"mostly" 展平嵌套列表

"mostly" flatten a nested list

我有一个嵌套的 foo,其中每个元素都是一个 bar,我想展平 foo 而不展平 bar
例如:

(special-flatten (foo (foo (bar 2) (bar 3)) (foo (bar 4) (bar 5)))) ;=>
((bar 2) (bar 3) (bar 4) (bar 5))

使用球拍中的正常 flatten 不起作用,因为我得到 (bar 2 bar 3 bar 4 bar 5).

foo可以任意深度嵌套

有什么方法可以做到这一点吗?

如果您有一个谓词来确定何时不应展平子列表,那么您可以这样做。

;; An Element is a value for which element? returns true
;; element? : Any -> Boolean
(define (element? v)
  ...you-have-to-determine-this...)

这个 element? 谓词应该回答问题 "What determines when a sublist shouldn't be flattened?" 在您的情况下,这意味着以 bar 开头的事物,例如 (bar 2)(bar 3)

;; An Element is a (cons 'bar Any)
;; element? : Any -> Boolean
(define (element? v)
  (and (pair? v) (equal? (car v) 'bar)))

定义此 element? 谓词后,您可以基于它创建一个展平函数:

;; A NestedFooListofElement is one of:
;;  - Element
;;  - (cons 'foo [Listof NestedFooListofElement])
;; foo-list? : Any -> Boolean
(define (foo-list? v)
  (and (list? v) (pair? v) (equal? (car v) 'foo)))

;; special-flatten : NestedFooListofElement -> [Listof Element]
(define (special-flatten nfle)
  (cond
    [(element? nfle)  (list nfle)]
    [(foo-list? nfle) (append-map special-flatten (rest nfle))]))

使用它:

> (special-flatten '(foo (foo (bar 2) (bar 3)) (foo (bar 4) (bar 5))))
'((bar 2) (bar 3) (bar 4) (bar 5))