ordered-char-combinations

iterable over ordered character combinations from a list of alphabets.

breaking change notice

in view of enhancing this module's features, starting with API 2.0, the original imperative O-O implementation is replaced with a more trivial and more powerful functional equivalent, a slightly simplified version of which follows for illustration purposes:

import { Stream, from as stream } from 'most'
 
export function combination$ (alphabet$: Iterable<string>|Stream<string>): Stream<string> {
  const char$ = stream<string>(alphabet$)
  const char$$ = char$.map(alphabet => stream<string>(alphabet))
  const length = char$.constant(1).reduce(sum, 0)
 
  return unwrap(length.then(length =>
    char$$.skip(1)
    .scan(combine, char$$.take(1).join())
    .slice(length - 1)
    .join()))
}
 
function combine (combination$: Stream<string>, char$: Stream<string>): Stream<string> {
  return combination$
  .flatMap(combination => char$.map(char => combination + char))
}
 
function sum (a: number, b: number): number {
  return a + b
}
 
function unwrap <T> (promise: Promise<Stream<T>>): Stream<T> {
  return fromPromise(promise).join()
}

the above functional implementation is more powerful than the original imperative O-O implementation:

• it takes streams, observables or any other iterables as input, not only arrays,
• and it exposes the complete stream interface from most, not only skip.

example

a live version of this example can be viewed here in the browser console, or by cloning this repository and running the following commands from a terminal:

npm install
npm run example

the files of this example are available here.

import combination$ from 'ordered-char-combinations'
import debug = require('debug')
const log = debug('example')
 
const string$ = combination$([ 'abc', 'ABC', '012' ])
const subset$ = string$.skip(15).take(5)
 
subset$.forEach(log) // 'bC0', 'bC1', 'bC2', 'cA0', 'cA1'

API v2.0 stable

ES5 and Typescript compatible. coded in Typescript 2, transpiled to ES5.

for a detailed specification of the API, run the unit tests in your browser.

CONTRIBUTING

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LICENSE

Copyright 2016 Stéphane M. Catala

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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