RosettaCodeData/Task/Calculating-the-value-of-e/AppleScript/calculating-the-value-of-e-2.applescript
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AppleScript

------------- APPROXIMATION OF THE VALUE OF E ------------
-- eApprox :: Int -> Float
on eApprox(n)
-- The approximation of E obtained after N iterations.
script go
on |λ|(efl, x)
set {e, fl} to efl
set flx to fl * x
{e + (1 / flx), flx}
end |λ|
end script
item 1 of foldl(go, {1, 1}, enumFromTo(1, n))
end eApprox
--------------------------- TEST -------------------------
on run
-- The approximation of E obtained after 20 iterations.
eApprox(20)
end run
------------------------- GENERIC ------------------------
-- enumFromTo :: Int -> Int -> [Int]
on enumFromTo(m, n)
if m n then
set xs to {}
repeat with i from m to n
set end of xs to i
end repeat
xs
else
{}
end if
end enumFromTo
-- foldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> [b] -> a
on foldl(f, startValue, xs)
tell mReturn(f)
set v to startValue
set lng to length of xs
repeat with i from 1 to lng
set v to |λ|(v, item i of xs, i, xs)
end repeat
return v
end tell
end foldl
-- mReturn :: First-class m => (a -> b) -> m (a -> b)
on mReturn(f)
-- 2nd class handler function lifted into 1st class script wrapper.
if script is class of f then
f
else
script
property |λ| : f
end script
end if
end mReturn