RosettaCodeData/Task/Forward-difference/F-Sharp/forward-difference.fs

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let rec ForwardDifference input n =
match n with
| _ when input = [] || n < 0 -> [] // If there's no more input, just return an empty list
| 0 -> input // If n is zero, we're done - return the input
| _ -> ForwardDifference // otherwise, recursively difference..
(input.Tail // All but the first element
|> Seq.zip input // tupled with itself
|> Seq.map (fun (a, b) -> b-a) // Subtract the i'th element from the (i+1)'th
|> Seq.toList) (n-1) // Make into a list and do an n-1 difference on it