RosettaCodeData/Task/Dutch-national-flag-problem/Elixir/dutch-national-flag-problem.elixir
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defmodule Dutch_national_flag do
defp ball(:red), do: 1
defp ball(:white), do: 2
defp ball(:blue), do: 3
defp random_ball, do: Enum.random([:red, :white, :blue])
defp random_ball(n), do: (for _ <- 1..n, do: random_ball())
defp is_dutch([]), do: true
defp is_dutch([_]), do: true
defp is_dutch([b,h|l]), do: ball(b) < ball(h) and is_dutch([h|l])
defp is_dutch(_), do: false
def dutch(list), do: dutch([], [], [], list)
defp dutch(r, w, b, []), do: r ++ w ++ b
defp dutch(r, w, b, [:red | list]), do: dutch([:red | r], w, b, list)
defp dutch(r, w, b, [:white | list]), do: dutch(r, [:white | w], b, list)
defp dutch(r, w, b, [:blue | list]), do: dutch(r, w, [:blue | b], list)
def problem(n \\ 10) do
list = random_ball(n)
if is_dutch(list) do
IO.puts "The random sequence #{inspect list} is already in the order of the Dutch flag!"
else
IO.puts "The starting random sequence is #{inspect list};"
IO.puts "The ordered sequence is #{inspect dutch(list)}."
end
end
end
Dutch_national_flag.problem