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Elm Examples
{- OVERVIEW ------------------------------------------------------
A "Tree" represents a binary tree. A "Node" in a binary tree
always has two children. A tree can also be "Empty". Below I have
defined "Tree" and a number of useful functions.
This example also includes some challenge problems!
-----------------------------------------------------------------}
import Html exposing (Html, div, text)
import Html.Attributes exposing (style)
-- TREES
type Tree a
= Empty
| Node a (Tree a) (Tree a)
empty : Tree a
empty =
Empty
singleton : a -> Tree a
singleton v =
Node v Empty Empty
insert : comparable -> Tree comparable -> Tree comparable
insert x tree =
case tree of
Empty ->
singleton x
Node y left right ->
if x > y then
Node y left (insert x right)
else if x < y then
Node y (insert x left) right
else
tree
fromList : List comparable -> Tree comparable
fromList xs =
List.foldl insert empty xs
flatten : Tree a -> List a
flatten tree =
case tree of
Empty -> []
Node v left right -> v :: ((flatten left) ++ (flatten right))
isElement : a -> Tree a -> Bool
isElement needle haystack =
case haystack of
Empty -> False
Node v left right ->
v == needle || (isElement needle left) || (isElement needle right)
fold : (a -> b -> b) -> b -> Tree a -> b
fold f init tree =
case tree of
Empty -> init
Node v left right -> f init v
depth : Tree a -> Int
depth tree =
case tree of
Empty -> 0
Node v left right ->
1 + max (depth left) (depth right)
map : (a -> b) -> Tree a -> Tree b
map f tree =
case tree of
Empty -> Empty
Node v left right ->
Node (f v) (map f left) (map f right)
treeSum : Tree Int -> Int
treeSum tree =
case tree of
Empty -> 0
Node n left right -> n + (treeSum left) + (treeSum right)
-- PLAYGROUND
deepTree =
fromList [1,2,3]
niceTree =
fromList [2,1,3]
main =
div [ style [ ("font-family", "monospace") ] ]
[ display "depth deepTree" (depth deepTree)
, display "depth niceTree" (depth niceTree)
, display "incremented" (map (\n -> n + 1) niceTree)
, display "niceTree sum" (treeSum niceTree)
, display "deepTree sum" (treeSum deepTree)
, display "flatten niceTree" (flatten niceTree)
, display "isElement" (isElement 22 niceTree)
]
display : String -> a -> Html msg
display name value =
div [] [ text (name ++ " ==> " ++ toString value) ]
{-----------------------------------------------------------------
Exercises:
(1) Sum all of the elements of a tree.
sum : Tree number -> number
(2) Flatten a tree into a list.
flatten : Tree a -> List a
(3) Check to see if an element is in a given tree.
isElement : a -> Tree a -> Bool
(4) Write a general fold function that acts on trees. The fold
function does not need to guarantee a particular order of
traversal.
fold : (a -> b -> b) -> b -> Tree a -> b
(5) Use "fold" to do exercises 1-3 in one line each. The best
readable versions I have come up have the following length
in characters including spaces and function name:
sum: 16
flatten: 21
isElement: 46
See if you can match or beat me! Don't forget about currying
and partial application!
(6) Can "fold" be used to implement "map" or "depth"?
(7) Try experimenting with different ways to traverse a
tree: pre-order, in-order, post-order, depth-first, etc.
More info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_traversal
-----------------------------------------------------------------}
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