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Clojure - Split a collection into partitions on boundaries specified by supplied function.
(defn partition-between
"Splits coll into a lazy sequence of lists, with partition
boundaries between items where (f item1 item2) is true.
(partition-between = '(1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5)) =>
((1 2) (2 3 4) (4) (4 5))"
[f coll]
(lazy-seq
(when-let [s (seq coll)]
(let [fst (first s)]
(if-let [rest-seq (next s)]
(if (f fst (first rest-seq))
(cons (list fst) (partition-between f rest-seq))
(let [rest-part (partition-between f rest-seq)]
(cons (cons fst (first rest-part)) (rest rest-part))))
(list (list fst)))))))
; more idiomatic perhaps, but 3 times slower than the above
(defn partition-between
"Splits coll into a lazy sequence of lists, with partition
boundaries between items where (f item1 item2) is true.
(partition-between = '(1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5)) =>
((1 2) (2 3 4) (4) (4 5))"
[f coll]
(lazy-seq
(if-not (seq coll)
'()
(let [pairs (map list coll (rest coll))
[h t] (map #(map last %) (split-with #(not (apply f %)) pairs))]
(cons (cons (first coll) h) (partition-between f t))))))
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Invertisment commented May 31, 2017

It's the third time I used it in 4clojure excersises. Can I use something similar from stdlib?
Ok. I for that last one I could use (partition-by identity _).

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piranha commented Mar 27, 2020

Shorter one from StackOverflow:

(defn partition-between [pred? coll] 
  (let [switch (reductions not= true (map pred? coll (rest coll)))] 
    (map (partial map first) (partition-by second (map list coll switch)))))

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