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An odd "non-determinism" example from StackOverflow
It is clever, but doesn't make much sense as to how it gets its results
author | IBBoard <dev@ibboard.co.uk> |
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date | Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:44:13 +0100 |
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% First use of variable assignment! % We use a mix of rules and facts to do maths on lists. count(0, []). % This seems backwards, but we're saying "Count of a list with a head and a tail % is the count of its tail (which will be assigned to TailCount) plus one, which % is then assigned to Count, which gets passed back out" count(Count, [Head|Tail]) :- count(TailCount, Tail), Count is TailCount + 1. sum(0, []). sum(Total, [Head|Tail]) :- count(Sum, Tail), Total is Head + Sum. average(Average, List) :- sum(Sum, List), count(Count, List), Average is Sum / Count.