/**
* Method size returns a new Tuple instance of the given size with the given Comparable as its
* element values.
*
* @param size of type int
* @param value of type Comparable
* @return Tuple
*/
public static Tuple size(int size, Comparable value) {
Tuple result = new Tuple();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) result.add(value);
return result;
}
/**
* Creates a new Tuple from the given positions, but sets the values in the current tuple to null.
*
* @param pos of type int[]
* @return Tuple
*/
Tuple extract(int[] pos) {
Tuple results = new Tuple();
for (int i : pos) results.add(elements.set(i, null));
return results;
}
/**
* Method get will return a new Tuple instace populated with element values from the given array
* of positions.
*
* @param pos of type int[]
* @return Tuple
*/
public Tuple get(int[] pos) {
if (pos == null || pos.length == 0) return new Tuple(this);
Tuple results = new Tuple();
for (int i : pos) results.add(elements.get(i));
return results;
}
/**
* Method parse will parse the {@link #print()} String representation of a Tuple instance and
* return a new Tuple instance.
*
* @param string of type String
* @return Tuple
*/
public static Tuple parse(String string) {
if (string == null || string.length() == 0) return null;
string = string.replaceAll("^ *\\[*", "");
string = string.replaceAll("\\]* *$", "");
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new StringReader(string));
scanner.useDelimiter("(' *, *')|(^ *')|(' *$)");
Tuple result = new Tuple();
while (scanner.hasNext()) {
if (scanner.hasNextInt()) result.add(scanner.nextInt());
else if (scanner.hasNextDouble()) result.add(scanner.nextDouble());
else result.add(scanner.next());
}
scanner.close();
return result;
}
/**
* Method remove removes the values specified by the given pos array and returns a new Tuple
* containing the removed values.
*
* @param pos of type int[]
* @return Tuple
*/
public Tuple remove(int[] pos) {
verifyModifiable();
// calculate offsets to apply when removing values from elements
int offset[] = new int[pos.length];
for (int i = 0; i < pos.length; i++) {
offset[i] = 0;
for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
if (pos[j] < pos[i]) offset[i]++;
}
}
Tuple results = new Tuple();
for (int i = 0; i < pos.length; i++) results.add(elements.remove(pos[i] - offset[i]));
return results;
}