Offset Indexing, using OffsetRange

offset_indexing_xwu.swift

// TODO: doc
public struct OffsetBound {
  internal enum Kind {
    case fromStart(Int)
    case fromEnd(Int)
  }
  internal var kind: Kind

  init(fromStart: Int) {
    self.kind = .fromStart(fromStart)
  }
  init(fromEnd: Int) {
    self.kind = .fromEnd(fromEnd)
  }

  internal func advanced(by: Int) -> OffsetBound {
    switch self.kind {
      case .fromStart(let offset): return OffsetBound(fromStart: offset + by)
      case .fromEnd(let offset): return OffsetBound(fromEnd: offset + by)
    }
  }
}

extension OffsetBound {
  // TODO: doc, extra docs mentioning that 0 and more is from start, negative
  // from end.
  public init(_ int: Int) {
    if int < 0 { self.init(fromEnd: int) } else { self.init(fromStart: int) }
  }
  // TODO: doc
  public func index<C: Collection>(for c: C) -> C.Index {
    switch self.kind {
      case .fromStart(let int):
        return c.index(
          c.startIndex, offsetBy: int, limitedBy: c.endIndex
        ) ?? c.endIndex
      case .fromEnd(let int):
        return c.index(
          c.endIndex, offsetBy: int, limitedBy: c.startIndex
        ) ?? c.startIndex
    }
  }
}

extension OffsetBound: ExpressibleByIntegerLiteral {
  // TODO: doc
  public init(integerLiteral: Int) { self.init(integerLiteral) }
}

// TODO: doc
public struct OffsetRange {
  internal enum Kind {
    case full(lower: OffsetBound, upper: OffsetBound)
    case partialFrom(lower: OffsetBound)
    case partialTo(upper: OffsetBound)
  }
  internal var kind: Kind

  // lower ..< upper
  init(lower: OffsetBound, upper: OffsetBound) {
    self.kind = .full(lower: lower, upper: upper)
  }

  // lower ... upper
  init(lower: OffsetBound, through: OffsetBound) {
    self.init(lower: lower, upper: through.advanced(by: 1))
  }

  // from ...
  init(partialFrom from: OffsetBound) {
    self.kind = .partialFrom(lower: from)
  }

  // ..< to
  init(partialTo to: OffsetBound) {
    self.kind = .partialTo(upper: to)
  }
}

extension OffsetRange {
  // TODO: doc
  public func index<C: Collection>(for c: C) -> Range<C.Index> {
    switch self.kind {
      case .full(let lower, let upper):
        let lb = lower.index(for: c)
        return lb ..< max(lb, upper.index(for: c))
      case .partialFrom(let lower):
        return lower.index(for: c) ..< c.endIndex
      case .partialTo(let upper):
        return c.startIndex ..< upper.index(for: c)
    }
  }
}

// TODO: Throw in the intersection of existing conformances on range types

extension OffsetBound {
  // TODO: doc
  public static func ..< (
    lhs: OffsetBound, rhs: OffsetBound
  ) -> OffsetRange {
    return OffsetRange(lower: lhs, upper: rhs)
  }

  // TODO: doc
  public static func ... (
    lhs: OffsetBound, rhs: OffsetBound
  ) -> OffsetRange {
    return OffsetRange(lower: lhs, upper: rhs.advanced(by: 1))
  }

  // TODO: doc
  public static prefix func ..< (
    maximum: OffsetBound
  ) -> OffsetRange {
    return OffsetRange(partialTo: maximum)
  }

  // TODO: doc
  public static prefix func ... (
    maximum: OffsetBound
  ) -> OffsetRange {
    return OffsetRange(partialTo: maximum.advanced(by: 1))
  }

  // TODO: doc
  public static postfix func ... (
    minimum: OffsetBound
  ) -> OffsetRange {
    return OffsetRange(partialFrom: minimum)
  }
}

extension Collection {
  // TODO: doc
  public subscript(offset offset: OffsetBound) -> Element {
    return self[offset.index(for: self)]
  }
  public subscript(offset range: OffsetRange) -> SubSequence {
    return self[range.index(for: self)]
  }
}

extension MutableCollection {
  // TODO: doc
  public subscript(offset: OffsetBound) -> Element {
    get {
      return self[offset.index(for: self)]
    }
    set {
      self[offset.index(for: self)] = newValue
    }
  }
  public subscript(offset: OffsetRange) -> SubSequence {
    get {
      return self[offset.index(for: self)]
    }
    set {
      self[offset.index(for: self)] = newValue
    }
  }
}


// Examples
func printStrings() {
  let str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
  let idx = str.firstIndex { $0 == "n" }!

  print("-- single element subscript --")
  print(str[offset: -4]) // w
  print(str[..<idx][offset: -100]) // a
  print(str[idx...][offset: 1]) // o
  // No equivalent: print(str[(idx++1)--10]) // e

  print("-- relative range --")
  print(str[offset: 1 ..< -2]) // bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx
  // No equivalent: print(str[..<idx--2 ..< --2]) // lmnopqrstuvwx
  print(str[idx...][offset: ..<(-2)]) // nopqrstuvwx
  print(str[..<idx][offset: (-2)...]) // lm
  // No equivalent: print(str[idx--2..<idx++3]) // lmnop
  print(str[offset: -4 ..< -2]) // wx

  print("-- relative range through --")
  // No equivalent: print(str[idx--2 ... --2]) // lmnopqrstuvwxy
  print(str[idx...][offset: ...(-2)]) // nopqrstuvwxy
  print(str[...idx][offset: (-3)...]) // lmn
  // No equivalent: print(str[idx--2...idx++3]) // lmnopq
  print(str[offset: -4 ... -2]) // wxy

  print("-- partial relative range up to --")
  // No equivalent: print(str[..<idx++2]) // abcdefghijklmno
  print(str[..<idx][offset: ..<(-2)]) // abcdefghijk
  print(str[offset: ..<20]) // abcdefghijklmnopqrst
  print(str[offset: ..<(-20)]) // abcdef

  print("-- partial relative range through --")
  // No equivalent: print(str[...idx++2]) // abcdefghijklmnop
  print(str[...idx][offset: ...(-3)]) // abcdefghijkl
  print(str[offset: ...20]) // abcdefghijklmnopqrstu
  print(str[offset: ...(-20)]) // abcdefg
  print(str[offset: ...(-20)][offset: ...(-3)]) // abcde
  // No equivalent: print(str[...((--20)++2)]) // abcdefghi

  print("-- partial relative range from --")
  print(str[idx...][offset: 2...]) // pqrstuvwxyz
  // No equivalent: print(str[idx--2...]) // lmnopqrstuvwxyz
  print(str[offset: 20...]) // uvwxyz
  print(str[offset: (-20)...]) // ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
}

func printSplitFloats() {
  func splitAndTruncate<T: BinaryFloatingPoint>(
    _ value: T, precision: Int = 3
  ) -> (whole: Substring, fraction: Substring) {
    let str = String(describing: value)
    guard let dotIdx = str.firstIndex(of: ".") else { return (str[...], "") }
    return (str[..<dotIdx], str[dotIdx...][offset: 1..<OffsetBound(1+precision)])
  }

  print(splitAndTruncate(1.0)) // (whole: "1", fraction: "0")
  print(splitAndTruncate(1.25)) // (whole: "1", fraction: "25")
  print(splitAndTruncate(1.1000000000000001)) // (whole: "1", fraction: "1")
  print(splitAndTruncate(1.3333333)) // (whole: "1", fraction: "333")
  print(splitAndTruncate(200)) // (whole: "200", fraction: "0")
}

func printRanges() {
  let r: Range<Int> = 3..<10 // Explicit type only needed for this gist, if part of stdlib, it won't be preferred...
  print((absolute: r[5...], relative: r[offset: 5...]))
  // (absolute: Range(5..<10), relative: Range(8..<10))
}

func printFifths() {
  func getFifth<C: RandomAccessCollection>(
    _ c: C
  ) -> (absolute: C.Element, relative: C.Element) where C.Index == Int {
    return (c[5], c[offset: 5])
  }

  let array = [0, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
  print(getFifth(array)) // (absolute: 5, relative: 5)
  print(getFifth(array[2...])) // (absolute: 5, relative: 7)
}

import Foundation
func printDataFifths() {
  func getFifth(_ data: Data) -> (absolute: UInt8, relative: UInt8) {
    return (data[5], data[offset: 5])
  }

  var data = Data([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])
  print(getFifth(data)) // (absolute: 5, relative: 5)

  data = data.dropFirst()
  print(getFifth(data)) // (absolute: 5, relative: 6)
}

func printRequirements() {
  func parseRequirement(
    _ str: Substring
  ) -> (predecessor: Unicode.Scalar, successor: Unicode.Scalar) {
    return (str.unicodeScalars[offset: 5], str.unicodeScalars[offset: 36])
  }

  """
  Step C must be finished before step A can begin.
  Step C must be finished before step F can begin.
  Step A must be finished before step B can begin.
  Step A must be finished before step D can begin.
  Step B must be finished before step E can begin.
  Step D must be finished before step E can begin.
  Step F must be finished before step E can begin.
  """.split(separator: "\n").forEach { print(parseRequirement($0)) }
  // (predecessor: "C", successor: "A")
  // (predecessor: "C", successor: "F")
  // (predecessor: "A", successor: "B")
  // (predecessor: "A", successor: "D")
  // (predecessor: "B", successor: "E")
  // (predecessor: "D", successor: "E")
  // (predecessor: "F", successor: "E")
}

func runAll() {
  printStrings()
  printSplitFloats()
  printRanges()
  printFifths()
  printDataFifths()
  printRequirements()
}

runAll()

let range: OffsetRange = 1...(-1)
let x = " Hello, World! "
let y = "abcdefg"
let z = "  "

print(x[offset: range])
// "Hello, World!"
print(y[offset: range])
// "bcdef"
print(z[offset: range])
// ""

print("abc"[offset: 1...]) // bc
print("abc"[offset: 1..<(-1)]) // b
print("abc"[offset: 1..<(-2)]) // ""
print("abc"[offset: 1..<(-3)]) // ""