Comparison of programming languages (list comprehension)
List comprehension is a syntactic construct available in some programming languages for creating a list based on existing lists. It follows the form of the mathematical set-builder notation (set comprehension) as distinct from the use of map and filter functions.
Examples of list comprehension
Boo
List with all the doubles from 0 to 10 (exclusive)
doubles = [i*2 for i in range(10)]
List with the names of the customers based in Rio de Janeiro
rjCustomers = [customer.Name for customer in customers if customer.State == "RJ"]
C#
var ns = from x in Enumerable.Range(0,100)
where x*x > 3
select x*2;
The previous code is syntactic sugar for the following code written using lambda expressions:
var ns = Enumerable.Range(0, 100)
.Where(x => x*x > 3)
.Select(x => x*2);
Ceylon
Filtering numbers divisible by 3:
value divisibleBy3 = { for (i in 0..100) if (i%3==0) i };
// type of divisibleBy3 is Iterable<Integer>
Multiple "generators":
value triples = { for (x in 0..20) for (y in x..20) for (z in y..20) if (x*x + y*y == z*z) [x,y,z] };
// type of triples is Iterable<Integer[3]>
Clojure
An infinite lazy sequence:
(for [x (iterate inc 0)
:when (> (* x x) 3)]
(* 2 x))
A list comprehension using multiple generators:
(for [x (range 20)
y (range 20)
z (range 20)
:when (== (+ (* x x) (* y y)) (* z z))]
[x y z])
CoffeeScript
largeNumbers = (number for number in list when number > 100)
Common Lisp
List comprehensions can be expressed with the loop macro's collect keyword. Conditionals are expressed with if, as follows:
(loop for x from 0 to 100 if (> (* x x) 3) collect (* 2 x))
Cobra
List the names of customers:
names = for cust in customers get cust.name
List the customers with balances:
names = for cust in customers where cust.balance > 0
List the names of customers with balances:
names = for cust in customers where cust.balance > 0 get cust.name
The general forms:
for VAR in ENUMERABLE [where CONDITION] get EXPR
for VAR in ENUMERABLE where CONDITION
Note that by putting the condition and expression after the variable name and enumerable object, editors and IDEs can provide autocompletion on the members of the variable.
Elixir
for x <- 0..100, x * x > 3, do: x * 2
Erlang
L = lists:seq(0,100).
S = [2*X || X <- L, X*X > 3].
F#
Lazily-evaluated sequences:
seq { for x in 0 .. 100 do if x*x > 3 then yield 2*x }
Or, for floating point values
seq { for x in 0. .. 100. do if x**2. > 3. then yield 2.*x }
Lists and arrays:
[ for x in 0. .. 100. do if x**2. > 3. then yield 2.*x ]
[| for x in 0. .. 100. do if x**2. > 3. then yield 2.*x |]
List comprehensions are the part of a greater family of language constructs called computation expressions.
Groovy
(0..100).findAll{ x -> x * x > 3 }.collect { x -> 2 * x }
Haskell
[x * 2 | x <- [0 .. 99], x * x > 3]
An example of a list comprehension using multiple generators:
pyth = [(x,y,z) | x <- [1..20], y <- [x..20], z <- [y..20], x^2 + y^2 == z^2]
Io
By using Range object, Io language can create list as easy as in other languages:
Range 0 to(100) asList select(x, x*x>3) map(*2)
ISLISP
List comprehensions can be expressed with the for special form. Conditionals are expressed with if, as follows:
(for ((x 0 (+ x 1))
(collect ()))
((>= x 100) (reverse collect))
(if (> (* x x) 3)
(setq collect (cons (* x 2) collect))))
Java 8
Java 8 introduces a new Streams API[1], which includes the IntStream interface[2] which allows operations like the following:
List<Integer> ns = IntStream.range(0,100)
.filter(x -> x*x>3)
.map(x -> x*2)
// can be reduced with another operator or returned as a list:
.boxed().collect(Collectors.toList());
JavaScript
Borrowing from Python, JavaScript has array comprehensions.[3] Although this feature has been proposed for inclusion in the sixth edition ECMAScript standard, Mozilla is the only implementation that currently supports it.
/* There is no "range" function in JavaScript's standard
library, so the application must provide it
using a Python-inspired generator function */
function* range(n) {
for (var i = 0; i < n; i++)
yield i;
}
[2 * x for (x of range(100)) if (x * x > 3)]
Julia
Julia supports comprehensions using the syntax:
y = [x^2+1 for x in 1:10]
and multidimensional comprehensions like:
z = [(x-5)^2+(y-5)^2 for x = 0:10, y = 0:10]
Mythryl
s = [ 2*i for i in 1..100 where i*i > 3 ];
Multiple generators:
pyth = [ (x,y,z) for x in 1..20 for y in x..20 for z in y..20 where x*x + y*y == z*z ];
Nemerle
$[x*2 | x in [0 .. 100], x*x > 3]
OCaml
OCaml supports List comprehension through OCaml Batteries.[4]
Perl 6
my @s = ($_ * 2 if $_ ** 2 > 3 for 0 .. 99);
Python
Python uses the following syntax to express list comprehensions over finite lists:
S = [2*x for x in range(100) if x**2 > 3]
A generator expression may be used in Python versions >= 2.4 which gives lazy evaluation over its input, and can be used with generators to iterate over 'infinite' input such as the count generator function which returns successive integers:
from itertools import count
S = (2*x for x in count() if x**2 > 3)
(Subsequent use of the generator expression will determine when to stop generating values).
R
x = (0:100)
S = 2 * x[x ^ 2 > 3]
Racket
(for/list ([x 100] #:when (> (* x x) 3)) (* x 2))
An example with multiple generators:
(for*/list ([x (in-range 1 21)] [y (in-range 1 21)] [z (in-range 1 21)]
#:when (= (+ (* x x) (* y y)) (* z z)))
(list x y z))
Ruby
(0..100).select { |x| x**2 > 3 }.map { |x| 2*x }
Scala
Using the for-comprehension:
val s = for (x <- 0 to 100; if x*x > 3) yield 2*x
Scheme
List comprehensions are supported in Scheme through the use of the SRFI-42 library.[5]
(list-ec (: x 100) (if (> (* x x) 3)) (* x 2))
An example of a list comprehension using multiple generators:
(list-ec (: x 1 21) (: y x 21) (: z y 21) (if (= (+ (* x x) (* y y)) (* z z))) (list x y z))
SETL
s := {2*x : x in {0..100} | x**2 > 3 };
Smalltalk
((1 to: 100) select: [ x | x squared > 3 ]) collect: [ x | x * 2 ]
Swift
// 0 2 4 6 ... 18
let timesTwo = (0..<10).map{ $0*2 }
// Suppose isPrime: (Int) -> Bool a function that checks if its argument is a prime number
let primeBelow100 = (0...100).filter(isPrime)
Visual Prolog
S = [ 2*X || X = list::getMember_nd(L), X*X > 3 ]
Windows PowerShell
$s = ( 0..100 | ? {$_*$_ -gt 3} | % {2*$_} )
which is short-hand notation of:
$s = 0..100 | where {$_*$_ -gt 3} | foreach {2*$_}