RosettaCodeData/Task/Order-two-numerical-lists/ALGOL-W/order-two-numerical-lists.alg
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begin % compare lists (rows) of integers %
% returns TRUE if there is an element in a that is < the corresponding %
% element in b and all previous elements are equal, FALSE otherwise %
% the bounds of a and b should aLb :: aUb and bLb :: bUb %
logical procedure iLT ( integer array a ( * )
; integer value aLb, aUb
; integer array b ( * )
; integer value bLb, bUb
) ;
begin
integer aPos, bPos;
logical equal;
aPos := aLb;
bPos := bLb;
equal := true;
while aPos <= aUb and bPos <= bUb and equal do begin
equal := a( aPos ) = b( bPos );
if equal then begin
aPos := aPOs + 1;
bPos := bPos + 1
end if_equal
end while_more_elements_and_equal ;
if not equal
then % there is an element in a and b that is not equal %
a( aPos ) < b( bPos )
else % all elements are equal or one list is shorter %
% a is < b if a has fewer elements %
aPos > aUb and bPos <= bUb
end iLT ;
% tests a < b has the expected result %
procedure test ( string(5) value aName
; integer array a ( * )
; integer value aLb, aUb
; string(5) value bName
; integer array b ( * )
; integer value bLb, bUb
; logical value expected
) ;
begin
logical isLt;
isLt := iLT( a, aLb, aUb, b, bLb, bUb );
write( aName, if isLt then " < " else " >= ", bName
, if isLt = expected then "" else ", NOT as expected"
)
end test ;
integer array list1, list3, list4 ( 1 :: 5 );
integer array list2 ( 1 :: 6 );
integer array list5 ( 1 :: 5 );
integer array list6 ( 1 :: 4 );
integer array list7 ( 1 :: 3 );
integer array list8 ( 1 :: 1 );
integer aPos;
% test cases as in the BBC basic sample %
aPos := 1; for i := 1, 2, 1, 5, 2 do begin list1( aPos ) := i; aPos := aPos + 1 end;
aPos := 1; for i := 1, 2, 1, 5, 2, 2 do begin list2( aPos ) := i; aPos := aPos + 1 end;
aPos := 1; for i := 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 do begin list3( aPos ) := i; aPos := aPos + 1 end;
aPos := 1; for i := 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 do begin list4( aPos ) := i; aPos := aPos + 1 end;
test( "list1", list1, 1, 5, "list2", list2, 1, 6, true );
test( "list2", list2, 1, 6, "list3", list3, 1, 5, true );
test( "list3", list3, 1, 5, "list4", list4, 1, 5, false );
% additional test cases %
aPos := 1; for i := 9, 0, 2, 1, 0 do begin list5( aPos ) := i; aPos := aPos + 1 end;
aPos := 1; for i := 4, 0, 7, 7 do begin list6( aPos ) := i; aPos := aPos + 1 end;
aPos := 1; for i := 4, 0, 7 do begin list7( aPos ) := i; aPos := aPos + 1 end;
test( "list5", list5, 1, 5, "list6", list6, 1, 4, false );
test( "list6", list6, 1, 4, "list7", list7, 1, 3, false );
test( "list7", list7, 1, 3, "list8", list8, 1, 0, false );
test( "list8", list8, 1, 0, "list7", list7, 1, 3, true )
end.