Re^4: Switch the odd/even elements of an array

I tend to like the mathematical solutions instead.

The following would let you reverse any N elements at a time in an array.

my @foo = (1..15);
my $n = 5;

my @bar = @foo[map {$_ + $n - 1 - 2 * ($_ % $n)} (0..$#foo)];

print "@bar";
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Outputs

5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 15 14 13 12 11
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Obviously not as spiffy as using xor to switch odds and evens, but still pretty concise.

Alternatively, if you want to do a rotation of the elements instead of a reversal, you can use the following translation:

my @foo = (1..15);
my $n = 5;
my $i = 2;

my @bar = @foo[map {my $r = $_ % $n; $_ - $r + (($r + $i) % $n)} (0..$
+#foo)];

print "@bar";
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Outputs

3 4 5 1 2 8 9 10 6 7 13 14 15 11 12
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- Miller

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Re^5: Switch the odd/even elements of an array by johngg (Canon) on Mar 06, 2011 at 17:37 UTC
I've always steered clear of using prototypes but I thought I'd have a go with them to see if I could come up with a general routine a bit like `List::MoreUtils::natatime()` but taking a code block rather than returning an iterator. This is what I came up with, putting a prototype declaration at the top of the script and fleshing out the subroutine later. `... sub groupsOf (&$@); ... sub groupsOf (&$@) { my $rcToRun = shift; my $groupsOf = shift; my $rcDoIt; $rcDoIt = sub { $rcToRun->( map shift, 1 .. min scalar( @_ ), $groupsOf ), @_ ? &$rcDoIt : (); }; &$rcDoIt; } ...` [download] It seems to do the right thing. With regard to rotating the elements of an array, I would have thought the `push @array, shift @array for 1 .. $n;` idiom was easier to understand but others may disagree. Here is `sub groupsOf()` in action. Read more... (1223 Bytes) The output. Read more... (551 Bytes) I hope this is of interest. Cheers, JohnGG	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: Switch the odd/even elements of an array
by johngg (Canon) on Mar 06, 2011 at 17:37 UTC

I've always steered clear of using prototypes but I thought I'd have a go with them to see if I could come up with a general routine a bit like List::MoreUtils::natatime() but taking a code block rather than returning an iterator. This is what I came up with, putting a prototype declaration at the top of the script and fleshing out the subroutine later.

...
sub groupsOf (&$@);
...
sub groupsOf (&$@)
{
    my $rcToRun  = shift;
    my $groupsOf = shift;

    my $rcDoIt;
    $rcDoIt = sub
       {
           $rcToRun->( map shift, 1 .. min scalar( @_ ), $groupsOf ),
           @_ ? &$rcDoIt : ();
       };
    &$rcDoIt;
}
...
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It seems to do the right thing. With regard to rotating the elements of an array, I would have thought the push @array, shift @array for 1 .. $n; idiom was easier to understand but others may disagree. Here is sub groupsOf() in action.