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go/doc/progs/eff_sequence.go
Rob Pike cf20540880 doc: improve the interface example in Effective Go
The String method is n-squared and overwrites its receiver.
Fix both issues, with only a slight loss of clarity.

Fixes #28773

Change-Id: I588f69d4cbd72931b28b984671512834473bd466
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/151217
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
2018-11-26 05:08:25 +00:00

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// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"sort"
)
func main() {
seq := Sequence{6, 2, -1, 44, 16}
sort.Sort(seq)
fmt.Println(seq)
}
type Sequence []int
// Methods required by sort.Interface.
func (s Sequence) Len() int {
return len(s)
}
func (s Sequence) Less(i, j int) bool {
return s[i] < s[j]
}
func (s Sequence) Swap(i, j int) {
s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
}
// Copy returns a copy of the Sequence.
func (s Sequence) Copy() Sequence {
copy := make(Sequence, 0, len(s))
return append(copy, s...)
}
// Method for printing - sorts the elements before printing.
func (s Sequence) String() string {
s = s.Copy() // Make a copy; don't overwrite argument.
sort.Sort(s)
str := "["
for i, elem := range s { // Loop is O(N²); will fix that in next example.
if i > 0 {
str += " "
}
str += fmt.Sprint(elem)
}
return str + "]"
}