RosettaCodeData/Task/Generate-lower-case-ASCII-alphabet/AppleScript/generate-lower-case-ascii-alphabet-1.applescript
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-------------------- ALPHABETIC SERIES -------------------
on run
unlines(map(concat, ¬
({enumFromTo("a", "z"), ¬
enumFromTo("🐟", "🐐"), ¬
enumFromTo("z", "a"), ¬
enumFromTo("α", "ω")})))
end run
-------------------- GENERIC FUNCTIONS -------------------
-- concat :: [[a]] -> [a]
-- concat :: [String] -> String
on concat(xs)
set lng to length of xs
if 0 < lng and string is class of (item 1 of xs) then
set acc to ""
else
set acc to {}
end if
repeat with i from 1 to lng
set acc to acc & item i of xs
end repeat
acc
end concat
-- enumFromTo :: Enum a => a -> a -> [a]
on enumFromTo(m, n)
if class of m is integer then
enumFromToInt(m, n)
else
enumFromToChar(m, n)
end if
end enumFromTo
-- enumFromToChar :: Char -> Char -> [Char]
on enumFromToChar(m, n)
set {intM, intN} to {id of m, id of n}
set xs to {}
repeat with i from intM to intN by signum(intN - intM)
set end of xs to character id i
end repeat
return xs
end enumFromToChar
-- 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
-- map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]
on map(f, xs)
-- The list obtained by applying f
-- to each element of xs.
tell mReturn(f)
set lng to length of xs
set lst to {}
repeat with i from 1 to lng
set end of lst to |λ|(item i of xs, i, xs)
end repeat
return lst
end tell
end map
-- signum :: Num -> Num
on signum(x)
if x < 0 then
-1
else if x = 0 then
0
else
1
end if
end signum
-- unlines :: [String] -> String
on unlines(xs)
-- A single string formed by the intercalation
-- of a list of strings with the newline character.
set {dlm, my text item delimiters} to ¬
{my text item delimiters, linefeed}
set s to xs as text
set my text item delimiters to dlm
s
end unlines