun <T> List<T>.customAppend(other: List<T>): List<T> {
    val newList = this.toMutableList()
    other.forEach { newList.add(it) }
    return newList
}

fun <T> List<List<T>>.customConcat(): List<T> {
    val newList = mutableListOf<T>()
    this.forEach { it.forEach { newList.add(it) } }
    return newList
}

fun <T> List<T>.customFilter(function: (t: T) -> Boolean): List<T> {
    val newList = mutableListOf<T>()
    this.forEach { if (function(it)) newList.add(it) }
    return newList
}

val <T> List<T>.customSize: Int
    get() {
        var sizeCounter = 0
        this.forEach { sizeCounter++ }
        return sizeCounter
    }

fun <T> List<T>.customMap(function: (t: T) -> Any?): List<Any?> {
    val newList = mutableListOf<Any?>()
    this.forEach { newList.add(function(it)) }
    return newList
}

fun <T> List<T>.customFoldLeft(parameter: T, function: (t1: T, t2: T) -> T): T {
    var result = parameter
    this.forEach { result = function(result, it) }
    return result
}

fun <T> List<T>.customFoldRight(parameter: T, function: (t1: T, t2: T) -> T): T {
    var result = parameter
    (this.size - 1 downTo 0).forEach { result = function(this[it], result) }
    return result
}

fun <T> List<T>.customReverse(): List<T> {
    val newList = mutableListOf<T>()
    (this.size - 1 downTo 0).forEach { newList.add(this[it]) }
    return newList
}

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