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authorDaniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org>2017-04-04 15:07:12 +0200
committerDaniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org>2017-04-04 15:07:12 +0200
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+=head1 Name
+
+Math::Cartesian::Product - Generate the Cartesian product of zero or more lists.
+
+=head1 Synopsis
+
+ use Math::Cartesian::Product;
+
+ cartesian {print "@_\n"} [qw(a b c)], [1..2];
+
+ # a 1
+ # a 2
+ # b 1
+ # b 2
+ # c 1
+ # c 2
+
+ cartesian {print "@_\n"} ([0..1]) x 8;
+
+ # 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+ # 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
+ # 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
+ # ...
+ # 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
+ # 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+
+ print "@$_\n" for
+ cartesian {"@{[reverse @_]}" eq "@_"}
+ ([' ', '*']) x 8;
+
+ # * *
+ # * *
+ # * * * *
+ # * *
+ # * * * *
+ # * * * *
+ # * * * * * *
+ # * *
+ # * * * *
+ # * * * *
+ # * * * * * *
+ # * * * *
+ # * * * * * *
+ # * * * * * *
+ # * * * * * * * *
+
+=cut
+
+package Math::Cartesian::Product;
+
+use Carp;
+use strict;
+
+sub cartesian(&@) # Generate the Cartesian product of zero or more lists
+ {my $s = shift; # Subroutine to call to process each element of the product
+
+ my @C = @_; # Lists to be multiplied
+ my @c = (); # Current element of Cartesian product
+ my @P = (); # Cartesian product
+ my $n = 0; # Number of elements in product
+
+# return 0 if @C == 0; # Empty product per Philipp Rumpf
+
+ @C == grep {ref eq 'ARRAY'} @C or croak("Arrays of things required by cartesian");
+
+# Generate each Cartesian product when there are no prior Cartesian products.
+# The first variant builds the results array, the second does not per Justin Case
+
+ my $p; $p = wantarray() ? sub
+ {if (@c < @C)
+ {for(@{$C[@c]})
+ {push @c, $_;
+ &$p();
+ pop @c;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {my $p = [@c];
+ push @P, bless $p if &$s(@$p);
+ }
+ } : sub # List not required per Justin Case
+ {if (@c < @C)
+ {for(@{$C[@c]})
+ {push @c, $_;
+ &$p();
+ pop @c;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {++$n if &$s(@c);
+ }
+ };
+
+# Generate each Cartesian product allowing for prior Cartesian products.
+
+ my $q; $q = wantarray() ? sub
+ {if (@c < @C)
+ {for(@{$C[@c]})
+ {push @c, $_;
+ &$q();
+ pop @c;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {my $p = [map {ref eq __PACKAGE__ ? @$_ : $_} @c];
+ push @P, bless $p if &$s(@$p);
+ }
+ } : sub # List not required per Justin Case
+ {if (@c < @C)
+ {for(@{$C[@c]})
+ {push @c, $_;
+ &$q();
+ pop @c;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {++$n if &$s(map {ref eq __PACKAGE__ ? @$_ : $_} @c);
+ }
+ };
+
+# Determine optimal method of forming Cartesian products for this call
+
+ if (grep {grep {ref eq __PACKAGE__} @$_} @C)
+ {&$q
+ }
+ else
+ {&$p
+ }
+
+ $p = $q = undef; # Break memory loops per Philipp Rumpf
+ wantarray() ? @P : $n # Product or count per Justin Case
+ }
+
+# Export details
+
+require 5;
+require Exporter;
+
+use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT $VERSION);
+
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+@EXPORT = qw(cartesian);
+$VERSION = '1.009'; # Tuesday 18 Aug 2015
+
+=head1 Description
+
+Generate the Cartesian product of zero or more lists.
+
+Given two lists, say: [a,b] and [1,2,3], the Cartesian product is the
+set of all ordered pairs:
+
+ (a,1), (a,2), (a,3), (b,1), (b,2), (b,3)
+
+which select their first element from all the possibilities listed in
+the first list, and select their second element from all the
+possibilities in the second list.
+
+The idea can be generalized to n-tuples selected from n lists where all the
+elements of the first list are combined with all the elements of the second
+list, the results of which are then combined with all the member of the third
+list and so on over all the input lists.
+
+It should be noted that Cartesian product of one or more lists where one or
+more of the lists are empty (representing the empty set) is the empty set
+and thus has zero members; and that the Cartesian product of zero lists is a
+set with exactly one member, namely the empty set.
+
+C<cartesian()> takes the following parameters:
+
+1. A block of code to process each n-tuple. this code should return true
+if the current n-tuple should be included in the returned value of the
+C<cartesian()> function, otherwise false.
+
+2. Zero or more lists.
+
+C<cartesian()> returns an array of references to all the n-tuples selected by
+the code block supplied as parameter 1 if called in list context, else it
+returns a count of the selected n-tuples.
+
+C<cartesian()> croaks if you try to form the Cartesian product of
+something other than lists of things or prior Cartesian products.
+
+The cartesian product of lists A,B,C is associative, that is:
+
+ (A X B) X C = A X (B X C)
+
+C<cartesian()> respects associativity by allowing you to include a
+Cartesian product produced by an earlier call to C<cartesian()> in the
+set of lists whose Cartesian product is to be formed, at the cost of a
+performance penalty if this option is chosen.
+
+ use Math::Cartesian::Product;
+
+ my $a = [qw(a b)];
+ my $b = [cartesian {1} $a, $a];
+ cartesian {print "@_\n"} $b, $b;
+
+ # a a a a
+ # a a a b
+ # a a b a
+ # ...
+
+C<cartesian()> is easy to use and fast. It is written in 100% Pure Perl.
+
+=head1 Export
+
+The C<cartesian()> function is exported.
+
+=head1 Installation
+
+Standard Module::Build process for building and installing modules:
+
+ perl Build.PL
+ ./Build
+ ./Build test
+ ./Build install
+
+Or, if you're on a platform (like DOS or Windows) that doesn't require
+the "./" notation, you can do this:
+
+ perl Build.PL
+ Build
+ Build test
+ Build install
+
+=head1 Author
+
+Philip R Brenan at gmail dot com
+
+http://www.appaapps.com
+
+=head1 Acknowledgements
+
+With much help and good natured advice from Philipp Rumpf and Justin Case to
+whom I am indebted.
+
+=head1 See Also
+
+=over
+
+=item L<Math::Disarrange::List>
+
+=item L<Math::Permute::List>
+
+=item L<Math::Permute::Lists>
+
+=item L<Math::Permute::Partitions>
+
+=item L<Math::Subsets::List>
+
+=item L<Math::Transform::List>
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Philip R Brenan.
+
+This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or
+modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut