My 4Clojure Solutions(1 to 50)

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1. Nothing but the Truth

(= true true)

2. Simple Math

(= (- 10 (* 2 3)) 4)

3. Intro to Strings

(= "HELLO WORLD" (.toUpperCase "hello world"))

4. Intro to Lists

(= (list :a :b :c) '(:a :b :c))

5. Lists: conj

(= '(1 2 3 4) (conj '(2 3 4) 1))
(= '(1 2 3 4) (conj '(3 4) 2 1))

6. Intro to Vectors

(= [:a :b :c] (list :a :b :c) (vec '(:a :b :c)) (vector :a :b :c))

7. Vectors: conj

(= [1 2 3 4] (conj [1 2 3] 4))
(= [1 2 3 4] (conj [1 2] 3 4))

8. Intro to Sets

(= #{:a :b :c :d} (set '(:a :a :b :c :c :c :c :d :d)))
(= #{:a :b :c :d} (clojure.set/union #{:a :b :c} #{:b :c :d}))

9. Sets: conj

(= #{1 2 3 4} (conj #{1 4 3} 2))

10. Intro to Maps

(= 20 ((hash-map :a 10, :b 20, :c 30) :b))
(= 20 (:b {:a 10, :b 20, :c 30}))

11. Maps: conj

(= {:a 1, :b 2, :c 3} (conj {:a 1} [:b 2] [:c 3]))

12. Intro to Sequences

(= 3 (first '(3 2 1)))
(= 3 (second [2 3 4]))
(= 3 (last (list 1 2 3)))

13. Sequences: rest

(= [20 30 40] (rest [10 20 30 40]))

14. Intro to Functions

(= 8 ((fn add-five [x] (+ x 5)) 3))
(= 8 ((fn [x] (+ x 5)) 3))
(= 8 (#(+ % 5) 3))
(= 8 ((partial + 5) 3))

15. Double Down

(defn double-down [x] 
  (* x 2))

  (= (double-down 3) 6)

16. Hello World

(= (#(str "Hello, " % "!") "Dave")
   "Hello, Dave!")

17. Sequences: map

(= '(6 7 8) (map #(+ % 5) '(1 2 3)))

18. Sequences: filter

(= '(6 7) (filter #(> % 5) '(3 4 5 6 7)))

19. Last Element

(= (-> [1 2 3 4 5]
       reverse
       first) 5)
     
(defn last-elem [[head & tail]]
  (if (seq tail) 
    (recur tail)
    head))
    
    (= (last-elem [1 2 3 4 5]) 5)

20. Penultimate Element

(= (-> '(1 2 3 4 5) 
       reverse 
       rest 
       first) 4)
(defmulti penultimate
          (fn [input]
            (= (count input) 1)))

(defmethod penultimate true [input] nil)

(defmethod penultimate false [[head after_head & tail :as input]]
  (if (seq tail)
    (recur (rest input))
    head))

    (println (= (penultimate '(1 2 3 4 5)) 4))
    (println (= (penultimate '(1)) nil))
    (println (= (penultimate '()) nil))

21. Nth Element

(defn my-nth [input_seq n]
  {:pre [(>= n 0)]}
  (loop [counter 0
         input input_seq]
    (if (= counter n)
      (first input)
      (recur (inc counter) (rest input)))))

      (println (= (my-nth '(4 5 6 7) 2) 6))
      (my-nth '(4 5 6 7) -1)
(= (#(->> %1
      (drop %2)
      first) '(4 5 6 7) 2) 6)

22. Count a Sequence

(defn my-count [input_seq]
  (apply +
         (for [elem input_seq] 1)))

         (println (= (my-count '(1 2 3 3 1)) 5))
         (println (= (my-count "Hello World") 11))

23. Reverse a Sequence

(= (#(into '() %) [1 2 3 4 5]) 
   [5 4 3 2 1])

24. Sum It All Up

(= (#(apply + %) [1 2 3]) 6)

25. Find the odd numbers

(= (#(filter odd? %) [4 2 1 6]) '(1))

26. Fibonacci Sequence

(defn fib [n]
  (->> (iterate (fn [[a b]] [b (+ a b)]) [1 1]) 
       (map first)
       (take n)))

       (= (fib 8) '(1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21))

27. Palindrome Detector

(defn palindrome? [[head & tail :as input_seq]] 
  (cond
    (= (count input_seq) 1) true
    (empty? input_seq) true
    :else (and (= head (last tail)) (recur (butlast tail)))))
    
    (true? (palindrome? "racecar"))

28. Flatten a Sequence

(defn- my-flatten-helper [[head & tail :as input_seq] result]
  (cond 
    (empty? input_seq) result
    (sequential? head) (recur tail (concat (my-flatten-helper head '()) result))
    :else (recur tail (conj result head))))

    (defn my-flatten [input-seq]
  (reverse (my-flatten-helper input-seq '())))
  
  (println (= (my-flatten '((1 2) 3 [4 [5 6]])) '(1 2 3 4 5 6)))
  (println (= (my-flatten ["a" ["b"] "c"]) '("a" "b" "c")))
  (println (= (my-flatten '((((:a))))) '(:a)))

29. Get the Caps

(defn is-upper? [input_char]
  (contains?
    (set "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
    input_char))

    (defn get-caps [input_string]
  (apply str (filter is-upper? input_string)))

  (println (= (get-caps "HeLlO, WoRlD!") "HLOWRD"))
  (println (empty? (get-caps "nothing")))
  (println (= (get-caps "$#A(*&987Zf") "AZ"))

30. Compress a Sequence

(defn compress [input_seq]
  (loop [[head & tail :as input] input_seq
         result '()]
    (cond
      (empty? input) (reverse result)
      (= head (first result)) (recur tail result)
      :else (recur tail (cons head result)))))

      (= (apply str (compress "Leeeeeerrroyyy")) "Leroy")

31. Pack a Sequence

(defn pack [input_seq]
  (loop [[head & tail :as input] input_seq
         [result_head & result_tail :as result] '()]
    (cond
      (empty? input) (reverse result)
      (= head (first result_head)) (recur tail (cons (cons head result_head) result_tail))
      :else (recur tail (cons (list head) result)))))

      (= (pack [1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3]) '((1 1) (2) (1 1 1) (3 3)))

32. Duplicate a Sequence

(defn duplicate [input_seq]
  (loop [[head & tail :as input] input_seq
         result '()]
    (if (empty? input) 
      (reverse result)
      (recur tail (conj result head head)))))

      (= (duplicate [1 2 3]) '(1 1 2 2 3 3))

33. Replicate a Sequence

(defn replicate [input_seq n]
  (loop [[head & tail :as input] input_seq
         result '()]
    (if (empty? input)
      (reverse result)
      (recur tail (concat (repeat n head) result)))))
      
      (= (replicate [1 2 3] 2) '(1 1 2 2 3 3))

34. Implement range

(defn my-range [start end]
  (loop [counter start
         result '()]
    (if (= counter end) 
      (reverse result)
      (recur (inc counter) (conj result counter)))))
      
      (= (my-range 1 4) '(1 2 3))

35. Local bindings

(= 7 (let [x 5] (+ 2 x)))
    (= 7 (let [x 3, y 10] (- y x)))
    (= 7 (let [x 21] (let [y 3] (/ x y))))

36. Let it Be

(println (= 10 (let [x 7 y 3 z 1] (+ x y))))
    (println (= 4 (let [x 7 y 3 z 1] (+ y z))))
    (println (= 1 (let [x 7 y 3 z 1] z)))

37. Regular Expressions

(= "ABC" (apply str (re-seq #"[A-Z]+" "bA1B3Ce ")))

38. Maximum value

(defn my-max [& args]
  (loop [[head & tail :as input] args
         result head]
    (cond 
      (empty? input) result
      (> head result) (recur tail head)
      :else (recur tail result))))

      (= (my-max 45 67 11) 67)

39. Interleave Two Seqs

(defn my-interleave [seq1 seq2]
  (loop [[head1 & tail1 :as s1] seq1
         [head2 & tail2 :as s2] seq2
         result '()]
    (cond 
      (or (empty? s1) (empty? s2)) (reverse result)
      :else (recur tail1 tail2 (conj result head1 head2)))))
      
      (= (my-interleave [1 2 3] [:a :b :c]) '(1 :a 2 :b 3 :c))

40. Interpose a Seq

(defn my-interpose [elem input_seq]
  (loop [[head & tail :as input] input_seq
         result '()]
    (if (empty? input)
      (butlast (reverse result))
      (recur tail (conj result head elem)))))

      (= (my-interpose :z [:a :b :c :d]) [:a :z :b :z :c :z :d])

41. Drop Every Nth Item

(defn drop-nth [input_seq n]
  (loop [[head & tail :as input] input_seq
         counter 1
         result '()]
    (cond 
      (empty? input) (reverse result)
      (= counter n) (recur tail 1 result)
      :else (recur tail (inc counter) (conj result head)))))
      
      (= (drop-nth [1 2 3 4 5 6] 4) [1 2 3 5 6])

42. Factorial Fun

(def factorial (memoize (fn [n]
                          {:pre [(>= n 0)]}
                          (condp = n
                            0 1
                            (* n (factorial (dec n)))))))

                            (= (factorial 8) 40320)

43. Reverse Interleave

(defn reverse-interleave [input_seq n]
  (loop [input input_seq
         result (vec (repeat n []))
         counter 0]
    (match [input counter]
           [([] :seq) _]                  result
           [_ n]                          (recur input result 0)
           [([head & tail] :seq) counter] (recur tail
                                                 (update-in result [counter] #(conj % head))
                                                 (inc counter)))))

(println (= (reverse-interleave [1 2 3 4 5 6] 2) '((1 3 5) (2 4 6))))
(println (= (reverse-interleave (range 9) 3) '((0 3 6) (1 4 7) (2 5 8))))
(println (= (reverse-interleave (range 10) 5) '((0 5) (1 6) (2 7) (3 8) (4 9))))

44. Rotate Sequence

(defn- rotate-left [n input_seq]
  {:pre [(>= n 0)]}
  (loop [result input_seq
         counter (mod n (count input_seq))]
    (let [head (first result)
          tail (vec (rest result))]
      (if (= counter 0)
        result
        (recur (conj tail head) (dec counter))))))

(defn- rotate-right [n input_seq]
  {:pre [(>= n 0)]}
  (->> input_seq
       (reverse)
       (rotate-left n)
       (reverse)))

(defn rotate [n input_seq]
  (cond
    (= n 0) input_seq
    (> n 0) (rotate-left n input_seq)
    (< n 0) (rotate-right (* -1 n) input_seq)))
    
(println (= (rotate 2 [1 2 3 4 5]) '(3 4 5 1 2)))
(println (= (rotate -2 [1 2 3 4 5]) '(4 5 1 2 3)))
(println (= (rotate 6 [1 2 3 4 5]) '(2 3 4 5 1)))
(println (= (rotate 1 '(:a :b :c)) '(:b :c :a)))
(println (= (rotate -4 '(:a :b :c)) '(:c :a :b)))

45. Intro to Iterate

(= [1 4 7 10 13] (take 5 (iterate #(+ 3 %) 1)))

46. Flipping out

(defn flip [f]
  (fn [& args]
    (apply f (reverse args))))

(= [1 2 3] ((flip take) [1 2 3 4 5] 3))

47. Contain Yourself

(println (contains? #{4 5 6} 4))
(println (contains? [1 1 1 1 1] 4))
(println (contains? {4 :a 2 :b} 4))
(println (not (contains? [1 2 4] 4)))

48. Intro to some

(println (= 6 (some #{2 7 6} [5 6 7 8])))
(println (= 6 (some #(when (even? %) %) [5 6 7 8])))

49. Split a sequence

(defn my-split [n input_seq]
  [(subvec input_seq 0 n) (subvec input_seq n)])

(println (= (my-split 3 [1 2 3 4 5 6]) [[1 2 3] [4 5 6]]))
(println (= (my-split 1 [:a :b :c :d]) [[:a] [:b :c :d]]))
(println (= (my-split 2 [[1 2] [3 4] [5 6]]) [[[1 2] [3 4]] [[5 6]]]))

50. Split by Type

(defn- split-by-type-helper [t input_seq]
  (filterv #(instance? t %) input_seq))

(defn split-by-type [input_seq]
  (let [types (set (map type input_seq))]
    (set (for [t types]
       (split-by-type-helper t input_seq)))))