Find longest prefix of elements, which satisfy a predicate; Group a list

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ur/list.ur b/lib/ur/list.ur
index 11895884..f3bb0587 100644
--- a/lib/ur/list.ur
+++ b/lib/ur/list.ur
@@ -434,6 +434,31 @@ fun drop [a] (n : int) (xs : list a) : list a =
 
 fun splitAt [a] (n : int) (xs : list a) : list a * list a =
     (take n xs, drop n xs)
+    
+fun span [a] (f:(a -> bool)) (ls:list a) : list a * list a  = 
+    let
+        fun span' f acc ls =
+            case ls of
+                []      =>  (acc, [])
+              | x :: xs =>  if (f x) then span' f (x :: acc) xs else (acc, ls)
+    in
+        span' f [] ls
+    end
+    
+fun groupBy [a] (f:(a -> a -> bool)) (ls:list a) : list (list a) = 
+    let
+        fun groupBy' f ls = 
+            case ls of
+                [] => [] :: []
+              | x :: xs => 
+                    let
+                        val (ys, zs) = span (f x) xs
+                    in 
+                        (x :: ys) :: (groupBy' f zs)
+                    end
+    in
+        groupBy' f ls
+    end
 
 fun mapXiM [m ::: Type -> Type] (_ : monad m) [a] [ctx ::: {Unit}] (f : int -> a -> m (xml ctx [] [])) : t a -> m (xml ctx [] []) =
     let