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Groovy Series: Ranges

Published in: Groovy 

URL: http://hansamann.podspot.de/files/grails_podcast_episode_35.mp3

This snippet gives you some interesting examples what you can do with Groovy Ranges. Listen to the audio to get the best learning experience. Simply right-click on the title above to download the mp3 file of this part of the series.

The Groovy Series is part of the Grails Podcast and can be subscribed to via: http://hansamann.podspot.de/rss. The series is produced by Dierk König and Sven Haiges, further information about the topic of this episode can be found in the book

Groovy in Action - http://groovy.canoo.com/gina

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  1. //Ranges
  2.  
  3. //inclusive range
  4. def inclusiveRange = 1..10
  5. assert inclusiveRange instanceof List
  6. assert inclusiveRange.size() == 10
  7. assert inclusiveRange.contains(10)
  8.  
  9. //exclusive range
  10. def exclusiveRange = 1..<10
  11. assert exclusiveRange.size() == 9
  12. assert !exclusiveRange.contains(10)
  13.  
  14. //sequence from negative to positive values
  15. def negativeToPositive = -5..5
  16. assert negativeToPositive.join(',') == '-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5'
  17.  
  18. //negative sequence
  19. def negativeRange = -5..<-10
  20. assert negativeRange.join(',') == '-5,-6,-7,-8,-9'
  21.  
  22. //we need no for loop :-)
  23. //but don't forget the braces around the range... 
  24. def out = new StringBuffer()
  25. (1..10).each { 
  26. 	out << it
  27. }
  28. assert out.toString() == '12345678910'
  29.  
  30. //but we can use a for loop if we want
  31. out = new StringBuffer()
  32. def range = 1..10
  33. for (i in range) {
  34.     out << i
  35. }
  36. assert out.toString() == '12345678910'
  37.  
  38. //we can also step through a range
  39. assert (1..10).step(2).join(',') == '1,3,5,7,9'
  40.  
  41. //some more fun with groovy
  42. assert (1..10).reverse().join(',') == '10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1'
  43. assert (1..10).grep{ it > 5}.size() == 5
  44.  
  45. //using ranges to create a sublist
  46. def largeList = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
  47. assert largeList[0..4] == [1,2,3,4,5]
  48. assert largeList[0..<4] == [1,2,3,4]
  49. assert largeList[-1..-3] == [10,9,8]
  50.  
  51. //ranges can be used with grep... here using grep with a list
  52. assert [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12].grep(5..10) == [5,6,7,8,9,10]

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