Equalities and Lists koans

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Jesus Zambrano 2015-08-28 21:49:56 -04:00
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(meditations
"We shall contemplate truth by testing reality, via equality"
(= __ true)
(= true true)
"To understand reality, we must compare our expectations against reality"
(= __ (+ 1 1))
(= 2 (+ 1 1))
"You can test equality of many things"
(= (+ 3 4) 7 (+ 2 __))
(= (+ 3 4) 7 (+ 2 5))
"Some things may appear different, but be the same"
(= __ (= 2 2/1))
(= true (= 2 2/1))
"You cannot generally float to heavens of integers"
(= __ (= 2 2.0))
(= false (= 2 2.0))
"But a looser equality is also possible"
(= __ (== 2.0 2))
(= true (== 2.0 2))
"Something is not equal to nothing"
(= __ (not (= 1 nil)))
(= true (not (= 1 nil)))
"Strings, and keywords, and symbols: oh my!"
(= __ (= "hello" :hello 'hello))
(= false (= "hello" :hello 'hello))
"Make a keyword with your keyboard"
(= :hello (keyword __))
(= :hello (keyword :hello))
"Symbolism is all around us"
(= 'hello (symbol __))
(= 'hello (symbol 'hello))
"When things cannot be equal, they must be different"
(not= :fill-in-the-blank __))
(not= :fill-in-the-blank "fill-in-the-blank"))

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(meditations
"Lists can be expressed by function or a quoted form"
(= '(__ __ __ __ __) (list 1 2 3 4 5))
(= '(1 2 3 4 5) (list 1 2 3 4 5))
"They are Clojure seqs (sequences), so they allow access to the first"
(= __ (first '(1 2 3 4 5)))
(= 1 (first '(1 2 3 4 5)))
"As well as the rest"
(= __ (rest '(1 2 3 4 5)))
(= '(2 3 4 5) (rest '(1 2 3 4 5)))
"Count your blessings"
(= __ (count '(dracula dooku chocula)))
(= 3 (count '(dracula dooku chocula)))
"Before they are gone"
(= __ (count '()))
(= 0 (count '()))
"The rest, when nothing is left, is empty"
(= __ (rest '(100)))
(= '() (rest '(100)))
"Construction by adding an element to the front is easy"
(= __ (cons :a '(:b :c :d :e)))
(= '(:a :b :c :d :e) (cons :a '(:b :c :d :e)))
"Conjoining an element to a list isn't hard either"
(= __ (conj '(:a :b :c :d) :e))
(= '(:e :a :b :c :d) (conj '(:a :b :c :d) :e))
"You can use a list like a stack to get the first element"
(= __ (peek '(:a :b :c :d :e)))
(= :a (peek '(:a :b :c :d :e)))
"Or the others"
(= __ (pop '(:a :b :c :d :e)))
(= '(:b :c :d :e) (pop '(:a :b :c :d :e)))
"But watch out if you try to pop nothing"
(= __ (try
(= "No dice!" (try
(pop '())
(catch IllegalStateException e
"No dice!")))
"The rest of nothing isn't so strict"
(= __ (try
(= '() (try
(rest '())
(catch IllegalStateException e
"No dice!"))))