class Set
This library provides the Set
class, which implements a collection of unordered values with no duplicates. It is a hybrid of Array’s intuitive inter-operation facilities and Hash’s fast lookup.
The method to_set
is added to Enumerable
for convenience.
Set
is easy to use with Enumerable
objects (implementing each
). Most of the initializer methods and binary operators accept generic Enumerable
objects besides sets and arrays. An Enumerable
object can be converted to Set
using the to_set
method.
Set
uses Hash
as storage, so you must note the following points:
-
Equality of elements is determined according to
Object#eql?
andObject#hash
. UseSet#compare_by_identity
to make a set compare its elements by their identity. -
Set
assumes that the identity of each element does not change while it is stored. Modifying an element of a set will render the set to an unreliable state. -
When a string is to be stored, a frozen copy of the string is stored instead unless the original string is already frozen.
Comparison¶ ↑
The comparison operators <
, >
, <=
, and >=
are implemented as shorthand for the {proper_,}{subset?,superset?} methods. The <=>
operator reflects this order, or return nil
for sets that both have distinct elements ({x, y}
vs. {x, z}
for example).
Example¶ ↑
require 'set' s1 = Set[1, 2] #=> #<Set: {1, 2}> s2 = [1, 2].to_set #=> #<Set: {1, 2}> s1 == s2 #=> true s1.add("foo") #=> #<Set: {1, 2, "foo"}> s1.merge([2, 6]) #=> #<Set: {1, 2, "foo", 6}> s1.subset?(s2) #=> false s2.subset?(s1) #=> true
Contact¶ ↑
-
Akinori MUSHA <knu@iDaemons.org> (current maintainer)
What’s Here¶ ↑
First, what’s elsewhere. Class Set:
-
Inherits from class Object.
-
Includes module Enumerable, which provides dozens of additional methods.
In particular, class Set does not have many methods of its own for fetching or for iterating. Instead, it relies on those in Enumerable.
Here, class Set provides methods that are useful for:
Methods for Creating a Set¶ ↑
-
::[]
: Returns a new set containing the given objects. -
::new
: Returns a new set containing either the given objects (if no block given) or the return values from the called block (if a block given).
Methods for Set Operations¶ ↑
-
| (aliased as
union
and+
): Returns a new set containing all elements fromself
and all elements from a given enumerable (no duplicates). -
& (aliased as
intersection
): Returns a new set containing all elements common toself
and a given enumerable. -
- (aliased as
difference
): Returns a copy ofself
with all elements in a given enumerable removed. -
^: Returns a new set containing all elements from
self
and a given enumerable except those common to both.
Methods for Comparing¶ ↑
-
<=>: Returns -1, 0, or 1 as
self
is less than, equal to, or greater than a given object. -
==: Returns whether
self
and a given enumerable are equal, as determined byObject#eql?
. -
compare_by_identity?
: Returns whether the set considers only identity when comparing elements.
Methods for Querying¶ ↑
-
empty?
: Returns whether the set has no elements. -
include?
(aliased asmember?
and===
): Returns whether a given object is an element in the set. -
subset?
(aliased as <=): Returns whether a given object is a subset of the set. -
proper_subset?
(aliased as <): Returns whether a given enumerable is a proper subset of the set. -
superset?
(aliased as >=]): Returns whether a given enumerable is a superset of the set. -
proper_superset?
(aliased as >): Returns whether a given enumerable is a proper superset of the set. -
disjoint?
: Returnstrue
if the set and a given enumerable have no common elements,false
otherwise. -
intersect?
: Returnstrue
if the set and a given enumerable: have any common elements,false
otherwise. -
compare_by_identity?
: Returns whether the set considers only identity when comparing elements.
Methods for Assigning¶ ↑
-
add
(aliased as<<
): Adds a given object to the set; returnsself
. -
add?
: If the given object is not an element in the set, adds it and returnsself
; otherwise, returnsnil
. -
merge
: Merges the elements of each given enumerable object to the set; returnsself
. -
replace
: Replaces the contents of the set with the contents of a given enumerable.
Methods for Deleting¶ ↑
-
clear
: Removes all elements in the set; returnsself
. -
delete
: Removes a given object from the set; returnsself
. -
delete?
: If the given object is an element in the set, removes it and returnsself
; otherwise, returnsnil
. -
subtract
: Removes each given object from the set; returnsself
. -
delete_if
- Removes elements specified by a given block. -
select!
(aliased asfilter!
): Removes elements not specified by a given block. -
keep_if
: Removes elements not specified by a given block. -
reject!
Removes elements specified by a given block.
Methods for Converting¶ ↑
-
classify
: Returns a hash that classifies the elements, as determined by the given block. -
collect!
(aliased asmap!
): Replaces each element with a block return-value. -
divide
: Returns a hash that classifies the elements, as determined by the given block; differs fromclassify
in that the block may accept either one or two arguments. -
flatten
: Returns a new set that is a recursive flattening ofself
.flatten!
: Replaces each nested set inself
with the elements from that set. -
inspect
(aliased asto_s
): Returns a string displaying the elements. -
join
: Returns a string containing all elements, converted to strings as needed, and joined by the given record separator. -
to_a
: Returns an array containing all set elements. -
to_set
: Returnsself
if given no arguments and no block; with a block given, returns a new set consisting of block return values.
Methods for Iterating¶ ↑
-
each
: Calls the block with each successive element; returnsself
.
Other Methods¶ ↑
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reset
: Resets the internal state; useful if an object has been modified while an element in the set.
Constants
- VERSION
Public Class Methods
Creates a new set containing the given objects.
Set[1, 2] # => #<Set: {1, 2}> Set[1, 2, 1] # => #<Set: {1, 2}> Set[1, 'c', :s] # => #<Set: {1, "c", :s}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 228 def self.[](*ary) new(ary) end
See as_json
.
# File ext/json/lib/json/add/set.rb, line 9 def self.json_create(object) new object['a'] end
Creates a new set containing the elements of the given enumerable object.
If a block is given, the elements of enum are preprocessed by the given block.
Set.new([1, 2]) #=> #<Set: {1, 2}> Set.new([1, 2, 1]) #=> #<Set: {1, 2}> Set.new([1, 'c', :s]) #=> #<Set: {1, "c", :s}> Set.new(1..5) #=> #<Set: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}> Set.new([1, 2, 3]) { |x| x * x } #=> #<Set: {1, 4, 9}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 243 def initialize(enum = nil, &block) # :yields: o @hash ||= Hash.new(false) enum.nil? and return if block do_with_enum(enum) { |o| add(block[o]) } else merge(enum) end end
Public Instance Methods
Returns a new set containing elements common to the set and the given enumerable object.
Set[1, 3, 5] & Set[3, 2, 1] #=> #<Set: {3, 1}> Set['a', 'b', 'z'] & ['a', 'b', 'c'] #=> #<Set: {"a", "b"}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 640 def &(enum) n = self.class.new if enum.is_a?(Set) if enum.size > size each { |o| n.add(o) if enum.include?(o) } else enum.each { |o| n.add(o) if include?(o) } end else do_with_enum(enum) { |o| n.add(o) if include?(o) } end n end
Returns a new set built by duplicating the set, removing every element that appears in the given enumerable object.
Set[1, 3, 5] - Set[1, 5] #=> #<Set: {3}> Set['a', 'b', 'z'] - ['a', 'c'] #=> #<Set: {"b", "z"}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 630 def -(enum) dup.subtract(enum) end
Returns 0 if the set are equal, -1 / +1 if the set is a proper subset / superset of the given set, or nil if they both have unique elements.
# File lib/set.rb, line 453 def <=>(set) return unless set.is_a?(Set) case size <=> set.size when -1 then -1 if proper_subset?(set) when +1 then +1 if proper_superset?(set) else 0 if self.==(set) end end
Returns true if two sets are equal. The equality of each couple of elements is defined according to Object#eql?
.
Set[1, 2] == Set[2, 1] #=> true Set[1, 3, 5] == Set[1, 5] #=> false Set['a', 'b', 'c'] == Set['a', 'c', 'b'] #=> true Set['a', 'b', 'c'] == ['a', 'c', 'b'] #=> false
# File lib/set.rb, line 674 def ==(other) if self.equal?(other) true elsif other.instance_of?(self.class) @hash == other.instance_variable_get(:@hash) elsif other.is_a?(Set) && self.size == other.size other.all? { |o| @hash.include?(o) } else false end end
Returns true if the given object is a member of the set, and false otherwise.
Used in case statements:
require 'set' case :apple when Set[:potato, :carrot] "vegetable" when Set[:apple, :banana] "fruit" end # => "fruit"
Or by itself:
Set[1, 2, 3] === 2 #=> true Set[1, 2, 3] === 4 #=> false
Returns a new set containing elements exclusive between the set and the given enumerable object. (set ^ enum)
is equivalent to ((set | enum) - (set & enum))
.
Set[1, 2] ^ Set[2, 3] #=> #<Set: {3, 1}> Set[1, 'b', 'c'] ^ ['b', 'd'] #=> #<Set: {"d", 1, "c"}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 661 def ^(enum) n = Set.new(enum) each { |o| n.add(o) unless n.delete?(o) } n end
Adds the given object to the set and returns self. Use merge
to add many elements at once.
Set[1, 2].add(3) #=> #<Set: {1, 2, 3}> Set[1, 2].add([3, 4]) #=> #<Set: {1, 2, [3, 4]}> Set[1, 2].add(2) #=> #<Set: {1, 2}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 511 def add(o) @hash[o] = true self end
Adds the given object to the set and returns self. If the object is already in the set, returns nil.
Set[1, 2].add?(3) #=> #<Set: {1, 2, 3}> Set[1, 2].add?([3, 4]) #=> #<Set: {1, 2, [3, 4]}> Set[1, 2].add?(2) #=> nil
# File lib/set.rb, line 523 def add?(o) add(o) unless include?(o) end
Methods Set#as_json
and Set.json_create
may be used to serialize and deserialize a Set object; see Marshal
.
Method Set#as_json
serializes self
, returning a 2-element hash representing self
:
require 'json/add/set' x = Set.new(%w/foo bar baz/).as_json # => {"json_class"=>"Set", "a"=>["foo", "bar", "baz"]}
Method JSON.create
deserializes such a hash, returning a Set object:
Set.json_create(x) # => #<Set: {"foo", "bar", "baz"}>
# File ext/json/lib/json/add/set.rb, line 28 def as_json(*) { JSON.create_id => self.class.name, 'a' => to_a, } end
Classifies the set by the return value of the given block and returns a hash of {value => set of elements} pairs. The block is called once for each element of the set, passing the element as parameter.
require 'set' files = Set.new(Dir.glob("*.rb")) hash = files.classify { |f| File.mtime(f).year } hash #=> {2000=>#<Set: {"a.rb", "b.rb"}>, # 2001=>#<Set: {"c.rb", "d.rb", "e.rb"}>, # 2002=>#<Set: {"f.rb"}>}
Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
# File lib/set.rb, line 743 def classify # :yields: o block_given? or return enum_for(__method__) { size } h = {} each { |i| (h[yield(i)] ||= self.class.new).add(i) } h end
Removes all elements and returns self.
set = Set[1, 'c', :s] #=> #<Set: {1, "c", :s}> set.clear #=> #<Set: {}> set #=> #<Set: {}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 316 def clear @hash.clear self end
Replaces the elements with ones returned by collect()
. Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
# File lib/set.rb, line 564 def collect! block_given? or return enum_for(__method__) { size } set = self.class.new each { |o| set << yield(o) } replace(set) end
Makes the set compare its elements by their identity and returns self. This method may not be supported by all subclasses of Set
.
# File lib/set.rb, line 257 def compare_by_identity if @hash.respond_to?(:compare_by_identity) @hash.compare_by_identity self else raise NotImplementedError, "#{self.class.name}\##{__method__} is not implemented" end end
Returns true if the set will compare its elements by their identity. Also see Set#compare_by_identity
.
# File lib/set.rb, line 268 def compare_by_identity? @hash.respond_to?(:compare_by_identity?) && @hash.compare_by_identity? end
Deletes the given object from the set and returns self. Use subtract
to delete many items at once.
# File lib/set.rb, line 529 def delete(o) @hash.delete(o) self end
Deletes the given object from the set and returns self. If the object is not in the set, returns nil.
# File lib/set.rb, line 536 def delete?(o) delete(o) if include?(o) end
Deletes every element of the set for which block evaluates to true, and returns self. Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
# File lib/set.rb, line 543 def delete_if block_given? or return enum_for(__method__) { size } # @hash.delete_if should be faster, but using it breaks the order # of enumeration in subclasses. select { |o| yield o }.each { |o| @hash.delete(o) } self end
Returns true if the set and the given enumerable have no element in common. This method is the opposite of intersect?
.
Set[1, 2, 3].disjoint? Set[3, 4] #=> false Set[1, 2, 3].disjoint? Set[4, 5] #=> true Set[1, 2, 3].disjoint? [3, 4] #=> false Set[1, 2, 3].disjoint? 4..5 #=> true
# File lib/set.rb, line 492 def disjoint?(set) !intersect?(set) end
Divides the set into a set of subsets according to the commonality defined by the given block.
If the arity of the block is 2, elements o1 and o2 are in common if block.call(o1, o2) is true. Otherwise, elements o1 and o2 are in common if block.call(o1) == block.call(o2).
require 'set' numbers = Set[1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11] set = numbers.divide { |i,j| (i - j).abs == 1 } set #=> #<Set: {#<Set: {1}>, # #<Set: {11, 9, 10}>, # #<Set: {3, 4}>, # #<Set: {6}>}>
Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
# File lib/set.rb, line 771 def divide(&func) func or return enum_for(__method__) { size } if func.arity == 2 require 'tsort' class << dig = {} # :nodoc: include TSort alias tsort_each_node each_key def tsort_each_child(node, &block) fetch(node).each(&block) end end each { |u| dig[u] = a = [] each{ |v| func.call(u, v) and a << v } } set = Set.new() dig.each_strongly_connected_component { |css| set.add(self.class.new(css)) } set else Set.new(classify(&func).values) end end
Calls the given block once for each element in the set, passing the element as parameter. Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
# File lib/set.rb, line 499 def each(&block) block_given? or return enum_for(__method__) { size } @hash.each_key(&block) self end
Returns true if the set contains no elements.
# File lib/set.rb, line 307 def empty? @hash.empty? end
Returns a new set that is a copy of the set, flattening each containing set recursively.
# File lib/set.rb, line 377 def flatten self.class.new.flatten_merge(self) end
Equivalent to Set#flatten
, but replaces the receiver with the result in place. Returns nil if no modifications were made.
# File lib/set.rb, line 383 def flatten! replace(flatten()) if any?(Set) end
Returns true if the set contains the given object.
Note that include?
and member?
do not test member equality using ==
as do other Enumerables.
See also Enumerable#include?
# File lib/set.rb, line 393 def include?(o) @hash[o] end
Clone internal hash.
# File lib/set.rb, line 290 def initialize_clone(orig, **options) super @hash = orig.instance_variable_get(:@hash).clone(**options) end
Dup internal hash.
# File lib/set.rb, line 284 def initialize_dup(orig) super @hash = orig.instance_variable_get(:@hash).dup end
Returns a string containing a human-readable representation of the set (“#<Set: {element1, element2, …}>”).
# File lib/set.rb, line 811 def inspect ids = (Thread.current[InspectKey] ||= []) if ids.include?(object_id) return sprintf('#<%s: {...}>', self.class.name) end ids << object_id begin return sprintf('#<%s: {%s}>', self.class, to_a.inspect[1..-2]) ensure ids.pop end end
Returns true if the set and the given enumerable have at least one element in common.
Set[1, 2, 3].intersect? Set[4, 5] #=> false Set[1, 2, 3].intersect? Set[3, 4] #=> true Set[1, 2, 3].intersect? 4..5 #=> false Set[1, 2, 3].intersect? [3, 4] #=> true
# File lib/set.rb, line 470 def intersect?(set) case set when Set if size < set.size any?(set) else set.any?(self) end when Enumerable set.any?(self) else raise ArgumentError, "value must be enumerable" end end
Returns a string created by converting each element of the set to a string See also: Array#join
# File lib/set.rb, line 803 def join(separator=nil) to_a.join(separator) end
Deletes every element of the set for which block evaluates to false, and returns self. Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
# File lib/set.rb, line 554 def keep_if block_given? or return enum_for(__method__) { size } # @hash.keep_if should be faster, but using it breaks the order of # enumeration in subclasses. reject { |o| yield o }.each { |o| @hash.delete(o) } self end
Merges the elements of the given enumerable objects to the set and returns self.
# File lib/set.rb, line 595 def merge(*enums, **nil) enums.each do |enum| if enum.instance_of?(self.class) @hash.update(enum.instance_variable_get(:@hash)) else do_with_enum(enum) { |o| add(o) } end end self end
Returns true if the set is a proper subset of the given set.
# File lib/set.rb, line 438 def proper_subset?(set) case when set.instance_of?(self.class) && @hash.respond_to?(:<) @hash < set.instance_variable_get(:@hash) when set.is_a?(Set) size < set.size && all?(set) else raise ArgumentError, "value must be a set" end end
Returns true if the set is a proper superset of the given set.
# File lib/set.rb, line 412 def proper_superset?(set) case when set.instance_of?(self.class) && @hash.respond_to?(:>) @hash > set.instance_variable_get(:@hash) when set.is_a?(Set) size > set.size && set.all?(self) else raise ArgumentError, "value must be a set" end end
Equivalent to Set#delete_if
, but returns nil if no changes were made. Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
# File lib/set.rb, line 574 def reject!(&block) block_given? or return enum_for(__method__) { size } n = size delete_if(&block) self if size != n end
Replaces the contents of the set with the contents of the given enumerable object and returns self.
set = Set[1, 'c', :s] #=> #<Set: {1, "c", :s}> set.replace([1, 2]) #=> #<Set: {1, 2}> set #=> #<Set: {1, 2}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 327 def replace(enum) if enum.instance_of?(self.class) @hash.replace(enum.instance_variable_get(:@hash)) self else do_with_enum(enum) # make sure enum is enumerable before calling clear clear merge(enum) end end
Resets the internal state after modification to existing elements and returns self.
Elements will be reindexed and deduplicated.
# File lib/set.rb, line 699 def reset if @hash.respond_to?(:rehash) @hash.rehash # This should perform frozenness check. else raise FrozenError, "can't modify frozen #{self.class.name}" if frozen? end self end
Equivalent to Set#keep_if
, but returns nil if no changes were made. Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
# File lib/set.rb, line 583 def select!(&block) block_given? or return enum_for(__method__) { size } n = size keep_if(&block) self if size != n end
Returns the number of elements.
# File lib/set.rb, line 301 def size @hash.size end
Returns true if the set is a subset of the given set.
# File lib/set.rb, line 425 def subset?(set) case when set.instance_of?(self.class) && @hash.respond_to?(:<=) @hash <= set.instance_variable_get(:@hash) when set.is_a?(Set) size <= set.size && all?(set) else raise ArgumentError, "value must be a set" end end
Deletes every element that appears in the given enumerable object and returns self.
# File lib/set.rb, line 609 def subtract(enum) do_with_enum(enum) { |o| delete(o) } self end
Returns true if the set is a superset of the given set.
# File lib/set.rb, line 399 def superset?(set) case when set.instance_of?(self.class) && @hash.respond_to?(:>=) @hash >= set.instance_variable_get(:@hash) when set.is_a?(Set) size >= set.size && set.all?(self) else raise ArgumentError, "value must be a set" end end
Converts the set to an array. The order of elements is uncertain.
Set[1, 2].to_a #=> [1, 2] Set[1, 'c', :s].to_a #=> [1, "c", :s]
# File lib/set.rb, line 342 def to_a @hash.keys end
Returns a JSON
string representing self
:
require 'json/add/set' puts Set.new(%w/foo bar baz/).to_json
Output:
{"json_class":"Set","a":["foo","bar","baz"]}
# File ext/json/lib/json/add/set.rb, line 44 def to_json(*args) as_json.to_json(*args) end
Returns self if no arguments are given. Otherwise, converts the set to another with klass.new(self, *args, &block)
.
In subclasses, returns klass.new(self, *args, &block)
unless overridden.
# File lib/set.rb, line 351 def to_set(klass = Set, *args, &block) return self if instance_of?(Set) && klass == Set && block.nil? && args.empty? klass.new(self, *args, &block) end
Returns a new set built by merging the set and the elements of the given enumerable object.
Set[1, 2, 3] | Set[2, 4, 5] #=> #<Set: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}> Set[1, 5, 'z'] | (1..6) #=> #<Set: {1, 5, "z", 2, 3, 4, 6}>
# File lib/set.rb, line 619 def |(enum) dup.merge(enum) end