| author | Christian Urban <urbanc@in.tum.de> | 
| Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:01:49 +0000 | |
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| 67 | 1 | // Scala Lecture 3 | 
| 2 | //================= | |
| 3 | ||
| 217 | 4 | |
| 5 | // A Web Crawler / Email Harvester | |
| 6 | //================================= | |
| 7 | // | |
| 8 | // the idea is to look for links using the | |
| 9 | // regular expression "https?://[^"]*" and for | |
| 218 | 10 | // email addresses using yet another regex. | 
| 217 | 11 | |
| 12 | import io.Source | |
| 13 | import scala.util._ | |
| 155 | 14 | |
| 217 | 15 | // gets the first 10K of a web-page | 
| 16 | def get_page(url: String) : String = {
 | |
| 17 |   Try(Source.fromURL(url)("ISO-8859-1").take(10000).mkString).
 | |
| 18 |     getOrElse { println(s"  Problem with: $url"); ""}
 | |
| 19 | } | |
| 155 | 20 | |
| 217 | 21 | // regex for URLs and emails | 
| 22 | val http_pattern = """"https?://[^"]*"""".r | |
| 23 | val email_pattern = """([a-z0-9_\.-]+)@([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})""".r
 | |
| 24 | ||
| 218 | 25 | // val s = "foo bla christian@kcl.ac.uk 1234567" | 
| 26 | // email_pattern.findAllIn(s).toList | |
| 155 | 27 | |
| 217 | 28 | // drops the first and last character from a string | 
| 29 | def unquote(s: String) = s.drop(1).dropRight(1) | |
| 155 | 30 | |
| 217 | 31 | def get_all_URLs(page: String): Set[String] = | 
| 32 | http_pattern.findAllIn(page).map(unquote).toSet | |
| 155 | 33 | |
| 217 | 34 | // naive version of crawl - searches until a given depth, | 
| 35 | // visits pages potentially more than once | |
| 218 | 36 | |
| 217 | 37 | def crawl(url: String, n: Int) : Set[String] = {
 | 
| 38 | if (n == 0) Set() | |
| 39 |   else {
 | |
| 40 | println(s" Visiting: $n $url") | |
| 41 | val page = get_page(url) | |
| 42 | val new_emails = email_pattern.findAllIn(page).toSet | |
| 43 | new_emails ++ | |
| 218 | 44 | (for (u <- get_all_URLs(page).par) yield crawl(u, n - 1)).flatten | 
| 217 | 45 | } | 
| 155 | 46 | } | 
| 47 | ||
| 217 | 48 | // some starting URLs for the crawler | 
| 49 | val startURL = """https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/christian.urban/""" | |
| 50 | crawl(startURL, 2) | |
| 51 | ||
| 155 | 52 | |
| 53 | ||
| 217 | 54 | // User-defined Datatypes and Pattern Matching | 
| 218 | 55 | //============================================= | 
| 155 | 56 | |
| 217 | 57 | abstract class Exp | 
| 218 | 58 | case class N(n: Int) extends Exp // for numbers | 
| 217 | 59 | case class Plus(e1: Exp, e2: Exp) extends Exp | 
| 60 | case class Times(e1: Exp, e2: Exp) extends Exp | |
| 158 | 61 | |
| 218 | 62 | def string(e: Exp) : String = e match {
 | 
| 63 | case N(n) => n.toString | |
| 64 |   case Plus(e1, e2) => "(" + string(e1) + " + " + string(e2) + ")" 
 | |
| 65 |   case Times(e1, e2) => "(" + string(e1) + " * " + string(e2) + ")" 
 | |
| 66 | } | |
| 155 | 67 | |
| 218 | 68 | val e = Plus(N(9), Times(N(3), N(4))) | 
| 69 | println(string(e)) | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | def eval(e: Exp) : Int = e match {
 | |
| 72 | case N(n) => n | |
| 73 | case Plus(e1, e2) => eval(e1) + eval(e2) | |
| 74 | case Times(e1, e2) => eval(e1) * eval(e2) | |
| 75 | } | |
| 76 | ||
| 77 | def simp(e: Exp) : Exp = e match {
 | |
| 78 | case N(n) => N(n) | |
| 79 |   case Plus(e1, e2) => (simp(e1), simp(e2)) match {
 | |
| 80 | case (N(0), e2s) => e2s | |
| 81 | case (e1s, N(0)) => e1s | |
| 82 | case (e1s, e2s) => Plus(e1s, e2s) | |
| 83 | } | |
| 84 |   case Times(e1, e2) => (simp(e1), simp(e2)) match {
 | |
| 85 | case (N(0), _) => N(0) | |
| 86 | case (_, N(0)) => N(0) | |
| 87 | case (N(1), e2s) => e2s | |
| 88 | case (e1s, N(1)) => e1s | |
| 89 | case (e1s, e2s) => Times(e1s, e2s) | |
| 90 | } | |
| 91 | } | |
| 92 | ||
| 93 | println(eval(e)) | |
| 155 | 94 | |
| 218 | 95 | val e2 = Times(Plus(N(0), N(1)), Plus(N(0), N(9))) | 
| 96 | println(string(e2)) | |
| 97 | println(string(simp(e2))) | |
| 98 | ||
| 99 | // Tokens and Reverse Polish Notation | |
| 100 | abstract class Token | |
| 101 | case class T(n: Int) extends Token | |
| 102 | case object PL extends Token | |
| 103 | case object TI extends Token | |
| 104 | ||
| 105 | def rp(e: Exp) : List[Token] = e match {
 | |
| 106 | case N(n) => List(T(n)) | |
| 107 | case Plus(e1, e2) => rp(e1) ::: rp(e2) ::: List(PL) | |
| 108 | case Times(e1, e2) => rp(e1) ::: rp(e2) ::: List(TI) | |
| 109 | } | |
| 110 | println(string(e2)) | |
| 111 | println(rp(e2)) | |
| 112 | ||
| 113 | def comp(ls: List[Token], st: List[Int]) : Int = (ls, st) match {
 | |
| 114 | case (Nil, st) => st.head | |
| 115 | case (T(n)::rest, st) => comp(rest, n::st) | |
| 116 | case (PL::rest, n1::n2::st) => comp(rest, n1 + n2::st) | |
| 117 | case (TI::rest, n1::n2::st) => comp(rest, n1 * n2::st) | |
| 118 | } | |
| 119 | ||
| 120 | comp(rp(e), Nil) | |
| 121 | ||
| 122 | def proc(s: String) : Token = s match {
 | |
| 123 | case "+" => PL | |
| 124 | case "*" => TI | |
| 125 | case _ => T(s.toInt) | |
| 126 | } | |
| 127 | ||
| 128 | comp("1 2 + 4 * 5 + 3 +".split(" ").toList.map(proc), Nil)
 | |
| 129 | ||
| 155 | 130 | |
| 131 | ||
| 132 | ||
| 217 | 133 | def string(e: Exp) : String = e match {
 | 
| 134 | case N(n) => n.toString | |
| 135 |   case Plus(e1, e2) => "(" + string(e1) + " + " + string(e2) + ")"
 | |
| 136 |   case Times(e1, e2) => "(" + string(e1) + " * " + string(e2) + ")"
 | |
| 137 | } | |
| 155 | 138 | |
| 217 | 139 | val e = Plus(N(9), Times(N(3), N(4))) | 
| 140 | ||
| 141 | println(string(e)) | |
| 155 | 142 | |
| 217 | 143 | def eval(e: Exp) : Int = e match {
 | 
| 144 | case N(n) => n | |
| 145 | case Plus(e1, e2) => eval(e1) + eval(e2) | |
| 146 | case Times(e1, e2) => eval(e1) * eval(e2) | |
| 152 | 147 | } | 
| 148 | ||
| 217 | 149 | eval(e) | 
| 178 | 150 | |
| 217 | 151 | def simp(e: Exp) : Exp = e match {
 | 
| 152 | case N(n) => N(n) | |
| 153 |   case Plus(e1, e2) => (simp(e1), simp(e2)) match {
 | |
| 154 | case (N(0), e2s) => e2s | |
| 155 | case (e1s, N(0)) => e1s | |
| 156 | case (e1s, e2s) => Plus(e1s, e2s) | |
| 157 | } | |
| 158 |   case Times(e1, e2) => (simp(e1), simp(e2)) match {
 | |
| 159 | case (N(0), e2s) => N(0) | |
| 160 | case (e1s, N(0)) => N(0) | |
| 161 | case (N(1), e2s) => e2s | |
| 162 | case (e1s, N(1)) => e1s | |
| 163 | case (e1s, e2s) => Times(e1s, e2s) | |
| 164 | } | |
| 165 | } | |
| 178 | 166 | |
| 152 | 167 | |
| 217 | 168 | val e2 = Times(Plus(N(0), N(1)), Plus(N(0), N(9))) | 
| 169 | println(string(e2)) | |
| 170 | println(string(simp(e2))) | |
| 67 | 171 | |
| 217 | 172 | // Token and Reverse Polish Notation | 
| 173 | abstract class Token | |
| 174 | case class T(n: Int) extends Token | |
| 175 | case object PL extends Token | |
| 176 | case object TI extends Token | |
| 177 | ||
| 178 | def rp(e: Exp) : List[Token] = e match {
 | |
| 179 | case N(n) => List(T(n)) | |
| 180 | case Plus(e1, e2) => rp(e1) ::: rp(e2) ::: List(PL) | |
| 181 | case Times(e1, e2) => rp(e1) ::: rp(e2) ::: List(TI) | |
| 67 | 182 | } | 
| 183 | ||
| 217 | 184 | def comp(ts: List[Token], stk: List[Int]) : Int = (ts, stk) match {
 | 
| 185 | case (Nil, st) => st.head | |
| 186 | case (T(n)::rest, st) => comp(rest, n::st) | |
| 187 | case (PL::rest, n1::n2::st) => comp(rest, n1 + n2::st) | |
| 188 | case (TI::rest, n1::n2::st) => comp(rest, n1 * n2::st) | |
| 189 | } | |
| 67 | 190 | |
| 217 | 191 | def exp(ts: List[Token], st: List[Exp]) : Exp = (ts, st) match {
 | 
| 192 | case (Nil, st) => st.head | |
| 193 | case (T(n)::rest, st) => exp(rest, N(n)::st) | |
| 194 | case (PL::rest, n1::n2::st) => exp(rest, Plus(n2, n1)::st) | |
| 195 | case (TI::rest, n1::n2::st) => exp(rest, Times(n2, n1)::st) | |
| 196 | } | |
| 197 | ||
| 198 | exp(toks(e2), Nil) | |
| 199 | ||
| 200 | def proc(s: String) = s match {
 | |
| 201 | case "+" => PL | |
| 202 | case "*" => TI | |
| 203 | case n => T(n.toInt) | |
| 204 | } | |
| 67 | 205 | |
| 155 | 206 | |
| 217 | 207 | string(exp("1 2 + 4 * 5 + 3 +".split(" ").toList.map(proc), Nil))
 | 
| 67 | 208 | |
| 155 | 209 | |
| 210 | ||
| 211 | // Tail recursion | |
| 212 | //================ | |
| 72 | 213 | |
| 67 | 214 | |
| 215 | def fact(n: Long): Long = | |
| 216 | if (n == 0) 1 else n * fact(n - 1) | |
| 217 | ||
| 218 | 218 | def factB(n: BigInt): BigInt = | 
| 219 | if (n == 0) 1 else n * factB(n - 1) | |
| 220 | ||
| 221 | factB(100000) | |
| 222 | ||
| 155 | 223 | fact(10) //ok | 
| 224 | fact(10000) // produces a stackoverflow | |
| 225 | ||
| 226 | def factT(n: BigInt, acc: BigInt): BigInt = | |
| 227 | if (n == 0) acc else factT(n - 1, n * acc) | |
| 228 | ||
| 158 | 229 | factT(10, 1) | 
| 218 | 230 | println(factT(100000, 1)) | 
| 155 | 231 | |
| 232 | // there is a flag for ensuring a function is tail recursive | |
| 233 | import scala.annotation.tailrec | |
| 67 | 234 | |
| 72 | 235 | @tailrec | 
| 67 | 236 | def factT(n: BigInt, acc: BigInt): BigInt = | 
| 237 | if (n == 0) acc else factT(n - 1, n * acc) | |
| 238 | ||
| 239 | ||
| 240 | ||
| 155 | 241 | // for tail-recursive functions the Scala compiler | 
| 71 | 242 | // generates loop-like code, which does not need | 
| 67 | 243 | // to allocate stack-space in each recursive | 
| 155 | 244 | // call; Scala can do this only for tail-recursive | 
| 67 | 245 | // functions | 
| 246 | ||
| 155 | 247 | |
| 248 | ||
| 217 | 249 | // Jumping Towers | 
| 250 | //================ | |
| 251 | ||
| 252 | ||
| 253 | // the first n prefixes of xs | |
| 254 | // for 1 => include xs | |
| 255 | ||
| 218 | 256 | |
| 257 | ||
| 217 | 258 | def moves(xs: List[Int], n: Int) : List[List[Int]] = (xs, n) match {
 | 
| 259 | case (Nil, _) => Nil | |
| 260 | case (xs, 0) => Nil | |
| 261 | case (x::xs, n) => (x::xs) :: moves(xs, n - 1) | |
| 262 | } | |
| 263 | ||
| 264 | ||
| 265 | moves(List(5,1,0), 1) | |
| 266 | moves(List(5,1,0), 2) | |
| 267 | moves(List(5,1,0), 5) | |
| 268 | ||
| 269 | // checks whether a jump tour exists at all | |
| 270 | ||
| 271 | def search(xs: List[Int]) : Boolean = xs match {
 | |
| 272 | case Nil => true | |
| 273 | case (x::xs) => | |
| 274 | if (xs.length < x) true else moves(xs, x).exists(search(_)) | |
| 275 | } | |
| 276 | ||
| 277 | ||
| 278 | search(List(5,3,2,5,1,1)) | |
| 279 | search(List(3,5,1,0,0,0,1)) | |
| 280 | search(List(3,5,1,0,0,0,0,1)) | |
| 281 | search(List(3,5,1,0,0,0,1,1)) | |
| 282 | search(List(3,5,1)) | |
| 283 | search(List(5,1,1)) | |
| 284 | search(Nil) | |
| 285 | search(List(1)) | |
| 286 | search(List(5,1,1)) | |
| 287 | search(List(3,5,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1)) | |
| 288 | ||
| 289 | // generates *all* jump tours | |
| 290 | // if we are only interested in the shortes one, we could | |
| 291 | // shortcircut the calculation and only return List(x) in | |
| 292 | // case where xs.length < x, because no tour can be shorter | |
| 293 | // than 1 | |
| 294 | // | |
| 295 | ||
| 296 | def jumps(xs: List[Int]) : List[List[Int]] = xs match {
 | |
| 297 | case Nil => Nil | |
| 298 |   case (x::xs) => {
 | |
| 299 | val children = moves(xs, x) | |
| 218 | 300 | val results = children.map((cs) => jumps(cs).map(x :: _)).flatten | 
| 217 | 301 | if (xs.length < x) List(x) :: results else results | 
| 302 | } | |
| 303 | } | |
| 304 | ||
| 218 | 305 | println(jumps(List(5,3,2,5,1,1)).minBy(_.length)) | 
| 217 | 306 | jumps(List(3,5,1,2,1,2,1)) | 
| 307 | jumps(List(3,5,1,2,3,4,1)) | |
| 308 | jumps(List(3,5,1,0,0,0,1)) | |
| 309 | jumps(List(3,5,1)) | |
| 310 | jumps(List(5,1,1)) | |
| 311 | jumps(Nil) | |
| 312 | jumps(List(1)) | |
| 313 | jumps(List(5,1,2)) | |
| 314 | moves(List(1,2), 5) | |
| 315 | jumps(List(1,5,1,2)) | |
| 316 | jumps(List(3,5,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1)) | |
| 317 | ||
| 318 | jumps(List(5,3,2,5,1,1)).minBy(_.length) | |
| 319 | jumps(List(1,3,5,8,9,2,6,7,6,8,9)).minBy(_.length) | |
| 320 | jumps(List(1,3,6,1,0,9)).minBy(_.length) | |
| 321 | jumps(List(2,3,1,1,2,4,2,0,1,1)).minBy(_.length) | |
| 322 | ||
| 323 | ||
| 324 | ||
| 325 | ||
| 326 | ||
| 327 | ||
| 328 | ||
| 329 | ||
| 330 | ||
| 331 | // Sudoku | |
| 332 | //======== | |
| 333 | ||
| 334 | // THE POINT OF THIS CODE IS NOT TO BE SUPER | |
| 335 | // EFFICIENT AND FAST, just explaining exhaustive | |
| 336 | // depth-first search | |
| 337 | ||
| 155 | 338 | |
| 339 | val game0 = """.14.6.3.. | |
| 340 | |62...4..9 | |
| 341 | |.8..5.6.. | |
| 342 | |.6.2....3 | |
| 343 | |.7..1..5. | |
| 344 | |5....9.6. | |
| 345 | |..6.2..3. | |
| 346 | |1..5...92 | |
| 347 |               |..7.9.41.""".stripMargin.replaceAll("\\n", "")
 | |
| 53 | 348 | |
| 155 | 349 | type Pos = (Int, Int) | 
| 350 | val EmptyValue = '.' | |
| 351 | val MaxValue = 9 | |
| 352 | ||
| 353 | val allValues = "123456789".toList | |
| 354 | val indexes = (0 to 8).toList | |
| 355 | ||
| 356 | ||
| 357 | def empty(game: String) = game.indexOf(EmptyValue) | |
| 358 | def isDone(game: String) = empty(game) == -1 | |
| 359 | def emptyPosition(game: String) = | |
| 360 | (empty(game) % MaxValue, empty(game) / MaxValue) | |
| 361 | ||
| 67 | 362 | |
| 155 | 363 | def get_row(game: String, y: Int) = | 
| 364 | indexes.map(col => game(y * MaxValue + col)) | |
| 365 | def get_col(game: String, x: Int) = | |
| 366 | indexes.map(row => game(x + row * MaxValue)) | |
| 367 | ||
| 368 | def get_box(game: String, pos: Pos): List[Char] = {
 | |
| 369 | def base(p: Int): Int = (p / 3) * 3 | |
| 370 | val x0 = base(pos._1) | |
| 371 | val y0 = base(pos._2) | |
| 372 | val ys = (y0 until y0 + 3).toList | |
| 373 | (x0 until x0 + 3).toList.flatMap(x => ys.map(y => game(x + y * MaxValue))) | |
| 374 | } | |
| 375 | ||
| 217 | 376 | //get_row(game0, 0) | 
| 377 | //get_row(game0, 1) | |
| 218 | 378 | //get_col(game0, 0) | 
| 379 | //get_box(game0, (3, 1)) | |
| 217 | 380 | |
| 381 | ||
| 155 | 382 | // this is not mutable!! | 
| 383 | def update(game: String, pos: Int, value: Char): String = | |
| 384 | game.updated(pos, value) | |
| 385 | ||
| 386 | def toAvoid(game: String, pos: Pos): List[Char] = | |
| 387 | (get_col(game, pos._1) ++ get_row(game, pos._2) ++ get_box(game, pos)) | |
| 388 | ||
| 389 | def candidates(game: String, pos: Pos): List[Char] = | |
| 218 | 390 | allValues.diff(toAvoid(game, pos)) | 
| 155 | 391 | |
| 392 | //candidates(game0, (0,0)) | |
| 393 | ||
| 394 | def pretty(game: String): String = | |
| 218 | 395 |   "\n" + (game.sliding(MaxValue, MaxValue).mkString("\n"))
 | 
| 155 | 396 | |
| 218 | 397 | |
| 155 | 398 | def search(game: String): List[String] = {
 | 
| 399 | if (isDone(game)) List(game) | |
| 400 |   else {
 | |
| 401 | val cs = candidates(game, emptyPosition(game)) | |
| 218 | 402 | cs.par.map(c => search(update(game, empty(game), c))).toList.flatten | 
| 67 | 403 | } | 
| 404 | } | |
| 405 | ||
| 217 | 406 | search(game0).map(pretty) | 
| 407 | ||
| 408 | val game1 = """23.915... | |
| 409 | |...2..54. | |
| 410 | |6.7...... | |
| 411 | |..1.....9 | |
| 412 | |89.5.3.17 | |
| 413 | |5.....6.. | |
| 414 | |......9.5 | |
| 415 | |.16..7... | |
| 416 |               |...329..1""".stripMargin.replaceAll("\\n", "")
 | |
| 417 | ||
| 418 | ||
| 419 | // game that is in the hard category | |
| 420 | val game2 = """8........ | |
| 421 | |..36..... | |
| 422 | |.7..9.2.. | |
| 423 | |.5...7... | |
| 424 | |....457.. | |
| 425 | |...1...3. | |
| 426 | |..1....68 | |
| 427 | |..85...1. | |
| 428 |               |.9....4..""".stripMargin.replaceAll("\\n", "")
 | |
| 429 | ||
| 430 | // game with multiple solutions | |
| 431 | val game3 = """.8...9743 | |
| 432 | |.5...8.1. | |
| 433 | |.1....... | |
| 434 | |8....5... | |
| 435 | |...8.4... | |
| 436 | |...3....6 | |
| 437 | |.......7. | |
| 438 | |.3.5...8. | |
| 439 |               |9724...5.""".stripMargin.replaceAll("\\n", "")
 | |
| 440 | ||
| 441 | ||
| 442 | search(game1).map(pretty) | |
| 443 | search(game3).map(pretty) | |
| 444 | search(game2).map(pretty) | |
| 445 | ||
| 446 | // for measuring time | |
| 447 | def time_needed[T](i: Int, code: => T) = {
 | |
| 448 | val start = System.nanoTime() | |
| 449 | for (j <- 1 to i) code | |
| 450 | val end = System.nanoTime() | |
| 451 | ((end - start) / 1.0e9) + " secs" | |
| 452 | } | |
| 453 | ||
| 454 | time_needed(1, search(game2)) | |
| 455 | ||
| 155 | 456 | // tail recursive version that searches | 
| 158 | 457 | // for all solutions | 
| 458 | ||
| 155 | 459 | def searchT(games: List[String], sols: List[String]): List[String] = games match {
 | 
| 460 | case Nil => sols | |
| 461 |   case game::rest => {
 | |
| 462 | if (isDone(game)) searchT(rest, game::sols) | |
| 463 |     else {
 | |
| 464 | val cs = candidates(game, emptyPosition(game)) | |
| 465 | searchT(cs.map(c => update(game, empty(game), c)) ::: rest, sols) | |
| 466 | } | |
| 467 | } | |
| 67 | 468 | } | 
| 469 | ||
| 158 | 470 | searchT(List(game3), List()).map(pretty) | 
| 471 | ||
| 472 | ||
| 155 | 473 | // tail recursive version that searches | 
| 474 | // for a single solution | |
| 158 | 475 | |
| 155 | 476 | def search1T(games: List[String]): Option[String] = games match {
 | 
| 67 | 477 | case Nil => None | 
| 155 | 478 |   case game::rest => {
 | 
| 479 | if (isDone(game)) Some(game) | |
| 480 |     else {
 | |
| 481 | val cs = candidates(game, emptyPosition(game)) | |
| 482 | search1T(cs.map(c => update(game, empty(game), c)) ::: rest) | |
| 483 | } | |
| 484 | } | |
| 67 | 485 | } | 
| 486 | ||
| 158 | 487 | search1T(List(game3)).map(pretty) | 
| 217 | 488 | time_needed(10, search1T(List(game3))) | 
| 489 | ||
| 158 | 490 | |
| 155 | 491 | // game with multiple solutions | 
| 492 | val game3 = """.8...9743 | |
| 493 | |.5...8.1. | |
| 494 | |.1....... | |
| 495 | |8....5... | |
| 496 | |...8.4... | |
| 497 | |...3....6 | |
| 498 | |.......7. | |
| 499 | |.3.5...8. | |
| 500 |               |9724...5.""".stripMargin.replaceAll("\\n", "")
 | |
| 501 | ||
| 158 | 502 | searchT(List(game3), Nil).map(pretty) | 
| 155 | 503 | search1T(List(game3)).map(pretty) | 
| 67 | 504 | |
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