RosettaCodeData/Task/Permutations/JavaScript/permutations-4.js

36 lines
958 B
JavaScript

(function () {
'use strict';
// permutations :: [a] -> [[a]]
var permutations = function (xs) {
return xs.length ? concatMap(function (x) {
return concatMap(function (ys) {
return [[x].concat(ys)];
}, permutations(delete_(x, xs)));
}, xs) : [[]];
};
// GENERIC FUNCTIONS
// concatMap :: (a -> [b]) -> [a] -> [b]
var concatMap = function (f, xs) {
return [].concat.apply([], xs.map(f));
};
// delete :: Eq a => a -> [a] -> [a]
var delete_ = function (x, xs) {
return deleteBy(function (a, b) {
return a === b;
}, x, xs);
};
// deleteBy :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> a -> [a] -> [a]
var deleteBy = function (f, x, xs) {
return xs.length > 0 ? f(x, xs[0]) ? xs.slice(1) :
[xs[0]].concat(deleteBy(f, x, xs.slice(1))) : [];
};
// TEST
return permutations(['Aardvarks', 'eat', 'ants']);
})();