import std.stdio, std.conv, std.string, std.algorithm, std.range; string rangeExtraction(in int[] items) in { assert(items.isSorted); } body { if (items.empty) return null; auto ranges = [[items[0].text]]; foreach (immutable x, immutable y; items.zip(items[1 .. $])) if (x + 1 == y) ranges[$ - 1] ~= y.text; else ranges ~= [y.text]; return ranges .map!(r => r.length > 2 ? r[0] ~ "-" ~ r.back : r.join(',')) .join(','); } void main() { foreach (data; [[-8, -7, -6, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20], [0, 0, 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39]]) data.rangeExtraction.writeln; }