[ruby-core:95213] [Ruby master Feature#16147] List Comprehensions in Ruby

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Issue #16147 has been updated by sammomichael (Samuel Michael).


sammomichael (Samuel Michael) wrote:
> sammomichael (Samuel Michael) wrote:
> > ## ruby_list_comprehension gem documentation
> > https://github.com/SammoMichael/Ruby_List_Comprehension
> > ## ruby_list_comprehension gem page
> > https://rubygems.org/gems/ruby_list_comprehension
> > Here is a gem to give a better idea what I mean. 
> > [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/ruby_list_comprehension.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/ruby_list_comprehension)
> > Instructions: 
> > gem install ruby_list_comprehension
> > 
> > `require 'ruby_list_comprehension'`
> > 
> > `l - ListComprehension.new`
> > 
> > ` l[for x in 1..10 do x end] (optional map/filter condition)`
> > 
> > `l[for x in 1..10 do x + 5 || x - 3 if x != 3 end] #=> [6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]`
> > 
> > `l[for x in Set.new([1,2,2,3,4,5]) do x.to_s if x != 2 end] #=> ["1", "3", "4", "5"]`
> > 
> > if you would like to try out a prototype I would appreciate feedback



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Feature #16147: List Comprehensions in Ruby
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16147#change-81887

* Author: sammomichael (Samuel Michael)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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## List comprehensions are present in many languages and programmers are quite fond of their simplicity and power. Add to that the fact that Ruby has a for...in loop that is rarely used but could possibly be repurposed. 

### Currently we can already do a hack like this to make Ruby support list comprehension syntax:

``` ruby
S = [for x in 0...9 do $* << x*2 if x.even? end, $*][1]
# [0, 4, 8, 12, 16]
```

Still, it would be far nicer if the for...in loop would return the desired array automatically, this is one way to approach that taking advantage of lambda bracket invocation syntax:

``` ruby
c = -> x do $*.clear             
  if x['if'] && x[0] != 'f' .  
    y = x[0...x.index('for')]    
    x = x[x.index('for')..-1]
    (x.insert(x.index(x.split[3]) + x.split[3].length, " do $* << #{y}")
    x.insert(x.length, "end; $*")
    eval(x)
    $*)
  elsif x['if'] && x[0] == 'f'
    (x.insert(x.index(x.split[3]) + x.split[3].length, " do $* << x")
    x.insert(x.length, "end; $*")
    eval(x)
    $*)
  elsif !x['if'] && x[0] != 'f'
    y = x[0...x.index('for')]
    x = x[x.index('for')..-1]
    (x.insert(x.index(x.split[3]) + x.split[3].length, " do $* << #{y}")
    x.insert(x.length, "end; $*")
    eval(x)
    $*)
  else
    eval(x.split[3]).to_a
  end
end 

```

so basically we are converting a string to proper ruby syntax for loop then we can use python syntax in a string to do:

``` ruby

c['for x in 1..10']
c['for x in 1..10 if x.even?']
c['x**2 for x in 1..10 if x.even?']
c['x**2 for x in 1..10']

# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
# [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
# [4, 16, 36, 64, 100]
# [1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100]

```




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