RosettaCodeData/Task/Flatten-a-list/AppleScript/flatten-a-list-2.applescript

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AppleScript

-- quickSort :: (Ord a) => [a] -> [a]
on quickSort(xs)
set headTail to uncons(xs)
if headTail is not missing value then
set {h, t} to headTail
-- lessOrEqual :: a -> Bool
script lessOrEqual
on lambda(x)
x h
end lambda
end script
set {less, more} to partition(lessOrEqual, t)
quickSort(less) & h & quickSort(more)
else
xs
end if
end quickSort
-- TEST
on run
quickSort([11.8, 14.1, 21.3, 8.5, 16.7, 5.7])
--> {5.7, 8.5, 11.8, 14.1, 16.7, 21.3}
end run
-- GENERIC FUNCTIONS
-- partition :: predicate -> List -> (Matches, nonMatches)
-- partition :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a], [a])
on partition(f, xs)
tell mReturn(f)
set lst to {{}, {}}
repeat with x in xs
set v to contents of x
set end of item ((lambda(v) as integer) + 1) of lst to v
end repeat
return {item 2 of lst, item 1 of lst}
end tell
end partition
-- uncons :: [a] -> Maybe (a, [a])
on uncons(xs)
if length of xs > 0 then
{item 1 of xs, rest of xs}
else
missing value
end if
end uncons
-- 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