-- CHECK NESTING OF SQUARE BRACKET SEQUENCES -- Zero-based index of the first problem (-1 if none found): -- imbalance :: String -> Integer on imbalance(strBrackets) script on errorIndex(xs, iDepth, iIndex) set lngChars to length of xs if lngChars > 0 then set iNext to iDepth + cond(item 1 of xs = "[", 1, -1) if iNext < 0 then -- closing bracket unmatched iIndex else if lngChars > 1 then -- continue recursively errorIndex(items 2 thru -1 of xs, iNext, iIndex + 1) else -- end of string cond(iNext = 0, -1, iIndex) end if end if else cond(iDepth = 0, -1, iIndex) end if end errorIndex end script result's errorIndex(characters of strBrackets, 0, 0) end imbalance -- TEST -- Random bracket sequences for testing -- brackets :: Int -> String on brackets(n) -- bracket :: () -> String script bracket on lambda(_) cond((random number) < 0.5, "[", "]") end lambda end script intercalate("", map(bracket, range(1, n))) end brackets on run set nPairs to 6 -- report :: Int -> String script report property strPad : concatReplicate(nPairs * 2 + 4, space) on lambda(n) set w to n * 2 set s to brackets(w) set i to imbalance(s) set blnOK to (i = -1) set strStatus to cond(blnOK, "OK", "problem") set strLine to "'" & s & "'" & ¬ (items (w + 2) thru -1 of strPad) & strStatus set strPointer to cond(blnOK, "", linefeed & concatReplicate(i + 1, space) & "^") intercalate("", {strLine, strPointer}) end lambda end script linefeed & ¬ intercalate(linefeed, ¬ map(report, range(0, nPairs))) & linefeed end run -- GENERIC LIBRARY FUNCTIONS -- map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] on map(f, xs) tell mReturn(f) set lng to length of xs set lst to {} repeat with i from 1 to lng set end of lst to lambda(item i of xs, i, xs) end repeat return lst end tell end map -- foldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> [b] -> a on foldl(f, startValue, xs) tell mReturn(f) set v to startValue set lng to length of xs repeat with i from 1 to lng set v to lambda(v, item i of xs, i, xs) end repeat return v end tell end foldl -- Text -> [Text] -> Text on intercalate(strText, lstText) set {dlm, my text item delimiters} to {my text item delimiters, strText} set strJoined to lstText as text set my text item delimiters to dlm return strJoined end intercalate -- concatReplicate :: Int -> String -> String on concatReplicate(n, s) concat(replicate(n, s)) end concatReplicate -- Egyptian multiplication - progressively doubling a list, appending -- stages of doubling to an accumulator where needed for binary -- assembly of a target length -- replicate :: Int -> a -> [a] on replicate(n, a) set out to {} if n < 1 then return out set dbl to {a} repeat while (n > 1) if (n mod 2) > 0 then set out to out & dbl set n to (n div 2) set dbl to (dbl & dbl) end repeat return out & dbl end replicate -- concat :: [[a]] -> [a] | [String] -> String on concat(xs) script append on lambda(a, b) a & b end lambda end script if length of xs > 0 and class of (item 1 of xs) is string then foldl(append, "", xs) else foldl(append, {}, xs) end if end concat -- Value of one of two expressions -- cond :: Bool -> a -> b -> c on cond(bln, f, g) if bln then set e to f else set e to g end if if class of e is handler then mReturn(e)'s lambda() else e end if end cond -- range :: Int -> Int -> [Int] on range(m, n) if n < m then set d to -1 else set d to 1 end if set lst to {} repeat with i from m to n by d set end of lst to i end repeat return lst end range -- Lift 2nd class handler function into 1st class script wrapper -- mReturn :: Handler -> Script on mReturn(f) if class of f is script then f else script property lambda : f end script end if end mReturn