& tuples: not a lot you can do with them functionally
fn tuple? {
"Returns true if a value is a tuple."
(tuple as :tuple) -> true
(_) -> false
}
&&& functions: getting things done
fn fn? {
"Returns true if an argument is a function."
(f as :fn) -> true
(_) -> false
}
& what we need for some very basic list manipulation
fn rest {
"Returns all but the first element of a list or tuple, as a list."
([]) -> []
(()) -> ()
(xs as :list) -> base :rest (xs)
(xs as :tuple) -> base :rest (xs)
(xs as :string) -> base :str_slice (xs, 1)
}
fn inc {
"Increments a number."
(x as :number) -> base :inc (x)
}
fn dec {
"Decrements a number."
(x as :number) -> base :dec (x)
}
fn count {
"Returns the number of elements in a collection (including string)."
(xs as :list) -> base :count (xs)
(xs as :tuple) -> base :count (xs)
(xs as :dict) -> base :count (xs)
(xs as :string) -> base :count (xs)
& (xs as :set) -> base :count (xs)
}
fn empty? {
"Returns true if something is empty. Otherwise returns false (including for things that can't logically be empty, like numbers)."
([]) -> true
(#{}) -> true
& (s as :set) -> eq? (s, ${})
(()) -> true
("") -> true
(_) -> false
}
fn any? {
"Returns true if something is not empty, otherwise returns false (including for things that can't be logically full, like numbers)."
([...]) -> true
(#{...}) -> true
& (s as :set) -> not (empty? (s))
((...)) -> true
(s as :string) -> not (empty? (s))
(_) -> false
}
fn list? {
"Returns true if the value is a list."
(l as :list) -> true
(_) -> false
}
fn list {
"Takes a value and returns it as a list. For values, it simply wraps them in a list. For collections, conversions are as follows. A tuple->list conversion preservers order and length. Unordered collections do not preserve order: sets and dicts don't have predictable or stable ordering in output. Dicts return lists of (key, value) tuples."
(x) -> base :to_list (x)
}
fn fold {
"Folds a list."
(f as :fn, []) -> []
(f as :fn, xs as :list) -> fold (f, xs, f ())
(f as :fn, [], root) -> []
(f as :fn, xs as :list, root) -> loop (root, first (xs), rest (xs)) with {
"Maps a function over a list: returns a new list with elements that are the result of applying the function to each element in the original list. E.g., `map ([1, 2, 3], inc) &=> [2, 3, 4]`. With one argument, returns a function that is a mapper over lists; with two, it executes the mapping function right away."
"Takes a list and a predicate function, and returns a new list with only the items that produce truthy values when the function is called on them. E.g., `filter ([1, 2, 3, 4], odd?) &=> [1, 3]`."
"Takes a string, and turns it into a list of strings, breaking on the separator."
(str as :string, break as :string) -> base :split (break, str)
}
fn trim {
"Trims whitespace from a string. Takes an optional argument, `:left` or `:right`, to trim only on the left or right."
(str as :string) -> base :trim (str)
(str as :string, :left) -> base :triml (str)
(str as :string, :right) -> base :trimr (str)
}
fn upcase {
"Takes a string and returns it in all uppercase. Works only for ascii characters."
(str as :string) -> base :upcase (str)
}
fn downcase {
"Takes a string and returns it in all lowercase. Works only for ascii characters."
(str as :string) -> base :downcase (str)
}
fn chars {
"Takes a string and returns its characters as a list. Works only for strings with only ascii characters. Panics on any non-ascii characters."
(str as :string) -> match base :chars (str) with {
(:ok, chrs) -> chrs
(:err, msg) -> panic! msg
}
}
fn chars/safe {
"Takes a string and returns its characters as a list, wrapped in a result tuple. Works only for strings with only ascii characters. Returns an error tuple on any non-ascii characters."
(str as :string) -> base :chars (str)
}
fn ws? {
"Tells if a string is a whitespace character."
(" ") -> true
("\n") -> true
("\t") -> true
(_) -> false
}
fn strip {
"Removes punctuation from a string, removing all instances of ,.;:?!"
("{x},{y}") -> strip ("{x}{y}")
("{x}.{y}") -> strip ("{x}{y}")
("{x};{y}") -> strip ("{x}{y}")
("{x}:{y}") -> strip ("{x}{y}")
("{x}?{y}") -> strip ("{x}{y}")
("{x}!{y}") -> strip ("{x}{y}")
(x) -> x
}
fn words {
"Takes a string and returns a list of the words in the string. Strips all whitespace."
(str as :string) -> {
let no_punct = strip (str)
let strs = split (no_punct, " ")
fn worder (l, s) -> if empty? (s)
then l
else append (l, s)
fold (worder, strs, [])
}
}
fn sentence {
"Takes a list of words and turns it into a sentence."
(strs as :list) -> join (strs, " ")
}
fn to_number {
"Takes a string that presumably contains a representation of a number, and tries to give you back the number represented. Returns a result tuple."
(num as :string) -> base :to_number (num)
}
&&& boxes: mutable state and state changes
fn box? {
"Returns true if a value is a box."
(b as :box) -> true
(_) -> false
}
fn unbox {
"Returns the value that is stored in a box."
(b as :box) -> base :unbox (b)
}
fn store! {
"Stores a value in a box, replacing the value that was previously there. Returns the value."
(b as :box, value) -> {
base :store! (b, value)
value
}
}
fn update! {
"Updates a box by applying a function to its value. Returns the new value."
(b as :box, f as :fn) -> {
let current = unbox (b)
let new = f (current)
store! (b, new)
}
}
&&& numbers, basically: arithmetic and not much else, yet
"Returns the number in its arguments that is closest to positive infinity."
(x as :number) -> x
(x as :number, y as :number) -> if gt? (x, y) then x else y
(x, y, ...zs) -> fold (max, zs, max (x, y))
}
& additional list operations now that we have comparitors
fn at {
"Returns the element at index n of a list or tuple, or the byte at index n of a string. Zero-indexed: the first element is at index 0. Returns nil if nothing is found in a list or tuple; returns an empty string if nothing is found in a string."
(str as :string, end as :number) -> base :str_slice (str, 0, end)
(str as :string, start as :number, end as :number) -> base :str_slice (str, start, end)
}
&&& keywords: funny names
fn keyword? {
"Returns true if a value is a keyword, otherwise returns false."
(kw as :keyword) -> true
(_) -> false
}
& TODO: determine if Ludus should have a `keyword` function that takes a string and returns a keyword. Too many panics, it has weird memory consequences, etc.
& Ludus uses turns as its default unit to measure angles
& However, anything that takes an angle can also take a
& units argument, that's a keyword of :turns, :degrees, or :radians
let pi = base :pi
let tau = mult (2, pi)
fn sin {
"Returns the sine of an angle. Default angle measure is turns. An optional keyword argument specifies the units of the angle passed in."
(a as :number) -> do a > turn/rad > base :sin
(a as :number, :turns) -> do a > turn/rad > base :sin
(a as :number, :degrees) -> do a > deg/rad > base :sin
(a as :number, :radians) -> base :sin (a)
}
fn cos {
"Returns the cosine of an angle. Default angle measure is turns. An optional keyword argument specifies the units of the angle passed in."
(a as :number) -> do a > turn/rad > base :cos
(a as :number, :turns) -> do a > turn/rad > base :cos
(a as :number, :degrees) -> do a > deg/rad > base :cos
(a as :number, :radians) -> base :cos (a)
}
fn tan {
"Returns the sine of an angle. Default angle measure is turns. An optional keyword argument specifies the units of the angle passed in."
(a as :number) -> do a > turn/rad > base :tan
(a as :number, :turns) -> do a > turn/rad > base :tan
(a as :number, :degrees) -> do a > deg/rad > base :tan
(a as :number, :radians) -> base :tan (a)
}
fn rotate {
"Rotates a vector by an angle. Default angle measure is turns. An optional keyword argument specifies the units of the angle passed in."
((x, y), a) -> rotate ((x, y), a, :turns)
((x, y), a, units as :keyword) -> (
sub (mult (x, cos (a, units)), mult (y, sin (a, units)))
add (mult (x, sin (a, units)), mult (y, cos (a, units)))
)
}
fn turn/deg {
"Converts an angle in turns to an angle in degrees."
(a as :number) -> mult (a, 360)
}
fn deg/turn {
"Converts an angle in degrees to an angle in turns."
(a as :number) -> div (a, 360)
}
fn turn/rad {
"Converts an angle in turns to an angle in radians."
(a as :number) -> mult (a, tau)
}
fn rad/turn {
"Converts an angle in radians to an angle in turns."
(a as :number) -> div (a, tau)
}
fn deg/rad {
"Converts an angle in degrees to an angle in radians."
(a as :number) -> mult (tau, div (a, 360))
}
fn rad/deg {
"Converts an angle in radians to an angle in degrees."
(a as :number) -> mult (360, div (a, tau))
}
fn atan/2 {
"Returns an angle from a slope. Takes an optional keyword argument to specify units. Takes either two numbers or a vector tuple."
(x as :number, y as :number) -> do base :atan_2 (x, y) > rad/turn
(x, y, :turns) -> atan/2 (x, y)
(x, y, :radians) -> base :atan_2 (x, y)
(x, y, :degrees) -> do base :atan_2 (x, y) > rad/deg
((x, y)) -> atan/2 (x, y)
((x, y), units as :keyword) -> atan/2 (x, y, units)
}
fn mod {
"Returns the modulus of x and y. Truncates towards negative infinity. Panics if y is 0."
(x as :number, 0) -> panic! "Division by zero."
(x as :number, y as :number) -> base :mod (x, y)
}
fn mod/0 {
"Returns the modulus of x and y. Truncates towards negative infinity. Returns 0 if y is 0."
(x as :number, 0) -> 0
(x as :number, y as :number) -> base :mod (x, y)
}
fn mod/safe {
"Returns the modulus of x and y in a result tuple, or an error if y is 0. Truncates towards negative infinity."
(x as :number, 0) -> (:err, "Division by zero.")
(x as :number, y as :number) -> (:ok, base :mod (x, y))
}
fn square {
"Squares a number."
(x as :number) -> mult (x, x)
}
fn sqrt {
"Returns the square root of a number. Panics if the number is negative."
(x as :number) if not (neg? (x)) -> base :sqrt (x)
}
fn sqrt/safe {
"Returns a result containing the square root of a number, or an error if the number is negative."
(x as :number) -> if not (neg? (x))
then (:ok, base :sqrt (x))
else (:err, "sqrt of negative number")
}
fn sum_of_squares {
"Returns the sum of squares of numbers."
() -> 0
(x as :number) -> square (x)
(x as :number, y as :number) -> add (square (x), square (y))
(x, y, ...zs) -> fold (
fn (sum, z) -> add (sum, square (z))
zs
sum_of_squares (x, y))
}
fn dist {
"Returns the distance from the origin to a point described by x and y, or by the vector (x, y)."
(x as :number, y as :number) -> sqrt (sum_of_squares (x, y))
((x, y)) -> dist (x, y)
}
fn heading/vector {
"Takes a turtle heading, and returns a unit vector of that heading."
(heading) -> {
& 0 is 90º/0.25T, 0.25 is 180º/0.5T, 0.5 is 270º/0.75T, 0.75 is 0º/0T
let a = add (neg (heading), 0.25)
(cos (a), sin (a))
}
}
&&& more number functions
fn random {
"Returns a random something. With zero arguments, returns a random number between 0 (inclusive) and 1 (exclusive). With one argument, returns a random number between 0 and n. With two arguments, returns a random number between m and n. Alternately, given a collection (tuple, list, dict, set), it returns a random member of that collection."
() -> base :random ()
(n as :number) -> mult (n, random ())
(m as :number, n as :number) -> add (m, random (sub (n, m)))
(l as :list) -> {
let i = do l > count > random > floor
at (l, i)
}
(t as :tuple) -> {
let i = do t > count > random > floor
at (t, i)
}
(d as :dict) -> {
let key = do d > keys > random
get (key, d)
}
& (s as :set) -> do s > list > random
}
fn random_int {
"Returns a random integer. With one argument, returns a random integer between 0 and that number. With two arguments, returns a random integer between them."
(n as :number) -> do n > random > floor
(m as :number, n as :number) -> floor (random (m, n))
}
fn floor {
"Truncates a number towards negative infinity. With positive numbers, it returns the integer part. With negative numbers, returns the next more-negative integer."
(n as :number) -> base :floor (n)
}
fn ceil {
"Truncates a number towards positive infinity. With negative numbers, it returns the integer part. With positive numbers, returns the next more-positive integer."
(n as :number) -> base :ceil (n)
}
fn round {
"Rounds a number to the nearest integer."
(n as :number) -> base :round (n)
}
fn range {
"Returns the set of integers between start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) as a list: [start, end). With one argument, starts at 0. If end is less than start, returns an empty list."
(end as :number) -> base :range (0, end)
(start as :number, end as :number) -> base :range (start, end)
}
&&& Results, errors and other unhappy values
fn ok {
"Takes a value and wraps it in an :ok result tuple."
(value) -> (:ok, value)
}
fn ok? {
"Takes a value and returns true if it is an :ok result tuple."
((:ok, _)) -> true
(_) -> false
}
fn err {
"Takes a value and wraps it in an :err result tuple, presumably as an error message."
(msg) -> (:err, msg)
}
fn err? {
"Takes a value and returns true if it is an :err result tuple."
((:err, _)) -> true
(_) -> false
}
fn unwrap! {
"Takes a result tuple. If it's :ok, then returns the value. If it's not :ok, then it panics. If it's not a result tuple, it also panics."