This module defines the Set module for Core.Std. We use "core_set" as the file
name rather than "set" to avoid conflicts with OCaml's standard set module.
This module uses the same organizational approach as Core_map. See the
documentation in core_map.mli for a description of the approach.
Functions that construct a set take as an argument the comparator for the element type.
The type of a set. The first type parameter identifies the type of the element, and the second identifies the comparator, which determines the comparison function that is used for ordering elements in this set. Many operations (e.g., union), require that they be passed sets with the same element type and the same comparator type.
Tests internal invariants of the set data structure. Returns true on success.
Returns the number of elements in the set. O(1).
is_empty t is true iff t is empty. O(1).
mem t a returns true iff a is in t. O(log n).
union ~comparator list returns the union of all the sets in list. The
comparator argument is required for the case where list is empty.
O(max(List.length list, n log n)), where n is the sum of sizes of the input sets.
symmetric_diff t1 t2 returns a sequence of changes between t1 and t2. It is
intended to be efficient in the case where t1 and t2 share a large amount of
structure.
exists t ~f returns true iff there exists an a in t for which f a. O(n),
but returns as soon as it finds an a for which f a.
for_all t ~f returns true iff for all a in t, f a. O(n), but returns as
soon as it finds an a for which not (f a).
count t returns the number of elements of t for which f returns true.
O(n).
find t f returns an element of t for which f returns true, with no guarantee as
to which element is returned. O(n), but returns as soon as a suitable element is
found.
find_map t f returns b for some a in t for which f a = Some b. If no such
a exists, then find returns None. O(n), but returns as soon as a suitable
element is found.
Like find, but throws an exception on failure.
find_index t i returns the ith smallest element of t, in O(log n) time. The
smallest element has i = 0. Returns None if i < 0 or i >= length t.
to_list and to_array produce sequences sorted in ascending order according to the
comparator.
Create set from sorted array. The input must be sorted (either in ascending or
descending order as given by the comparator) and contain no duplicates, otherwise the
result is an error. The complexity of this function is O(n).
stable_dedup_list is here rather than in the List module because the
implementation relies crucially on sets, and because doing so allows one to avoid uses
of polymorphic comparison by instantiating the functor at a different implementation
of Comparator and using the resulting stable_dedup_list.
map ~comparator t ~f returns a new set created by applying f to every element in
t. The returned set is based on the provided comparator. O(n log n).
Like map, except elements for which f returns None will be dropped.
fold t ~init ~f folds over the elements of the set from smallest to largest.
iter t ~f calls f on every element of t, going in order from the smallest to
largest.
Iterate two sets side by side. Complexity is O(m+n) where m and n are the sizes
of the two input sets. As an example, with the inputs 0; 1 and 1; 2, f will be
called with `Left 0; `Both (1, 1); and `Right 2.
if equiv is an equivalence predicate, then group_by set ~equiv produces a list
of equivalence classes (i.e., a set-theoretic quotient). E.g.,
let chars = Set.of_list ['A'; 'a'; 'b'; 'c'] in
let equiv c c' = Char.equal (Char.uppercase c) (Char.uppercase c') in
group_by chars ~equiv
produces:
[Set.of_list ['A';'a']; Set.singleton 'b'; Set.singleton 'c']
group_by runs in O(n^2) time, so if you have a comparison function, it's usually
much faster to use Set.of_list.
to_sequence t converts the set t to a sequence of the elements between
greater_or_equal_to and less_or_equal_to inclusive in the order indicated by
order. If greater_or_equal_to > less_or_equal_to the sequence is empty. Cost is
O(log n) up front and amortized O(1) for each element produced.
Convert a set to or from a map. to_map takes a function to produce data for each
key. Both functions run in O(n) time (assuming the function passed to to_map runs
in constant time).
Module Poly deals with sets that use OCaml's polymorphic comparison to compare elements.
Set modules
bin_io.
Make_using_comparator builds a set from an element type that has a comparator.