Class: Hamster::Set

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Enumerable
Defined in:
lib/hamster/set.rb

Overview

Hamster::Set is a collection of unordered values with no duplicates. Testing whether an object is present in the Set can be done in constant time. Set is also Enumerable, so you can iterate over the members of the set with #each, transform them with #map, filter them with #select, and so on. Some of the Enumerable methods are overridden to return Hamster collections.

Like the Set class in Ruby's standard library, which we will call RubySet, Hamster::Set defines equivalency of objects using #hash and #eql?. No two objects with the same #hash code, and which are also #eql?, can coexist in the same Set. If one is already in the Set, attempts to add another one will have no effect.

Sets have no natural ordering and cannot be compared using #<=>. However, they define #<, #>, #<=, and #>= as shorthand for #proper_subset?, #proper_superset?, #subset?, and #superset? respectively.

The basic set-theoretic operations #union, #intersection, #difference, and #exclusion work with any Enumerable object.

A Set can be created in either of the following ways:

Hamster::Set.new([1, 2, 3]) # any Enumerable can be used to initialize
Hamster::Set['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']

The latter 2 forms of initialization can be used with your own, custom subclasses of Hamster::Set.

Unlike RubySet, all methods which you might expect to "modify" a Hamster::Set actually return a new set and leave the existing one unchanged.

Examples:

set1 = Hamster::Set[1, 2] # => Hamster::Set[1, 2]
set2 = Hamster::Set[1, 2] # => Hamster::Set[1, 2]
set1 == set2              # => true
set3 = set1.add("foo")    # => Hamster::Set[1, 2, "foo"]
set3 - set2               # => Hamster::Set["foo"]
set3.subset?(set1)        # => false
set1.subset?(set3)        # => true

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Enumerable

#<=>, #compact, #each_index, #grep, #grep_v, #group_by, #inspect, #join, #partition, #product, #reject, #sum

Methods included from Enumerable

#to_list

Constructor Details

#initialize(items = []) ⇒ Set

Returns a new instance of Set.



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 79

def initialize(items=[])
  @trie = Trie.new(0)
  items.each { |item| @trie.put!(item, nil) }
end

Class Method Details

.[](*items) ⇒ Set

Create a new Set populated with the given items.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 57

def [](*items)
  items.empty? ? empty : new(items)
end

.empty ⇒ Set

Return an empty Set. If used on a subclass, returns an empty instance of that class.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 65

def empty
  @empty ||= self.new
end

Instance Method Details

#add(item) ⇒ Set Also known as: <<

Return a new Set with item added. If item is already in the set, return self.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].add(4) # => Hamster::Set[1, 2, 4, 3]
Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].add(2) # => Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3]

Parameters:

  • item (Object) —

    The object to add

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 106

def add(item)
  include?(item) ? self : self.class.alloc(@trie.put(item, nil))
end

#add?(item) ⇒ Set, false

If item is not a member of this Set, return a new Set with item added. Otherwise, return false.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].add?(4) # => Hamster::Set[1, 2, 4, 3]
Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].add?(2) # => false

Parameters:

  • item (Object) —

    The object to add

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 120

def add?(item)
  !include?(item) && add(item)
end

#clear ⇒ Set

Return an empty Set instance, of the same class as this one. Useful if you have multiple subclasses of Set and want to treat them polymorphically.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 505

def clear
  self.class.empty
end

#delete(item) ⇒ Set

Return a new Set with item removed. If item is not a member of the set, return self.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].delete(1)  # => Hamster::Set[2, 3]
Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].delete(99) # => Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3]

Parameters:

  • item (Object) —

    The object to remove

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 133

def delete(item)
  trie = @trie.delete(item)
  new_trie(trie)
end

#delete?(item) ⇒ Set, false

If item is a member of this Set, return a new Set with item removed. Otherwise, return false.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].delete?(1)  # => Hamster::Set[2, 3]
Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].delete?(99) # => false

Parameters:

  • item (Object) —

    The object to remove

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 147

def delete?(item)
  include?(item) && delete(item)
end

#difference(other) ⇒ Set Also known as: subtract, -

Return a new Set with all the items in other removed. other can be any Enumerable object.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2] - Hamster::Set[2, 3] # => Hamster::Set[1]

Parameters:

  • other (Enumerable) —

    The collection to subtract from this set

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 347

def difference(other)
  trie = if (@trie.size <= other.size) && (other.is_a?(Hamster::Set) || (defined?(::Set) && other.is_a?(::Set)))
    @trie.select { |key, _| !other.include?(key) }
  else
    @trie.bulk_delete(other)
  end
  new_trie(trie)
end

#disjoint?(other) ⇒ Boolean

Return true if this Set and other do not share any items.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2].disjoint?(Hamster::Set[8, 9]) # => true

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 449

def disjoint?(other)
  if other.size <= size
    other.each { |item| return false if include?(item) }
  else
    # See comment on #subset?
    if other.size >= 150 && @trie.size >= 190 && !(other.is_a?(Hamster::Set) || other.is_a?(::Set))
      other = ::Set.new(other)
    end
    each { |item| return false if other.include?(item) }
  end
  true
end

#each {|item| ... } ⇒ self, Enumerator

Call the block once for each item in this Set. No specific iteration order is guaranteed, but the order will be stable for any particular Set. If no block is given, an Enumerator is returned instead.

Examples:

Hamster::Set["Dog", "Elephant", "Lion"].each { |e| puts e }
Elephant
Dog
Lion
# => Hamster::Set["Dog", "Elephant", "Lion"]

Yields:

  • (item) —

    Once for each item.

Returns:

  • (self, Enumerator) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 164

def each
  return to_enum if not block_given?
  @trie.each { |key, _| yield(key) }
  self
end

#empty? ⇒ Boolean

Return true if this Set contains no items.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 86

def empty?
  @trie.empty?
end

#eql?(other) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: ==

Return true if other has the same type and contents as this Set.

Parameters:

  • other (Object) —

    The object to compare with

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 513

def eql?(other)
  return true if other.equal?(self)
  return false if not instance_of?(other.class)
  other_trie = other.instance_variable_get(:@trie)
  return false if @trie.size != other_trie.size
  @trie.each do |key, _|
    return false if !other_trie.key?(key)
  end
  true
end

#exclusion(other) ⇒ Set Also known as: ^

Return a new Set which contains all the items which are members of this Set or of other, but not both. other can be any Enumerable object.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2] ^ Hamster::Set[2, 3] # => Hamster::Set[1, 3]

Parameters:

  • other (Enumerable) —

    The collection to take the exclusive disjunction of

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 366

def exclusion(other)
  ((self | other) - (self & other))
end

#first ⇒ Object

Return a member of this Set. The member chosen will be the first one which would be yielded by #each. If the set is empty, return nil.

Examples:

Hamster::Set["A", "B", "C"].first # => "C"

Returns:

  • (Object) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 243

def first
  (entry = @trie.at(0)) && entry[0]
end

#flatten ⇒ Set

Recursively insert the contents of any nested Sets into this Set, and remove them.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[Hamster::Set[1, 2], Hamster::Set[3, 4]].flatten
# => Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3, 4]

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 481

def flatten
  reduce(self.class.empty) do |set, item|
    next set.union(item.flatten) if item.is_a?(Set)
    set.add(item)
  end
end

#hash ⇒ Integer

See Object#hash.

Returns:

  • (Integer) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 527

def hash
  reduce(0) { |hash, item| (hash << 5) - hash + item.hash }
end

#include?(object) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: member?

Return true if the given item is present in this Set. More precisely, return true if an object with the same #hash code, and which is also #eql? to the given object is present.

Examples:

Hamster::Set["A", "B", "C"].include?("B") # => true
Hamster::Set["A", "B", "C"].include?("Z") # => false

Parameters:

  • object (Object) —

    The object to check for

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 231

def include?(object)
  @trie.key?(object)
end

#intersect?(other) ⇒ Boolean

Return true if this Set and other have at least one item in common.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2].intersect?(Hamster::Set[2, 3]) # => true

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 469

def intersect?(other)
  !disjoint?(other)
end

#intersection(other) ⇒ Set Also known as: &

Return a new Set which contains all the items which are members of both this Set and other. other can be any Enumerable object.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2] & Hamster::Set[2, 3] # => Hamster::Set[2]

Parameters:

  • other (Enumerable) —

    The collection to intersect with

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 324

def intersection(other)
  if other.size < @trie.size
    if other.is_a?(Hamster::Set)
      trie = other.instance_variable_get(:@trie).select { |key, _| include?(key) }
    else
      trie = Trie.new(0)
      other.each { |obj| trie.put!(obj, nil) if include?(obj) }
    end
  else
    trie = @trie.select { |key, _| other.include?(key) }
  end
  new_trie(trie)
end

#map {|item| ... } ⇒ Set Also known as: collect

Call the block once for each item in this Set. All the values returned from the block will be gathered into a new Set. If no block is given, an Enumerator is returned instead.

Examples:

Hamster::Set["Cat", "Elephant", "Dog", "Lion"].map { |e| e.size }
# => Hamster::Set[8, 4, 3]

Yields:

  • (item) —

    Once for each item.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 214

def map
  return enum_for(:map) if not block_given?
  return self if empty?
  self.class.new(super)
end

#proper_subset?(other) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: <

Returns true if other contains all the items in this Set, plus at least one item which is not in this set.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[2, 3].proper_subset?(Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3])    # => true
Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].proper_subset?(Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3]) # => false

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 418

def proper_subset?(other)
  return false if other.size <= size
  # See comments above
  if other.size >= 150 && @trie.size >= 190 && !(other.is_a?(Hamster::Set) || other.is_a?(::Set))
    other = ::Set.new(other)
  end
  all? { |item| other.include?(item) }
end

#proper_superset?(other) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: >

Returns true if this Set contains all the items in other, plus at least one item which is not in other.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].proper_superset?(Hamster::Set[2, 3])    # => true
Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].proper_superset?(Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3]) # => false

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 437

def proper_superset?(other)
  other.proper_subset?(self)
end

#reverse_each {|item| ... } ⇒ self

Call the block once for each item in this Set. Iteration order will be the opposite of #each. If no block is given, an Enumerator is returned instead.

Examples:

Hamster::Set["Dog", "Elephant", "Lion"].reverse_each { |e| puts e }
Lion
Dog
Elephant
# => Hamster::Set["Dog", "Elephant", "Lion"]

Yields:

  • (item) —

    Once for each item.

Returns:

  • (self) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 183

def reverse_each
  return enum_for(:reverse_each) if not block_given?
  @trie.reverse_each { |key, _| yield(key) }
  self
end

#sample ⇒ Object

Return a randomly chosen item from this Set. If the set is empty, return nil.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].sample # => 3

Returns:

  • (Object) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 497

def sample
  empty? ? nil : @trie.at(rand(size))[0]
end

#select {|item| ... } ⇒ Set Also known as: find_all, keep_if

Return a new Set with all the items for which the block returns true.

Examples:

Hamster::Set["Elephant", "Dog", "Lion"].select { |e| e.size >= 4 }
# => Hamster::Set["Elephant", "Lion"]

Yields:

  • (item) —

    Once for each item.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 196

def select
  return enum_for(:select) unless block_given?
  trie = @trie.select { |key, _| yield(key) }
  new_trie(trie)
end

#size ⇒ Integer Also known as: length

Return the number of items in this Set.

Returns:

  • (Integer) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 92

def size
  @trie.size
end

#sort {|a, b| ... } ⇒ SortedSet

Return a Hamster::SortedSet which contains the same items as this Set, ordered by the given comparator block.

Examples:

Hamster::Set["Elephant", "Dog", "Lion"].sort
# => Hamster::SortedSet["Dog", "Elephant", "Lion"]
Hamster::Set["Elephant", "Dog", "Lion"].sort { |a,b| a.size <=> b.size }
# => Hamster::SortedSet["Dog", "Lion", "Elephant"]

Yields:

  • (a, b) —

    Any number of times with different pairs of elements.

Yield Returns:

  • (Integer) —

    Negative if the first element should be sorted lower, positive if the latter element, or 0 if equal.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 261

def sort(&comparator)
  SortedSet.new(self.to_a, &comparator)
end

#sort_by {|item| ... } ⇒ SortedSet

Return a Hamster::SortedSet which contains the same items as this Set, ordered by mapping each item through the provided block to obtain sort keys, and then sorting the keys.

Examples:

Hamster::Set["Elephant", "Dog", "Lion"].sort_by { |e| e.size }
# => Hamster::SortedSet["Dog", "Lion", "Elephant"]

Yields:

  • (item) —

    Once for each item to create the set, and then potentially again depending on what operations are performed on the returned Hamster::SortedSet. As such, it is recommended that the block be a pure function.

Yield Returns:

  • (Object) —

    sort key for the item

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 279

def sort_by(&mapper)
  SortedSet.new(self.to_a, &mapper)
end

#subset?(other) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: <=

Return true if all items in this Set are also in other.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[2, 3].subset?(Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3]) # => true

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 378

def subset?(other)
  return false if other.size < size

  # This method has the potential to be very slow if 'other' is a large Array, so to avoid that,
  #   we convert those Arrays to Sets before checking presence of items
  # Time to convert Array -> Set is linear in array.size
  # Time to check for presence of all items in an Array is proportional to set.size * array.size
  # Note that both sides of that equation have array.size -- hence those terms cancel out,
  #   and the break-even point is solely dependent on the size of this collection
  # After doing some benchmarking to estimate the constants, it appears break-even is at ~190 items
  # We also check other.size, to avoid the more expensive #is_a? checks in cases where it doesn't matter
  #
  if other.size >= 150 && @trie.size >= 190 && !(other.is_a?(Hamster::Set) || other.is_a?(::Set))
    other = ::Set.new(other)
  end
  all? { |item| other.include?(item) }
end

#superset?(other) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: >=

Return true if all items in other are also in this Set.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3].superset?(Hamster::Set[2, 3]) # => true

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 404

def superset?(other)
  other.subset?(self)
end

#to_set ⇒ self

Return self.

Returns:

  • (self) 


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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 537

def to_set
  self
end

#union(other) ⇒ Set Also known as: |, +, merge

Return a new Set which contains all the members of both this Set and other. other can be any Enumerable object.

Examples:

Hamster::Set[1, 2] | Hamster::Set[2, 3] # => Hamster::Set[1, 2, 3]

Parameters:

  • other (Enumerable) —

    The collection to merge with

Returns:



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# File 'lib/hamster/set.rb', line 291

def union(other)
  if other.is_a?(Hamster::Set)
    if other.size > size
      small_set_pairs = @trie
      large_set_trie = other.instance_variable_get(:@trie)
    else
      small_set_pairs = other.instance_variable_get(:@trie)
      large_set_trie = @trie
    end
  else
    if other.respond_to?(:lazy)
      small_set_pairs = other.lazy.map { |e| [e, nil] }
    else
      small_set_pairs = other.map { |e| [e, nil] }
    end
    large_set_trie = @trie
  end

  trie = large_set_trie.bulk_put(small_set_pairs)
  new_trie(trie)
end