Collections and Data Structures

Iteration

Sequential iteration is implemented by the iterate function. The general for loop:

for i in iter   # or  "for i = iter"
    # body
end

is translated into:

next = iterate(iter)
while next !== nothing
    (i, state) = next
    # body
    next = iterate(iter, state)
end

The state object may be anything, and should be chosen appropriately for each iterable type. See the manual section on the iteration interface for more details about defining a custom iterable type.

Base.iterateFunction
iterate(iter [, state]) -> Union{Nothing, Tuple{Any, Any}}

Advance the iterator to obtain the next element. If no elements remain, nothing should be returned. Otherwise, a 2-tuple of the next element and the new iteration state should be returned.

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Base.IteratorSizeType
IteratorSize(itertype::Type) -> IteratorSize

Given the type of an iterator, return one of the following values:

  • SizeUnknown() if the length (number of elements) cannot be determined in advance.
  • HasLength() if there is a fixed, finite length.
  • HasShape{N}() if there is a known length plus a notion of multidimensional shape (as for an array). In this case N should give the number of dimensions, and the axes function is valid for the iterator.
  • IsInfinite() if the iterator yields values forever.

The default value (for iterators that do not define this function) is HasLength(). This means that most iterators are assumed to implement length.

This trait is generally used to select between algorithms that pre-allocate space for their result, and algorithms that resize their result incrementally.

julia> Base.IteratorSize(1:5)
Base.HasShape{1}()

julia> Base.IteratorSize((2,3))
Base.HasLength()
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Base.IteratorEltypeType
IteratorEltype(itertype::Type) -> IteratorEltype

Given the type of an iterator, return one of the following values:

  • EltypeUnknown() if the type of elements yielded by the iterator is not known in advance.
  • HasEltype() if the element type is known, and eltype would return a meaningful value.

HasEltype() is the default, since iterators are assumed to implement eltype.

This trait is generally used to select between algorithms that pre-allocate a specific type of result, and algorithms that pick a result type based on the types of yielded values.

julia> Base.IteratorEltype(1:5)
Base.HasEltype()
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Fully implemented by:

Constructors and Types

Base.OrdinalRangeType
OrdinalRange{T, S} <: AbstractRange{T}

Supertype for ordinal ranges with elements of type T with spacing(s) of type S. The steps should be always-exact multiples of oneunit, and T should be a "discrete" type, which cannot have values smaller than oneunit. For example, Integer or Date types would qualify, whereas Float64 would not (since this type can represent values smaller than oneunit(Float64). UnitRange, StepRange, and other types are subtypes of this.

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Base.StepRangeType
StepRange{T, S} <: OrdinalRange{T, S}

Ranges with elements of type T with spacing of type S. The step between each element is constant, and the range is defined in terms of a start and stop of type T and a step of type S. Neither T nor S should be floating point types. The syntax a:b:c with b != 0 and a, b, and c all integers creates a StepRange.

Examples

julia> collect(StepRange(1, Int8(2), 10))
5-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 3
 5
 7
 9

julia> typeof(StepRange(1, Int8(2), 10))
StepRange{Int64, Int8}

julia> typeof(1:3:6)
StepRange{Int64, Int64}
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Base.UnitRangeType
UnitRange{T<:Real}

A range parameterized by a start and stop of type T, filled with elements spaced by 1 from start until stop is exceeded. The syntax a:b with a and b both Integers creates a UnitRange.

Examples

julia> collect(UnitRange(2.3, 5.2))
3-element Vector{Float64}:
 2.3
 3.3
 4.3

julia> typeof(1:10)
UnitRange{Int64}
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Base.LinRangeType
LinRange{T,L}

A range with len linearly spaced elements between its start and stop. The size of the spacing is controlled by len, which must be an Integer.

Examples

julia> LinRange(1.5, 5.5, 9)
9-element LinRange{Float64, Int64}:
 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5

Compared to using range, directly constructing a LinRange should have less overhead but won't try to correct for floating point errors:

julia> collect(range(-0.1, 0.3, length=5))
5-element Vector{Float64}:
 -0.1
  0.0
  0.1
  0.2
  0.3

julia> collect(LinRange(-0.1, 0.3, 5))
5-element Vector{Float64}:
 -0.1
 -1.3877787807814457e-17
  0.09999999999999999
  0.19999999999999998
  0.3

See also Logrange for logarithmically spaced points.

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General Collections

Base.isemptyFunction
isempty(collection) -> Bool

Determine whether a collection is empty (has no elements).

Warning

isempty(itr) may consume the next element of a stateful iterator itr unless an appropriate Base.isdone(itr) method is defined. Stateful iterators should implement isdone, but you may want to avoid using isempty when writing generic code which should support any iterator type.

Examples

julia> isempty([])
true

julia> isempty([1 2 3])
false
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isempty(condition)

Return true if no tasks are waiting on the condition, false otherwise.

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Base.isdoneFunction
isdone(itr, [state]) -> Union{Bool, Missing}

This function provides a fast-path hint for iterator completion. This is useful for stateful iterators that want to avoid having elements consumed if they are not going to be exposed to the user (e.g. when checking for done-ness in isempty or zip).

Stateful iterators that want to opt into this feature should define an isdone method that returns true/false depending on whether the iterator is done or not. Stateless iterators need not implement this function.

If the result is missing, callers may go ahead and compute iterate(x, state) === nothing to compute a definite answer.

See also iterate, isempty

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Base.empty!Function
empty!(collection) -> collection

Remove all elements from a collection.

Examples

julia> A = Dict("a" => 1, "b" => 2)
Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries:
  "b" => 2
  "a" => 1

julia> empty!(A);

julia> A
Dict{String, Int64}()
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empty!(c::Channel)

Empty a Channel c by calling empty! on the internal buffer. Return the empty channel.

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Base.lengthFunction
length(collection) -> Integer

Return the number of elements in the collection.

Use lastindex to get the last valid index of an indexable collection.

See also: size, ndims, eachindex.

Examples

julia> length(1:5)
5

julia> length([1, 2, 3, 4])
4

julia> length([1 2; 3 4])
4
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Base.checked_lengthFunction
Base.checked_length(r)

Calculates length(r), but may check for overflow errors where applicable when the result doesn't fit into Union{Integer(eltype(r)),Int}.

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Fully implemented by:

Iterable Collections

Base.inFunction
in(item, collection) -> Bool
∈(item, collection) -> Bool

Determine whether an item is in the given collection, in the sense that it is == to one of the values generated by iterating over the collection. Return a Bool value, except if item is missing or collection contains missing but not item, in which case missing is returned (three-valued logic, matching the behavior of any and ==).

Some collections follow a slightly different definition. For example, Sets check whether the item isequal to one of the elements; Dicts look for key=>value pairs, and the key is compared using isequal.

To test for the presence of a key in a dictionary, use haskey or k in keys(dict). For the collections mentioned above, the result is always a Bool.

When broadcasting with in.(items, collection) or items .∈ collection, both item and collection are broadcasted over, which is often not what is intended. For example, if both arguments are vectors (and the dimensions match), the result is a vector indicating whether each value in collection items is in the value at the corresponding position in collection. To get a vector indicating whether each value in items is in collection, wrap collection in a tuple or a Ref like this: in.(items, Ref(collection)) or items .∈ Ref(collection).

See also: , insorted, contains, occursin, issubset.

Examples

julia> a = 1:3:20
1:3:19

julia> 4 in a
true

julia> 5 in a
false

julia> missing in [1, 2]
missing

julia> 1 in [2, missing]
missing

julia> 1 in [1, missing]
true

julia> missing in Set([1, 2])
false

julia> (1=>missing) in Dict(1=>10, 2=>20)
missing

julia> [1, 2] .∈ [2, 3]
2-element BitVector:
 0
 0

julia> [1, 2] .∈ ([2, 3],)
2-element BitVector:
 0
 1
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Base.:∉Function
∉(item, collection) -> Bool
∌(collection, item) -> Bool

Negation of and , i.e. checks that item is not in collection.

When broadcasting with items .∉ collection, both item and collection are broadcasted over, which is often not what is intended. For example, if both arguments are vectors (and the dimensions match), the result is a vector indicating whether each value in collection items is not in the value at the corresponding position in collection. To get a vector indicating whether each value in items is not in collection, wrap collection in a tuple or a Ref like this: items .∉ Ref(collection).

Examples

julia> 1 ∉ 2:4
true

julia> 1 ∉ 1:3
false

julia> [1, 2] .∉ [2, 3]
2-element BitVector:
 1
 1

julia> [1, 2] .∉ ([2, 3],)
2-element BitVector:
 1
 0
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Base.hasfastinFunction
Base.hasfastin(T)

Determine whether the computation x ∈ collection where collection::T can be considered as a "fast" operation (typically constant or logarithmic complexity). The definition hasfastin(x) = hasfastin(typeof(x)) is provided for convenience so that instances can be passed instead of types. However the form that accepts a type argument should be defined for new types.

The default for hasfastin(T) is true for subtypes of AbstractSet, AbstractDict and AbstractRange and false otherwise.

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Base.eltypeFunction
eltype(type)

Determine the type of the elements generated by iterating a collection of the given type. For dictionary types, this will be a Pair{KeyType,ValType}. The definition eltype(x) = eltype(typeof(x)) is provided for convenience so that instances can be passed instead of types. However the form that accepts a type argument should be defined for new types.

See also: keytype, typeof.

Examples

julia> eltype(fill(1f0, (2,2)))
Float32

julia> eltype(fill(0x1, (2,2)))
UInt8
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Base.indexinFunction
indexin(a, b)

Return an array containing the first index in b for each value in a that is a member of b. The output array contains nothing wherever a is not a member of b.

See also: sortperm, findfirst.

Examples

julia> a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'b', 'd', 'a'];

julia> b = ['a', 'b', 'c'];

julia> indexin(a, b)
6-element Vector{Union{Nothing, Int64}}:
 1
 2
 3
 2
  nothing
 1

julia> indexin(b, a)
3-element Vector{Union{Nothing, Int64}}:
 1
 2
 3
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Base.uniqueFunction
unique(itr)

Return an array containing only the unique elements of collection itr, as determined by isequal and hash, in the order that the first of each set of equivalent elements originally appears. The element type of the input is preserved.

See also: unique!, allunique, allequal.

Examples

julia> unique([1, 2, 6, 2])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 6

julia> unique(Real[1, 1.0, 2])
2-element Vector{Real}:
 1
 2
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unique(f, itr)

Return an array containing one value from itr for each unique value produced by f applied to elements of itr.

Examples

julia> unique(x -> x^2, [1, -1, 3, -3, 4])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 3
 4

This functionality can also be used to extract the indices of the first occurrences of unique elements in an array:

julia> a = [3.1, 4.2, 5.3, 3.1, 3.1, 3.1, 4.2, 1.7];

julia> i = unique(i -> a[i], eachindex(a))
4-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3
 8

julia> a[i]
4-element Vector{Float64}:
 3.1
 4.2
 5.3
 1.7

julia> a[i] == unique(a)
true
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unique(A::AbstractArray; dims::Int)

Return unique regions of A along dimension dims.

Examples

julia> A = map(isodd, reshape(Vector(1:8), (2,2,2)))
2×2×2 Array{Bool, 3}:
[:, :, 1] =
 1  1
 0  0

[:, :, 2] =
 1  1
 0  0

julia> unique(A)
2-element Vector{Bool}:
 1
 0

julia> unique(A, dims=2)
2×1×2 Array{Bool, 3}:
[:, :, 1] =
 1
 0

[:, :, 2] =
 1
 0

julia> unique(A, dims=3)
2×2×1 Array{Bool, 3}:
[:, :, 1] =
 1  1
 0  0
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Base.unique!Function
unique!(f, A::AbstractVector)

Selects one value from A for each unique value produced by f applied to elements of A, then return the modified A.

Julia 1.1

This method is available as of Julia 1.1.

Examples

julia> unique!(x -> x^2, [1, -1, 3, -3, 4])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 3
 4

julia> unique!(n -> n%3, [5, 1, 8, 9, 3, 4, 10, 7, 2, 6])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 5
 1
 9

julia> unique!(iseven, [2, 3, 5, 7, 9])
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 2
 3
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unique!(A::AbstractVector)

Remove duplicate items as determined by isequal and hash, then return the modified A. unique! will return the elements of A in the order that they occur. If you do not care about the order of the returned data, then calling (sort!(A); unique!(A)) will be much more efficient as long as the elements of A can be sorted.

Examples

julia> unique!([1, 1, 1])
1-element Vector{Int64}:
 1

julia> A = [7, 3, 2, 3, 7, 5];

julia> unique!(A)
4-element Vector{Int64}:
 7
 3
 2
 5

julia> B = [7, 6, 42, 6, 7, 42];

julia> sort!(B);  # unique! is able to process sorted data much more efficiently.

julia> unique!(B)
3-element Vector{Int64}:
  6
  7
 42
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Base.alluniqueFunction
allunique(itr) -> Bool
allunique(f, itr) -> Bool

Return true if all values from itr are distinct when compared with isequal. Or if all of [f(x) for x in itr] are distinct, for the second method.

Note that allunique(f, itr) may call f fewer than length(itr) times. The precise number of calls is regarded as an implementation detail.

allunique may use a specialized implementation when the input is sorted.

See also: unique, issorted, allequal.

Julia 1.11

The method allunique(f, itr) requires at least Julia 1.11.

Examples

julia> allunique([1, 2, 3])
true

julia> allunique([1, 2, 1, 2])
false

julia> allunique(Real[1, 1.0, 2])
false

julia> allunique([NaN, 2.0, NaN, 4.0])
false

julia> allunique(abs, [1, -1, 2])
false
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Base.allequalFunction
allequal(itr) -> Bool
allequal(f, itr) -> Bool

Return true if all values from itr are equal when compared with isequal. Or if all of [f(x) for x in itr] are equal, for the second method.

Note that allequal(f, itr) may call f fewer than length(itr) times. The precise number of calls is regarded as an implementation detail.

See also: unique, allunique.

Julia 1.8

The allequal function requires at least Julia 1.8.

Julia 1.11

The method allequal(f, itr) requires at least Julia 1.11.

Examples

julia> allequal([])
true

julia> allequal([1])
true

julia> allequal([1, 1])
true

julia> allequal([1, 2])
false

julia> allequal(Dict(:a => 1, :b => 1))
false

julia> allequal(abs2, [1, -1])
true
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Base.reduceMethod
reduce(op, itr; [init])

Reduce the given collection itr with the given binary operator op. If provided, the initial value init must be a neutral element for op that will be returned for empty collections. It is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

For empty collections, providing init will be necessary, except for some special cases (e.g. when op is one of +, *, max, min, &, |) when Julia can determine the neutral element of op.

Reductions for certain commonly-used operators may have special implementations, and should be used instead: maximum(itr), minimum(itr), sum(itr), prod(itr), any(itr), all(itr). There are efficient methods for concatenating certain arrays of arrays by calling reduce(vcat, arr) or reduce(hcat, arr).

The associativity of the reduction is implementation dependent. This means that you can't use non-associative operations like - because it is undefined whether reduce(-,[1,2,3]) should be evaluated as (1-2)-3 or 1-(2-3). Use foldl or foldr instead for guaranteed left or right associativity.

Some operations accumulate error. Parallelism will be easier if the reduction can be executed in groups. Future versions of Julia might change the algorithm. Note that the elements are not reordered if you use an ordered collection.

Examples

julia> reduce(*, [2; 3; 4])
24

julia> reduce(*, [2; 3; 4]; init=-1)
-24
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Base.reduceMethod
reduce(f, A::AbstractArray; dims=:, [init])

Reduce 2-argument function f along dimensions of A. dims is a vector specifying the dimensions to reduce, and the keyword argument init is the initial value to use in the reductions. For +, *, max and min the init argument is optional.

The associativity of the reduction is implementation-dependent; if you need a particular associativity, e.g. left-to-right, you should write your own loop or consider using foldl or foldr. See documentation for reduce.

Examples

julia> a = reshape(Vector(1:16), (4,4))
4×4 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  5   9  13
 2  6  10  14
 3  7  11  15
 4  8  12  16

julia> reduce(max, a, dims=2)
4×1 Matrix{Int64}:
 13
 14
 15
 16

julia> reduce(max, a, dims=1)
1×4 Matrix{Int64}:
 4  8  12  16
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Base.foldlMethod
foldl(op, itr; [init])

Like reduce, but with guaranteed left associativity. If provided, the keyword argument init will be used exactly once. In general, it will be necessary to provide init to work with empty collections.

See also mapfoldl, foldr, accumulate.

Examples

julia> foldl(=>, 1:4)
((1 => 2) => 3) => 4

julia> foldl(=>, 1:4; init=0)
(((0 => 1) => 2) => 3) => 4

julia> accumulate(=>, (1,2,3,4))
(1, 1 => 2, (1 => 2) => 3, ((1 => 2) => 3) => 4)
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Base.foldrMethod
foldr(op, itr; [init])

Like reduce, but with guaranteed right associativity. If provided, the keyword argument init will be used exactly once. In general, it will be necessary to provide init to work with empty collections.

Examples

julia> foldr(=>, 1:4)
1 => (2 => (3 => 4))

julia> foldr(=>, 1:4; init=0)
1 => (2 => (3 => (4 => 0)))
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Base.maximumFunction
maximum(f, itr; [init])

Return the largest result of calling function f on each element of itr.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be a neutral element for max (i.e. which is less than or equal to any other element) as it is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

Julia 1.6

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.6 or later.

Examples

julia> maximum(length, ["Julion", "Julia", "Jule"])
6

julia> maximum(length, []; init=-1)
-1

julia> maximum(sin, Real[]; init=-1.0)  # good, since output of sin is >= -1
-1.0
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maximum(itr; [init])

Return the largest element in a collection.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be a neutral element for max (i.e. which is less than or equal to any other element) as it is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

Julia 1.6

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.6 or later.

Examples

julia> maximum(-20.5:10)
9.5

julia> maximum([1,2,3])
3

julia> maximum(())
ERROR: ArgumentError: reducing over an empty collection is not allowed; consider supplying `init` to the reducer
Stacktrace:
[...]

julia> maximum((); init=-Inf)
-Inf
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maximum(A::AbstractArray; dims)

Compute the maximum value of an array over the given dimensions. See also the max(a,b) function to take the maximum of two or more arguments, which can be applied elementwise to arrays via max.(a,b).

See also: maximum!, extrema, findmax, argmax.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> maximum(A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 3  4

julia> maximum(A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
 2
 4
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maximum(f, A::AbstractArray; dims)

Compute the maximum value by calling the function f on each element of an array over the given dimensions.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> maximum(abs2, A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 9  16

julia> maximum(abs2, A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
  4
 16
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Base.maximum!Function
maximum!(r, A)

Compute the maximum value of A over the singleton dimensions of r, and write results to r.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> maximum!([1; 1], A)
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 2
 4

julia> maximum!([1 1], A)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 3  4
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Base.minimumFunction
minimum(f, itr; [init])

Return the smallest result of calling function f on each element of itr.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be a neutral element for min (i.e. which is greater than or equal to any other element) as it is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

Julia 1.6

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.6 or later.

Examples

julia> minimum(length, ["Julion", "Julia", "Jule"])
4

julia> minimum(length, []; init=typemax(Int64))
9223372036854775807

julia> minimum(sin, Real[]; init=1.0)  # good, since output of sin is <= 1
1.0
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minimum(itr; [init])

Return the smallest element in a collection.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be a neutral element for min (i.e. which is greater than or equal to any other element) as it is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

Julia 1.6

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.6 or later.

Examples

julia> minimum(-20.5:10)
-20.5

julia> minimum([1,2,3])
1

julia> minimum([])
ERROR: ArgumentError: reducing over an empty collection is not allowed; consider supplying `init` to the reducer
Stacktrace:
[...]

julia> minimum([]; init=Inf)
Inf
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minimum(A::AbstractArray; dims)

Compute the minimum value of an array over the given dimensions. See also the min(a,b) function to take the minimum of two or more arguments, which can be applied elementwise to arrays via min.(a,b).

See also: minimum!, extrema, findmin, argmin.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> minimum(A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2

julia> minimum(A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
 1
 3
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minimum(f, A::AbstractArray; dims)

Compute the minimum value by calling the function f on each element of an array over the given dimensions.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> minimum(abs2, A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  4

julia> minimum(abs2, A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
 1
 9
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Base.minimum!Function
minimum!(r, A)

Compute the minimum value of A over the singleton dimensions of r, and write results to r.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> minimum!([1; 1], A)
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 3

julia> minimum!([1 1], A)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
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Base.extremaFunction
extrema(itr; [init]) -> (mn, mx)

Compute both the minimum mn and maximum mx element in a single pass, and return them as a 2-tuple.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be a 2-tuple whose first and second elements are neutral elements for min and max respectively (i.e. which are greater/less than or equal to any other element). As a consequence, when itr is empty the returned (mn, mx) tuple will satisfy mn ≥ mx. When init is specified it may be used even for non-empty itr.

Julia 1.8

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.8 or later.

Examples

julia> extrema(2:10)
(2, 10)

julia> extrema([9,pi,4.5])
(3.141592653589793, 9.0)

julia> extrema([]; init = (Inf, -Inf))
(Inf, -Inf)
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extrema(f, itr; [init]) -> (mn, mx)

Compute both the minimum mn and maximum mx of f applied to each element in itr and return them as a 2-tuple. Only one pass is made over itr.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be a 2-tuple whose first and second elements are neutral elements for min and max respectively (i.e. which are greater/less than or equal to any other element). It is used for non-empty collections. Note: it implies that, for empty itr, the returned value (mn, mx) satisfies mn ≥ mx even though for non-empty itr it satisfies mn ≤ mx. This is a "paradoxical" but yet expected result.

Julia 1.2

This method requires Julia 1.2 or later.

Julia 1.8

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.8 or later.

Examples

julia> extrema(sin, 0:π)
(0.0, 0.9092974268256817)

julia> extrema(sin, Real[]; init = (1.0, -1.0))  # good, since -1 ≤ sin(::Real) ≤ 1
(1.0, -1.0)
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extrema(A::AbstractArray; dims) -> Array{Tuple}

Compute the minimum and maximum elements of an array over the given dimensions.

See also: minimum, maximum, extrema!.

Examples

julia> A = reshape(Vector(1:2:16), (2,2,2))
2×2×2 Array{Int64, 3}:
[:, :, 1] =
 1  5
 3  7

[:, :, 2] =
  9  13
 11  15

julia> extrema(A, dims = (1,2))
1×1×2 Array{Tuple{Int64, Int64}, 3}:
[:, :, 1] =
 (1, 7)

[:, :, 2] =
 (9, 15)
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extrema(f, A::AbstractArray; dims) -> Array{Tuple}

Compute the minimum and maximum of f applied to each element in the given dimensions of A.

Julia 1.2

This method requires Julia 1.2 or later.

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Base.extrema!Function
extrema!(r, A)

Compute the minimum and maximum value of A over the singleton dimensions of r, and write results to r.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Julia 1.8

This method requires Julia 1.8 or later.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> extrema!([(1, 1); (1, 1)], A)
2-element Vector{Tuple{Int64, Int64}}:
 (1, 2)
 (3, 4)

julia> extrema!([(1, 1);; (1, 1)], A)
1×2 Matrix{Tuple{Int64, Int64}}:
 (1, 3)  (2, 4)
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Base.argmaxFunction
argmax(r::AbstractRange)

Ranges can have multiple maximal elements. In that case argmax will return a maximal index, but not necessarily the first one.

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argmax(f, domain)

Return a value x from domain for which f(x) is maximised. If there are multiple maximal values for f(x) then the first one will be found.

domain must be a non-empty iterable.

Values are compared with isless.

Julia 1.7

This method requires Julia 1.7 or later.

See also argmin, findmax.

Examples

julia> argmax(abs, -10:5)
-10

julia> argmax(cos, 0:π/2:2π)
0.0
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argmax(itr)

Return the index or key of the maximal element in a collection. If there are multiple maximal elements, then the first one will be returned.

The collection must not be empty.

Indices are of the same type as those returned by keys(itr) and pairs(itr).

Values are compared with isless.

See also: argmin, findmax.

Examples

julia> argmax([8, 0.1, -9, pi])
1

julia> argmax([1, 7, 7, 6])
2

julia> argmax([1, 7, 7, NaN])
4
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argmax(A; dims) -> indices

For an array input, return the indices of the maximum elements over the given dimensions. NaN is treated as greater than all other values except missing.

Examples

julia> A = [1.0 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Float64}:
 1.0  2.0
 3.0  4.0

julia> argmax(A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{CartesianIndex{2}}:
 CartesianIndex(2, 1)  CartesianIndex(2, 2)

julia> argmax(A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{CartesianIndex{2}}:
 CartesianIndex(1, 2)
 CartesianIndex(2, 2)
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Base.argminFunction
argmin(r::AbstractRange)

Ranges can have multiple minimal elements. In that case argmin will return a minimal index, but not necessarily the first one.

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argmin(f, domain)

Return a value x from domain for which f(x) is minimised. If there are multiple minimal values for f(x) then the first one will be found.

domain must be a non-empty iterable.

NaN is treated as less than all other values except missing.

Julia 1.7

This method requires Julia 1.7 or later.

See also argmax, findmin.

Examples

julia> argmin(sign, -10:5)
-10

julia> argmin(x -> -x^3 + x^2 - 10, -5:5)
5

julia> argmin(acos, 0:0.1:1)
1.0
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argmin(itr)

Return the index or key of the minimal element in a collection. If there are multiple minimal elements, then the first one will be returned.

The collection must not be empty.

Indices are of the same type as those returned by keys(itr) and pairs(itr).

NaN is treated as less than all other values except missing.

See also: argmax, findmin.

Examples

julia> argmin([8, 0.1, -9, pi])
3

julia> argmin([7, 1, 1, 6])
2

julia> argmin([7, 1, 1, NaN])
4
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argmin(A; dims) -> indices

For an array input, return the indices of the minimum elements over the given dimensions. NaN is treated as less than all other values except missing.

Examples

julia> A = [1.0 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Float64}:
 1.0  2.0
 3.0  4.0

julia> argmin(A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{CartesianIndex{2}}:
 CartesianIndex(1, 1)  CartesianIndex(1, 2)

julia> argmin(A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{CartesianIndex{2}}:
 CartesianIndex(1, 1)
 CartesianIndex(2, 1)
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Base.findmaxFunction
findmax(f, domain) -> (f(x), index)

Return a pair of a value in the codomain (outputs of f) and the index or key of the corresponding value in the domain (inputs to f) such that f(x) is maximised. If there are multiple maximal points, then the first one will be returned.

domain must be a non-empty iterable supporting keys. Indices are of the same type as those returned by keys(domain).

Values are compared with isless.

Julia 1.7

This method requires Julia 1.7 or later.

Examples

julia> findmax(identity, 5:9)
(9, 5)

julia> findmax(-, 1:10)
(-1, 1)

julia> findmax(first, [(1, :a), (3, :b), (3, :c)])
(3, 2)

julia> findmax(cos, 0:π/2:2π)
(1.0, 1)
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findmax(itr) -> (x, index)

Return the maximal element of the collection itr and its index or key. If there are multiple maximal elements, then the first one will be returned. Values are compared with isless.

Indices are of the same type as those returned by keys(itr) and pairs(itr).

See also: findmin, argmax, maximum.

Examples

julia> findmax([8, 0.1, -9, pi])
(8.0, 1)

julia> findmax([1, 7, 7, 6])
(7, 2)

julia> findmax([1, 7, 7, NaN])
(NaN, 4)
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findmax(A; dims) -> (maxval, index)

For an array input, returns the value and index of the maximum over the given dimensions. NaN is treated as greater than all other values except missing.

Examples

julia> A = [1.0 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Float64}:
 1.0  2.0
 3.0  4.0

julia> findmax(A, dims=1)
([3.0 4.0], CartesianIndex{2}[CartesianIndex(2, 1) CartesianIndex(2, 2)])

julia> findmax(A, dims=2)
([2.0; 4.0;;], CartesianIndex{2}[CartesianIndex(1, 2); CartesianIndex(2, 2);;])
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findmax(f, A; dims) -> (f(x), index)

For an array input, returns the value in the codomain and index of the corresponding value which maximize f over the given dimensions.

Examples

julia> A = [-1.0 1; -0.5 2]
2×2 Matrix{Float64}:
 -1.0  1.0
 -0.5  2.0

julia> findmax(abs2, A, dims=1)
([1.0 4.0], CartesianIndex{2}[CartesianIndex(1, 1) CartesianIndex(2, 2)])

julia> findmax(abs2, A, dims=2)
([1.0; 4.0;;], CartesianIndex{2}[CartesianIndex(1, 1); CartesianIndex(2, 2);;])
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Base.findminFunction
findmin(f, domain) -> (f(x), index)

Return a pair of a value in the codomain (outputs of f) and the index or key of the corresponding value in the domain (inputs to f) such that f(x) is minimised. If there are multiple minimal points, then the first one will be returned.

domain must be a non-empty iterable.

Indices are of the same type as those returned by keys(domain) and pairs(domain).

NaN is treated as less than all other values except missing.

Julia 1.7

This method requires Julia 1.7 or later.

Examples

julia> findmin(identity, 5:9)
(5, 1)

julia> findmin(-, 1:10)
(-10, 10)

julia> findmin(first, [(2, :a), (2, :b), (3, :c)])
(2, 1)

julia> findmin(cos, 0:π/2:2π)
(-1.0, 3)
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findmin(itr) -> (x, index)

Return the minimal element of the collection itr and its index or key. If there are multiple minimal elements, then the first one will be returned. NaN is treated as less than all other values except missing.

Indices are of the same type as those returned by keys(itr) and pairs(itr).

See also: findmax, argmin, minimum.

Examples

julia> findmin([8, 0.1, -9, pi])
(-9.0, 3)

julia> findmin([1, 7, 7, 6])
(1, 1)

julia> findmin([1, 7, 7, NaN])
(NaN, 4)
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findmin(A; dims) -> (minval, index)

For an array input, returns the value and index of the minimum over the given dimensions. NaN is treated as less than all other values except missing.

Examples

julia> A = [1.0 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Float64}:
 1.0  2.0
 3.0  4.0

julia> findmin(A, dims=1)
([1.0 2.0], CartesianIndex{2}[CartesianIndex(1, 1) CartesianIndex(1, 2)])

julia> findmin(A, dims=2)
([1.0; 3.0;;], CartesianIndex{2}[CartesianIndex(1, 1); CartesianIndex(2, 1);;])
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findmin(f, A; dims) -> (f(x), index)

For an array input, returns the value in the codomain and index of the corresponding value which minimize f over the given dimensions.

Examples

julia> A = [-1.0 1; -0.5 2]
2×2 Matrix{Float64}:
 -1.0  1.0
 -0.5  2.0

julia> findmin(abs2, A, dims=1)
([0.25 1.0], CartesianIndex{2}[CartesianIndex(2, 1) CartesianIndex(1, 2)])

julia> findmin(abs2, A, dims=2)
([1.0; 0.25;;], CartesianIndex{2}[CartesianIndex(1, 1); CartesianIndex(2, 1);;])
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Base.findmax!Function
findmax!(rval, rind, A) -> (maxval, index)

Find the maximum of A and the corresponding linear index along singleton dimensions of rval and rind, and store the results in rval and rind. NaN is treated as greater than all other values except missing.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

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Base.findmin!Function
findmin!(rval, rind, A) -> (minval, index)

Find the minimum of A and the corresponding linear index along singleton dimensions of rval and rind, and store the results in rval and rind. NaN is treated as less than all other values except missing.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

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Base.sumFunction
sum(f, itr; [init])

Sum the results of calling function f on each element of itr.

The return type is Int for signed integers of less than system word size, and UInt for unsigned integers of less than system word size. For all other arguments, a common return type is found to which all arguments are promoted.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be the additive identity (i.e. zero) as it is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

Julia 1.6

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.6 or later.

Examples

julia> sum(abs2, [2; 3; 4])
29

Note the important difference between sum(A) and reduce(+, A) for arrays with small integer eltype:

julia> sum(Int8[100, 28])
128

julia> reduce(+, Int8[100, 28])
-128

In the former case, the integers are widened to system word size and therefore the result is 128. In the latter case, no such widening happens and integer overflow results in -128.

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sum(itr; [init])

Return the sum of all elements in a collection.

The return type is Int for signed integers of less than system word size, and UInt for unsigned integers of less than system word size. For all other arguments, a common return type is found to which all arguments are promoted.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be the additive identity (i.e. zero) as it is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

Julia 1.6

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.6 or later.

See also: reduce, mapreduce, count, union.

Examples

julia> sum(1:20)
210

julia> sum(1:20; init = 0.0)
210.0
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sum(A::AbstractArray; dims)

Sum elements of an array over the given dimensions.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> sum(A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 4  6

julia> sum(A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
 3
 7
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sum(f, A::AbstractArray; dims)

Sum the results of calling function f on each element of an array over the given dimensions.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> sum(abs2, A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 10  20

julia> sum(abs2, A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
  5
 25
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Base.sum!Function
sum!(r, A)

Sum elements of A over the singleton dimensions of r, and write results to r.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> sum!([1; 1], A)
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 3
 7

julia> sum!([1 1], A)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 4  6
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Base.prodFunction
prod(f, itr; [init])

Return the product of f applied to each element of itr.

The return type is Int for signed integers of less than system word size, and UInt for unsigned integers of less than system word size. For all other arguments, a common return type is found to which all arguments are promoted.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be the multiplicative identity (i.e. one) as it is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

Julia 1.6

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.6 or later.

Examples

julia> prod(abs2, [2; 3; 4])
576
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prod(itr; [init])

Return the product of all elements of a collection.

The return type is Int for signed integers of less than system word size, and UInt for unsigned integers of less than system word size. For all other arguments, a common return type is found to which all arguments are promoted.

The value returned for empty itr can be specified by init. It must be the multiplicative identity (i.e. one) as it is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections.

Julia 1.6

Keyword argument init requires Julia 1.6 or later.

See also: reduce, cumprod, any.

Examples

julia> prod(1:5)
120

julia> prod(1:5; init = 1.0)
120.0
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prod(A::AbstractArray; dims)

Multiply elements of an array over the given dimensions.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> prod(A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 3  8

julia> prod(A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
  2
 12
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prod(f, A::AbstractArray; dims)

Multiply the results of calling the function f on each element of an array over the given dimensions.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> prod(abs2, A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 9  64

julia> prod(abs2, A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
   4
 144
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Base.prod!Function
prod!(r, A)

Multiply elements of A over the singleton dimensions of r, and write results to r.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> prod!([1; 1], A)
2-element Vector{Int64}:
  2
 12

julia> prod!([1 1], A)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 3  8
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Base.anyMethod
any(itr) -> Bool

Test whether any elements of a boolean collection are true, returning true as soon as the first true value in itr is encountered (short-circuiting). To short-circuit on false, use all.

If the input contains missing values, return missing if all non-missing values are false (or equivalently, if the input contains no true value), following three-valued logic.

See also: all, count, sum, |, , ||.

Examples

julia> a = [true,false,false,true]
4-element Vector{Bool}:
 1
 0
 0
 1

julia> any(a)
true

julia> any((println(i); v) for (i, v) in enumerate(a))
1
true

julia> any([missing, true])
true

julia> any([false, missing])
missing
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Base.anyMethod
any(p, itr) -> Bool

Determine whether predicate p returns true for any elements of itr, returning true as soon as the first item in itr for which p returns true is encountered (short-circuiting). To short-circuit on false, use all.

If the input contains missing values, return missing if all non-missing values are false (or equivalently, if the input contains no true value), following three-valued logic.

Examples

julia> any(i->(4<=i<=6), [3,5,7])
true

julia> any(i -> (println(i); i > 3), 1:10)
1
2
3
4
true

julia> any(i -> i > 0, [1, missing])
true

julia> any(i -> i > 0, [-1, missing])
missing

julia> any(i -> i > 0, [-1, 0])
false
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Base.any!Function
any!(r, A)

Test whether any values in A along the singleton dimensions of r are true, and write results to r.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Examples

julia> A = [true false; true false]
2×2 Matrix{Bool}:
 1  0
 1  0

julia> any!([1; 1], A)
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 1

julia> any!([1 1], A)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  0
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Base.allMethod
all(itr) -> Bool

Test whether all elements of a boolean collection are true, returning false as soon as the first false value in itr is encountered (short-circuiting). To short-circuit on true, use any.

If the input contains missing values, return missing if all non-missing values are true (or equivalently, if the input contains no false value), following three-valued logic.

See also: all!, any, count, &, , &&, allunique.

Examples

julia> a = [true,false,false,true]
4-element Vector{Bool}:
 1
 0
 0
 1

julia> all(a)
false

julia> all((println(i); v) for (i, v) in enumerate(a))
1
2
false

julia> all([missing, false])
false

julia> all([true, missing])
missing
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Base.allMethod
all(p, itr) -> Bool

Determine whether predicate p returns true for all elements of itr, returning false as soon as the first item in itr for which p returns false is encountered (short-circuiting). To short-circuit on true, use any.

If the input contains missing values, return missing if all non-missing values are true (or equivalently, if the input contains no false value), following three-valued logic.

Examples

julia> all(i->(4<=i<=6), [4,5,6])
true

julia> all(i -> (println(i); i < 3), 1:10)
1
2
3
false

julia> all(i -> i > 0, [1, missing])
missing

julia> all(i -> i > 0, [-1, missing])
false

julia> all(i -> i > 0, [1, 2])
true
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Base.all!Function
all!(r, A)

Test whether all values in A along the singleton dimensions of r are true, and write results to r.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Examples

julia> A = [true false; true false]
2×2 Matrix{Bool}:
 1  0
 1  0

julia> all!([1; 1], A)
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 0
 0

julia> all!([1 1], A)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  0
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Base.countFunction
count([f=identity,] itr; init=0) -> Integer

Count the number of elements in itr for which the function f returns true. If f is omitted, count the number of true elements in itr (which should be a collection of boolean values). init optionally specifies the value to start counting from and therefore also determines the output type.

Julia 1.6

init keyword was added in Julia 1.6.

See also: any, sum.

Examples

julia> count(i->(4<=i<=6), [2,3,4,5,6])
3

julia> count([true, false, true, true])
3

julia> count(>(3), 1:7, init=0x03)
0x07
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count(
    pattern::Union{AbstractChar,AbstractString,AbstractPattern},
    string::AbstractString;
    overlap::Bool = false,
)

Return the number of matches for pattern in string. This is equivalent to calling length(findall(pattern, string)) but more efficient.

If overlap=true, the matching sequences are allowed to overlap indices in the original string, otherwise they must be from disjoint character ranges.

Julia 1.3

This method requires at least Julia 1.3.

Julia 1.7

Using a character as the pattern requires at least Julia 1.7.

Examples

julia> count('a', "JuliaLang")
2

julia> count(r"a(.)a", "cabacabac", overlap=true)
3

julia> count(r"a(.)a", "cabacabac")
2
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count([f=identity,] A::AbstractArray; dims=:)

Count the number of elements in A for which f returns true over the given dimensions.

Julia 1.5

dims keyword was added in Julia 1.5.

Julia 1.6

init keyword was added in Julia 1.6.

Examples

julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> count(<=(2), A, dims=1)
1×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  1

julia> count(<=(2), A, dims=2)
2×1 Matrix{Int64}:
 2
 0
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Base.foreachFunction
foreach(f, c...) -> Nothing

Call function f on each element of iterable c. For multiple iterable arguments, f is called elementwise, and iteration stops when any iterator is finished.

foreach should be used instead of map when the results of f are not needed, for example in foreach(println, array).

Examples

julia> tri = 1:3:7; res = Int[];

julia> foreach(x -> push!(res, x^2), tri)

julia> res
3-element Vector{Int64}:
  1
 16
 49

julia> foreach((x, y) -> println(x, " with ", y), tri, 'a':'z')
1 with a
4 with b
7 with c
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Base.mapFunction
map(f, c...) -> collection

Transform collection c by applying f to each element. For multiple collection arguments, apply f elementwise, and stop when any of them is exhausted.

See also map!, foreach, mapreduce, mapslices, zip, Iterators.map.

Examples

julia> map(x -> x * 2, [1, 2, 3])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 2
 4
 6

julia> map(+, [1, 2, 3], [10, 20, 30, 400, 5000])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 11
 22
 33
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map(f, A::AbstractArray...) -> N-array

When acting on multi-dimensional arrays of the same ndims, they must all have the same axes, and the answer will too.

See also broadcast, which allows mismatched sizes.

Examples

julia> map(//, [1 2; 3 4], [4 3; 2 1])
2×2 Matrix{Rational{Int64}}:
 1//4  2//3
 3//2  4//1

julia> map(+, [1 2; 3 4], zeros(2,1))
ERROR: DimensionMismatch

julia> map(+, [1 2; 3 4], [1,10,100,1000], zeros(3,1))  # iterates until 3rd is exhausted
3-element Vector{Float64}:
   2.0
  13.0
 102.0
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Base.map!Function
map!(function, destination, collection...)

Like map, but stores the result in destination rather than a new collection. destination must be at least as large as the smallest collection.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

See also: map, foreach, zip, copyto!.

Examples

julia> a = zeros(3);

julia> map!(x -> x * 2, a, [1, 2, 3]);

julia> a
3-element Vector{Float64}:
 2.0
 4.0
 6.0

julia> map!(+, zeros(Int, 5), 100:999, 1:3)
5-element Vector{Int64}:
 101
 103
 105
   0
   0
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map!(f, values(dict::AbstractDict))

Modifies dict by transforming each value from val to f(val). Note that the type of dict cannot be changed: if f(val) is not an instance of the value type of dict then it will be converted to the value type if possible and otherwise raise an error.

Julia 1.2

map!(f, values(dict::AbstractDict)) requires Julia 1.2 or later.

Examples

julia> d = Dict(:a => 1, :b => 2)
Dict{Symbol, Int64} with 2 entries:
  :a => 1
  :b => 2

julia> map!(v -> v-1, values(d))
ValueIterator for a Dict{Symbol, Int64} with 2 entries. Values:
  0
  1
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Base.mapreduceMethod
mapreduce(f, op, itrs...; [init])

Apply function f to each element(s) in itrs, and then reduce the result using the binary function op. If provided, init must be a neutral element for op that will be returned for empty collections. It is unspecified whether init is used for non-empty collections. In general, it will be necessary to provide init to work with empty collections.

mapreduce is functionally equivalent to calling reduce(op, map(f, itr); init=init), but will in general execute faster since no intermediate collection needs to be created. See documentation for reduce and map.

Julia 1.2

mapreduce with multiple iterators requires Julia 1.2 or later.

Examples

julia> mapreduce(x->x^2, +, [1:3;]) # == 1 + 4 + 9
14

The associativity of the reduction is implementation-dependent. Additionally, some implementations may reuse the return value of f for elements that appear multiple times in itr. Use mapfoldl or mapfoldr instead for guaranteed left or right associativity and invocation of f for every value.

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Base.mapfoldlMethod
mapfoldl(f, op, itr; [init])

Like mapreduce, but with guaranteed left associativity, as in foldl. If provided, the keyword argument init will be used exactly once. In general, it will be necessary to provide init to work with empty collections.

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Base.mapfoldrMethod
mapfoldr(f, op, itr; [init])

Like mapreduce, but with guaranteed right associativity, as in foldr. If provided, the keyword argument init will be used exactly once. In general, it will be necessary to provide init to work with empty collections.

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Base.firstFunction
first(coll)

Get the first element of an iterable collection. Return the start point of an AbstractRange even if it is empty.

See also: only, firstindex, last.

Examples

julia> first(2:2:10)
2

julia> first([1; 2; 3; 4])
1
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first(itr, n::Integer)

Get the first n elements of the iterable collection itr, or fewer elements if itr is not long enough.

See also: startswith, Iterators.take.

Julia 1.6

This method requires at least Julia 1.6.

Examples

julia> first(["foo", "bar", "qux"], 2)
2-element Vector{String}:
 "foo"
 "bar"

julia> first(1:6, 10)
1:6

julia> first(Bool[], 1)
Bool[]
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first(s::AbstractString, n::Integer)

Get a string consisting of the first n characters of s.

Examples

julia> first("∀ϵ≠0: ϵ²>0", 0)
""

julia> first("∀ϵ≠0: ϵ²>0", 1)
"∀"

julia> first("∀ϵ≠0: ϵ²>0", 3)
"∀ϵ≠"
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Base.lastFunction
last(coll)

Get the last element of an ordered collection, if it can be computed in O(1) time. This is accomplished by calling lastindex to get the last index. Return the end point of an AbstractRange even if it is empty.

See also first, endswith.

Examples

julia> last(1:2:10)
9

julia> last([1; 2; 3; 4])
4
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last(itr, n::Integer)

Get the last n elements of the iterable collection itr, or fewer elements if itr is not long enough.

Julia 1.6

This method requires at least Julia 1.6.

Examples

julia> last(["foo", "bar", "qux"], 2)
2-element Vector{String}:
 "bar"
 "qux"

julia> last(1:6, 10)
1:6

julia> last(Float64[], 1)
Float64[]
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last(s::AbstractString, n::Integer)

Get a string consisting of the last n characters of s.

Examples

julia> last("∀ϵ≠0: ϵ²>0", 0)
""

julia> last("∀ϵ≠0: ϵ²>0", 1)
"0"

julia> last("∀ϵ≠0: ϵ²>0", 3)
"²>0"
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Base.frontFunction
front(x::Tuple)::Tuple

Return a Tuple consisting of all but the last component of x.

See also: first, tail.

Examples

julia> Base.front((1,2,3))
(1, 2)

julia> Base.front(())
ERROR: ArgumentError: Cannot call front on an empty tuple.
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Base.tailFunction
tail(x::Tuple)::Tuple

Return a Tuple consisting of all but the first component of x.

See also: front, rest, first, Iterators.peel.

Examples

julia> Base.tail((1,2,3))
(2, 3)

julia> Base.tail(())
ERROR: ArgumentError: Cannot call tail on an empty tuple.
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Base.stepFunction
step(r)

Get the step size of an AbstractRange object.

Examples

julia> step(1:10)
1

julia> step(1:2:10)
2

julia> step(2.5:0.3:10.9)
0.3

julia> step(range(2.5, stop=10.9, length=85))
0.1
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Base.collectMethod
collect(collection)

Return an Array of all items in a collection or iterator. For dictionaries, returns a Vector of key=>value Pairs. If the argument is array-like or is an iterator with the HasShape trait, the result will have the same shape and number of dimensions as the argument.

Used by comprehensions to turn a generator expression into an Array. Thus, on generators, the square-brackets notation may be used instead of calling collect, see second example.

Examples

Collect items from a UnitRange{Int64} collection:

julia> collect(1:3)
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

Collect items from a generator (same output as [x^2 for x in 1:3]):

julia> collect(x^2 for x in 1:3)
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 4
 9
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Base.collectMethod
collect(element_type, collection)

Return an Array with the given element type of all items in a collection or iterable. The result has the same shape and number of dimensions as collection.

Examples

julia> collect(Float64, 1:2:5)
3-element Vector{Float64}:
 1.0
 3.0
 5.0
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Base.filterFunction
filter(f, a)

Return a copy of collection a, removing elements for which f is false. The function f is passed one argument.

Julia 1.4

Support for a as a tuple requires at least Julia 1.4.

See also: filter!, Iterators.filter.

Examples

julia> a = 1:10
1:10

julia> filter(isodd, a)
5-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 3
 5
 7
 9
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filter(f)

Create a function that filters its arguments with function f using filter, i.e. a function equivalent to x -> filter(f, x).

The returned function is of type Base.Fix1{typeof(filter)}, which can be used to implement specialized methods.

Examples

julia> (1, 2, Inf, 4, NaN, 6) |> filter(isfinite)
(1, 2, 4, 6)

julia> map(filter(iseven), [1:3, 2:4, 3:5])
3-element Vector{Vector{Int64}}:
 [2]
 [2, 4]
 [4]
Julia 1.9

This method requires at least Julia 1.9.

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filter(f, d::AbstractDict)

Return a copy of d, removing elements for which f is false. The function f is passed key=>value pairs.

Examples

julia> d = Dict(1=>"a", 2=>"b")
Dict{Int64, String} with 2 entries:
  2 => "b"
  1 => "a"

julia> filter(p->isodd(p.first), d)
Dict{Int64, String} with 1 entry:
  1 => "a"
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filter(f, itr::SkipMissing{<:AbstractArray})

Return a vector similar to the array wrapped by the given SkipMissing iterator but with all missing elements and those for which f returns false removed.

Julia 1.2

This method requires Julia 1.2 or later.

Examples

julia> x = [1 2; missing 4]
2×2 Matrix{Union{Missing, Int64}}:
 1         2
  missing  4

julia> filter(isodd, skipmissing(x))
1-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
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Base.filter!Function
filter!(f, a)

Update collection a, removing elements for which f is false. The function f is passed one argument.

Examples

julia> filter!(isodd, Vector(1:10))
5-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 3
 5
 7
 9
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filter!(f, d::AbstractDict)

Update d, removing elements for which f is false. The function f is passed key=>value pairs.

Examples

julia> d = Dict(1=>"a", 2=>"b", 3=>"c")
Dict{Int64, String} with 3 entries:
  2 => "b"
  3 => "c"
  1 => "a"

julia> filter!(p->isodd(p.first), d)
Dict{Int64, String} with 2 entries:
  3 => "c"
  1 => "a"
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Base.replaceMethod
replace(A, old_new::Pair...; [count::Integer])

Return a copy of collection A where, for each pair old=>new in old_new, all occurrences of old are replaced by new. Equality is determined using isequal. If count is specified, then replace at most count occurrences in total.

The element type of the result is chosen using promotion (see promote_type) based on the element type of A and on the types of the new values in pairs. If count is omitted and the element type of A is a Union, the element type of the result will not include singleton types which are replaced with values of a different type: for example, Union{T,Missing} will become T if missing is replaced.

See also replace!, splice!, delete!, insert!.

Julia 1.7

Version 1.7 is required to replace elements of a Tuple.

Examples

julia> replace([1, 2, 1, 3], 1=>0, 2=>4, count=2)
4-element Vector{Int64}:
 0
 4
 1
 3

julia> replace([1, missing], missing=>0)
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 0
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Base.replaceMethod
replace(new::Union{Function, Type}, A; [count::Integer])

Return a copy of A where each value x in A is replaced by new(x). If count is specified, then replace at most count values in total (replacements being defined as new(x) !== x).

Julia 1.7

Version 1.7 is required to replace elements of a Tuple.

Examples

julia> replace(x -> isodd(x) ? 2x : x, [1, 2, 3, 4])
4-element Vector{Int64}:
 2
 2
 6
 4

julia> replace(Dict(1=>2, 3=>4)) do kv
           first(kv) < 3 ? first(kv)=>3 : kv
       end
Dict{Int64, Int64} with 2 entries:
  3 => 4
  1 => 3
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Base.replace!Function
replace!(A, old_new::Pair...; [count::Integer])

For each pair old=>new in old_new, replace all occurrences of old in collection A by new. Equality is determined using isequal. If count is specified, then replace at most count occurrences in total. See also replace.

Examples

julia> replace!([1, 2, 1, 3], 1=>0, 2=>4, count=2)
4-element Vector{Int64}:
 0
 4
 1
 3

julia> replace!(Set([1, 2, 3]), 1=>0)
Set{Int64} with 3 elements:
  0
  2
  3
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replace!(new::Union{Function, Type}, A; [count::Integer])

Replace each element x in collection A by new(x). If count is specified, then replace at most count values in total (replacements being defined as new(x) !== x).

Examples

julia> replace!(x -> isodd(x) ? 2x : x, [1, 2, 3, 4])
4-element Vector{Int64}:
 2
 2
 6
 4

julia> replace!(Dict(1=>2, 3=>4)) do kv
           first(kv) < 3 ? first(kv)=>3 : kv
       end
Dict{Int64, Int64} with 2 entries:
  3 => 4
  1 => 3

julia> replace!(x->2x, Set([3, 6]))
Set{Int64} with 2 elements:
  6
  12
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Base.restFunction
Base.rest(collection[, itr_state])

Generic function for taking the tail of collection, starting from a specific iteration state itr_state. Return a Tuple, if collection itself is a Tuple, a subtype of AbstractVector, if collection is an AbstractArray, a subtype of AbstractString if collection is an AbstractString, and an arbitrary iterator, falling back to Iterators.rest(collection[, itr_state]), otherwise.

Can be overloaded for user-defined collection types to customize the behavior of slurping in assignments in final position, like a, b... = collection.

Julia 1.6

Base.rest requires at least Julia 1.6.

See also: first, Iterators.rest, Base.split_rest.

Examples

julia> a = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> first, state = iterate(a)
(1, 2)

julia> first, Base.rest(a, state)
(1, [3, 2, 4])
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Base.split_restFunction
Base.split_rest(collection, n::Int[, itr_state]) -> (rest_but_n, last_n)

Generic function for splitting the tail of collection, starting from a specific iteration state itr_state. Returns a tuple of two new collections. The first one contains all elements of the tail but the n last ones, which make up the second collection.

The type of the first collection generally follows that of Base.rest, except that the fallback case is not lazy, but is collected eagerly into a vector.

Can be overloaded for user-defined collection types to customize the behavior of slurping in assignments in non-final position, like a, b..., c = collection.

Julia 1.9

Base.split_rest requires at least Julia 1.9.

See also: Base.rest.

Examples

julia> a = [1 2; 3 4]
2×2 Matrix{Int64}:
 1  2
 3  4

julia> first, state = iterate(a)
(1, 2)

julia> first, Base.split_rest(a, 1, state)
(1, ([3, 2], [4]))
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Indexable Collections

Base.getindexFunction
getindex(collection, key...)

Retrieve the value(s) stored at the given key or index within a collection. The syntax a[i,j,...] is converted by the compiler to getindex(a, i, j, ...).

See also get, keys, eachindex.

Examples

julia> A = Dict("a" => 1, "b" => 2)
Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries:
  "b" => 2
  "a" => 1

julia> getindex(A, "a")
1
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Base.setindex!Function
setindex!(collection, value, key...)

Store the given value at the given key or index within a collection. The syntax a[i,j,...] = x is converted by the compiler to (setindex!(a, x, i, j, ...); x).

Examples

julia> a = Dict("a"=>1)
Dict{String, Int64} with 1 entry:
  "a" => 1

julia> setindex!(a, 2, "b")
Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries:
  "b" => 2
  "a" => 1
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Base.firstindexFunction
firstindex(collection) -> Integer
firstindex(collection, d) -> Integer

Return the first index of collection. If d is given, return the first index of collection along dimension d.

The syntaxes A[begin] and A[1, begin] lower to A[firstindex(A)] and A[1, firstindex(A, 2)], respectively.

See also: first, axes, lastindex, nextind.

Examples

julia> firstindex([1,2,4])
1

julia> firstindex(rand(3,4,5), 2)
1
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Base.lastindexFunction
lastindex(collection) -> Integer
lastindex(collection, d) -> Integer

Return the last index of collection. If d is given, return the last index of collection along dimension d.

The syntaxes A[end] and A[end, end] lower to A[lastindex(A)] and A[lastindex(A, 1), lastindex(A, 2)], respectively.

See also: axes, firstindex, eachindex, prevind.

Examples

julia> lastindex([1,2,4])
3

julia> lastindex(rand(3,4,5), 2)
4
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Fully implemented by:

Partially implemented by:

Dictionaries

Dict is the standard dictionary. Its implementation uses hash as the hashing function for the key, and isequal to determine equality. Define these two functions for custom types to override how they are stored in a hash table.

IdDict is a special hash table where the keys are always object identities.

WeakKeyDict is a hash table implementation where the keys are weak references to objects, and thus may be garbage collected even when referenced in a hash table. Like Dict it uses hash for hashing and isequal for equality, unlike Dict it does not convert keys on insertion.

Dicts can be created by passing pair objects constructed with => to a Dict constructor: Dict("A"=>1, "B"=>2). This call will attempt to infer type information from the keys and values (i.e. this example creates a Dict{String, Int64}). To explicitly specify types use the syntax Dict{KeyType,ValueType}(...). For example, Dict{String,Int32}("A"=>1, "B"=>2).

Dictionaries may also be created with generators. For example, Dict(i => f(i) for i = 1:10).

Given a dictionary D, the syntax D[x] returns the value of key x (if it exists) or throws an error, and D[x] = y stores the key-value pair x => y in D (replacing any existing value for the key x). Multiple arguments to D[...] are converted to tuples; for example, the syntax D[x,y] is equivalent to D[(x,y)], i.e. it refers to the value keyed by the tuple (x,y).

Base.AbstractDictType
AbstractDict{K, V}

Supertype for dictionary-like types with keys of type K and values of type V. Dict, IdDict and other types are subtypes of this. An AbstractDict{K, V} should be an iterator of Pair{K, V}.

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Base.DictType
Dict([itr])

Dict{K,V}() constructs a hash table with keys of type K and values of type V. Keys are compared with isequal and hashed with hash.

Given a single iterable argument, constructs a Dict whose key-value pairs are taken from 2-tuples (key,value) generated by the argument.

Examples

julia> Dict([("A", 1), ("B", 2)])
Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries:
  "B" => 2
  "A" => 1

Alternatively, a sequence of pair arguments may be passed.

julia> Dict("A"=>1, "B"=>2)
Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries:
  "B" => 2
  "A" => 1
Warning

Keys are allowed to be mutable, but if you do mutate stored keys, the hash table may become internally inconsistent, in which case the Dict will not work properly. IdDict can be an alternative if you need to mutate keys.

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Base.IdDictType
IdDict([itr])

IdDict{K,V}() constructs a hash table using objectid as hash and === as equality with keys of type K and values of type V. See Dict for further help and IdSet for the set version of this.

In the example below, the Dict keys are all isequal and therefore get hashed the same, so they get overwritten. The IdDict hashes by object-id, and thus preserves the 3 different keys.

Examples

julia> Dict(true => "yes", 1 => "no", 1.0 => "maybe")
Dict{Real, String} with 1 entry:
  1.0 => "maybe"

julia> IdDict(true => "yes", 1 => "no", 1.0 => "maybe")
IdDict{Any, String} with 3 entries:
  true => "yes"
  1.0  => "maybe"
  1    => "no"
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Base.WeakKeyDictType
WeakKeyDict([itr])

WeakKeyDict() constructs a hash table where the keys are weak references to objects which may be garbage collected even when referenced in a hash table.

See Dict for further help. Note, unlike Dict, WeakKeyDict does not convert keys on insertion, as this would imply the key object was unreferenced anywhere before insertion.

See also WeakRef.

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Base.ImmutableDictType
ImmutableDict

ImmutableDict is a dictionary implemented as an immutable linked list, which is optimal for small dictionaries that are constructed over many individual insertions. Note that it is not possible to remove a value, although it can be partially overridden and hidden by inserting a new value with the same key.

ImmutableDict(KV::Pair)

Create a new entry in the ImmutableDict for a key => value pair

  • use (key => value) in dict to see if this particular combination is in the properties set
  • use get(dict, key, default) to retrieve the most recent value for a particular key
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Base.PersistentDictType
PersistentDict

PersistentDict is a dictionary implemented as an hash array mapped trie, which is optimal for situations where you need persistence, each operation returns a new dictionary separate from the previous one, but the underlying implementation is space-efficient and may share storage across multiple separate dictionaries.

Note

It behaves like an IdDict.

PersistentDict(KV::Pair)

Examples

julia> dict = Base.PersistentDict(:a=>1)
Base.PersistentDict{Symbol, Int64} with 1 entry:
  :a => 1

julia> dict2 = Base.delete(dict, :a)
Base.PersistentDict{Symbol, Int64}()

julia> dict3 = Base.PersistentDict(dict, :a=>2)
Base.PersistentDict{Symbol, Int64} with 1 entry:
  :a => 2
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Base.haskeyFunction
haskey(collection, key) -> Bool

Determine whether a collection has a mapping for a given key.

Examples

julia> D = Dict('a'=>2, 'b'=>3)
Dict{Char, Int64} with 2 entries:
  'a' => 2
  'b' => 3

julia> haskey(D, 'a')
true

julia> haskey(D, 'c')
false
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Base.getFunction
get(collection, key, default)

Return the value stored for the given key, or the given default value if no mapping for the key is present.

Julia 1.7

For tuples and numbers, this function requires at least Julia 1.7.

Examples

julia> d = Dict("a"=>1, "b"=>2);

julia> get(d, "a", 3)
1

julia> get(d, "c", 3)
3
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get(f::Union{Function, Type}, collection, key)

Return the value stored for the given key, or if no mapping for the key is present, return f(). Use get! to also store the default value in the dictionary.

This is intended to be called using do block syntax

get(dict, key) do
    # default value calculated here
    time()
end
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Base.get!Function
get!(collection, key, default)

Return the value stored for the given key, or if no mapping for the key is present, store key => default, and return default.

Examples

julia> d = Dict("a"=>1, "b"=>2, "c"=>3);

julia> get!(d, "a", 5)
1

julia> get!(d, "d", 4)
4

julia> d
Dict{String, Int64} with 4 entries:
  "c" => 3
  "b" => 2
  "a" => 1
  "d" => 4
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get!(f::Union{Function, Type}, collection, key)

Return the value stored for the given key, or if no mapping for the key is present, store key => f(), and return f().

This is intended to be called using do block syntax.

Examples

julia> squares = Dict{Int, Int}();

julia> function get_square!(d, i)
           get!(d, i) do
               i^2
           end
       end
get_square! (generic function with 1 method)

julia> get_square!(squares, 2)
4

julia> squares
Dict{Int64, Int64} with 1 entry:
  2 => 4
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Base.getkeyFunction
getkey(collection, key, default)

Return the key matching argument key if one exists in collection, otherwise return default.

Examples

julia> D = Dict('a'=>2, 'b'=>3)
Dict{Char, Int64} with 2 entries:
  'a' => 2
  'b' => 3

julia> getkey(D, 'a', 1)
'a': ASCII/Unicode U+0061 (category Ll: Letter, lowercase)

julia> getkey(D, 'd', 'a')
'a': ASCII/Unicode U+0061 (category Ll: Letter, lowercase)
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Base.delete!Function
delete!(collection, key)

Delete the mapping for the given key in a collection, if any, and return the collection.

Examples

julia> d = Dict("a"=>1, "b"=>2)
Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries:
  "b" => 2
  "a" => 1

julia> delete!(d, "b")
Dict{String, Int64} with 1 entry:
  "a" => 1

julia> delete!(d, "b") # d is left unchanged
Dict{String, Int64} with 1 entry:
  "a" => 1
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Base.pop!Method
pop!(collection, key[, default])

Delete and return the mapping for key if it exists in collection, otherwise return default, or throw an error if default is not specified.

Examples

julia> d = Dict("a"=>1, "b"=>2, "c"=>3);

julia> pop!(d, "a")
1

julia> pop!(d, "d")
ERROR: KeyError: key "d" not found
Stacktrace:
[...]

julia> pop!(d, "e", 4)
4
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Base.keysFunction
keys(iterator)

For an iterator or collection that has keys and values (e.g. arrays and dictionaries), return an iterator over the keys.

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Base.valuesFunction
values(iterator)

For an iterator or collection that has keys and values, return an iterator over the values. This function simply returns its argument by default, since the elements of a general iterator are normally considered its "values".

Examples

julia> d = Dict("a"=>1, "b"=>2);

julia> values(d)
ValueIterator for a Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries. Values:
  2
  1

julia> values([2])
1-element Vector{Int64}:
 2
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values(a::AbstractDict)

Return an iterator over all values in a collection. collect(values(a)) returns an array of values. When the values are stored internally in a hash table, as is the case for Dict, the order in which they are returned may vary. But keys(a) and values(a) both iterate a and return the elements in the same order.

Examples

julia> D = Dict('a'=>2, 'b'=>3)
Dict{Char, Int64} with 2 entries:
  'a' => 2
  'b' => 3

julia> collect(values(D))
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 2
 3
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Base.pairsFunction
pairs(IndexLinear(), A)
pairs(IndexCartesian(), A)
pairs(IndexStyle(A), A)

An iterator that accesses each element of the array A, returning i => x, where i is the index for the element and x = A[i]. Identical to pairs(A), except that the style of index can be selected. Also similar to enumerate(A), except i will be a valid index for A, while enumerate always counts from 1 regardless of the indices of A.

Specifying IndexLinear() ensures that i will be an integer; specifying IndexCartesian() ensures that i will be a Base.CartesianIndex; specifying IndexStyle(A) chooses whichever has been defined as the native indexing style for array A.

Mutation of the bounds of the underlying array will invalidate this iterator.

Examples

julia> A = ["a" "d"; "b" "e"; "c" "f"];

julia> for (index, value) in pairs(IndexStyle(A), A)
           println("$index $value")
       end
1 a
2 b
3 c
4 d
5 e
6 f

julia> S = view(A, 1:2, :);

julia> for (index, value) in pairs(IndexStyle(S), S)
           println("$index $value")
       end
CartesianIndex(1, 1) a
CartesianIndex(2, 1) b
CartesianIndex(1, 2) d
CartesianIndex(2, 2) e

See also IndexStyle, axes.

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pairs(collection)

Return an iterator over key => value pairs for any collection that maps a set of keys to a set of values. This includes arrays, where the keys are the array indices.

Examples

julia> a = Dict(zip(["a", "b", "c"], [1, 2, 3]))
Dict{String, Int64} with 3 entries:
  "c" => 3
  "b" => 2
  "a" => 1

julia> pairs(a)
Dict{String, Int64} with 3 entries:
  "c" => 3
  "b" => 2
  "a" => 1

julia> foreach(println, pairs(["a", "b", "c"]))
1 => "a"
2 => "b"
3 => "c"

julia> (;a=1, b=2, c=3) |> pairs |> collect
3-element Vector{Pair{Symbol, Int64}}:
 :a => 1
 :b => 2
 :c => 3

julia> (;a=1, b=2, c=3) |> collect
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3
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Base.mergeFunction
merge(initial::Face, others::Face...)

Merge the properties of the initial face and others, with later faces taking priority.

merge(d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)

Construct a merged collection from the given collections. If necessary, the types of the resulting collection will be promoted to accommodate the types of the merged collections. If the same key is present in another collection, the value for that key will be the value it has in the last collection listed. See also mergewith for custom handling of values with the same key.

Examples

julia> a = Dict("foo" => 0.0, "bar" => 42.0)
Dict{String, Float64} with 2 entries:
  "bar" => 42.0
  "foo" => 0.0

julia> b = Dict("baz" => 17, "bar" => 4711)
Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries:
  "bar" => 4711
  "baz" => 17

julia> merge(a, b)
Dict{String, Float64} with 3 entries:
  "bar" => 4711.0
  "baz" => 17.0
  "foo" => 0.0

julia> merge(b, a)
Dict{String, Float64} with 3 entries:
  "bar" => 42.0
  "baz" => 17.0
  "foo" => 0.0
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merge(a::NamedTuple, bs::NamedTuple...)

Construct a new named tuple by merging two or more existing ones, in a left-associative manner. Merging proceeds left-to-right, between pairs of named tuples, and so the order of fields present in both the leftmost and rightmost named tuples take the same position as they are found in the leftmost named tuple. However, values are taken from matching fields in the rightmost named tuple that contains that field. Fields present in only the rightmost named tuple of a pair are appended at the end. A fallback is implemented for when only a single named tuple is supplied, with signature merge(a::NamedTuple).

Julia 1.1

Merging 3 or more NamedTuple requires at least Julia 1.1.

Examples

julia> merge((a=1, b=2, c=3), (b=4, d=5))
(a = 1, b = 4, c = 3, d = 5)
julia> merge((a=1, b=2), (b=3, c=(d=1,)), (c=(d=2,),))
(a = 1, b = 3, c = (d = 2,))
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merge(a::NamedTuple, iterable)

Interpret an iterable of key-value pairs as a named tuple, and perform a merge.

julia> merge((a=1, b=2, c=3), [:b=>4, :d=>5])
(a = 1, b = 4, c = 3, d = 5)
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Base.mergewithFunction
mergewith(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)
mergewith(combine)
merge(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)

Construct a merged collection from the given collections. If necessary, the types of the resulting collection will be promoted to accommodate the types of the merged collections. Values with the same key will be combined using the combiner function. The curried form mergewith(combine) returns the function (args...) -> mergewith(combine, args...).

Method merge(combine::Union{Function,Type}, args...) as an alias of mergewith(combine, args...) is still available for backward compatibility.

Julia 1.5

mergewith requires Julia 1.5 or later.

Examples

julia> a = Dict("foo" => 0.0, "bar" => 42.0)
Dict{String, Float64} with 2 entries:
  "bar" => 42.0
  "foo" => 0.0

julia> b = Dict("baz" => 17, "bar" => 4711)
Dict{String, Int64} with 2 entries:
  "bar" => 4711
  "baz" => 17

julia> mergewith(+, a, b)
Dict{String, Float64} with 3 entries:
  "bar" => 4753.0
  "baz" => 17.0
  "foo" => 0.0

julia> ans == mergewith(+)(a, b)
true
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Base.merge!Function
merge!(d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...)

Update collection with pairs from the other collections. See also merge.

Examples

julia> d1 = Dict(1 => 2, 3 => 4);

julia> d2 = Dict(1 => 4, 4 => 5);

julia> merge!(d1, d2);

julia> d1
Dict{Int64, Int64} with 3 entries:
  4 => 5
  3 => 4
  1 => 4
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Base.mergewith!Function
mergewith!(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...) -> d
mergewith!(combine)
merge!(combine, d::AbstractDict, others::AbstractDict...) -> d

Update collection with pairs from the other collections. Values with the same key will be combined using the combiner function. The curried form mergewith!(combine) returns the function (args...) -> mergewith!(combine, args...).

Method merge!(combine::Union{Function,Type}, args...) as an alias of mergewith!(combine, args...) is still available for backward compatibility.

Julia 1.5

mergewith! requires Julia 1.5 or later.

Examples

julia> d1 = Dict(1 => 2, 3 => 4);

julia> d2 = Dict(1 => 4, 4 => 5);

julia> mergewith!(+, d1, d2);

julia> d1
Dict{Int64, Int64} with 3 entries:
  4 => 5
  3 => 4
  1 => 6

julia> mergewith!(-, d1, d1);

julia> d1
Dict{Int64, Int64} with 3 entries:
  4 => 0
  3 => 0
  1 => 0

julia> foldl(mergewith!(+), [d1, d2]; init=Dict{Int64, Int64}())
Dict{Int64, Int64} with 3 entries:
  4 => 5
  3 => 0
  1 => 4
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Base.sizehint!Function
sizehint!(s, n; first::Bool=false, shrink::Bool=true) -> s

Suggest that collection s reserve capacity for at least n elements. That is, if you expect that you're going to have to push a lot of values onto s, you can avoid the cost of incremental reallocation by doing it once up front; this can improve performance.

If first is true, then any additional space is reserved before the start of the collection. This way, subsequent calls to pushfirst! (instead of push!) may become faster. Supplying this keyword may result in an error if the collection is not ordered or if pushfirst! is not supported for this collection.

If shrink=true (the default), the collection's capacity may be reduced if its current capacity is greater than n.

See also resize!.

Notes on the performance model

For types that support sizehint!,

  1. push! and append! methods generally may (but are not required to) preallocate extra storage. For types implemented in Base, they typically do, using a heuristic optimized for a general use case.

  2. sizehint! may control this preallocation. Again, it typically does this for types in Base.

  3. empty! is nearly costless (and O(1)) for types that support this kind of preallocation.

Julia 1.11

The shrink and first arguments were added in Julia 1.11.

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Base.keytypeFunction
keytype(T::Type{<:AbstractArray})
keytype(A::AbstractArray)

Return the key type of an array. This is equal to the eltype of the result of keys(...), and is provided mainly for compatibility with the dictionary interface.

Examples

julia> keytype([1, 2, 3]) == Int
true

julia> keytype([1 2; 3 4])
CartesianIndex{2}
Julia 1.2

For arrays, this function requires at least Julia 1.2.

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keytype(type)

Get the key type of a dictionary type. Behaves similarly to eltype.

Examples

julia> keytype(Dict(Int32(1) => "foo"))
Int32
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Base.valtypeFunction
valtype(T::Type{<:AbstractArray})
valtype(A::AbstractArray)

Return the value type of an array. This is identical to eltype and is provided mainly for compatibility with the dictionary interface.

Examples

julia> valtype(["one", "two", "three"])
String
Julia 1.2

For arrays, this function requires at least Julia 1.2.

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valtype(type)

Get the value type of a dictionary type. Behaves similarly to eltype.

Examples

julia> valtype(Dict(Int32(1) => "foo"))
String
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Fully implemented by:

Partially implemented by:

Set-Like Collections

Base.SetType
Set{T} <: AbstractSet{T}

Sets are mutable containers that provide fast membership testing.

Sets have efficient implementations of set operations such as in, union and intersect. Elements in a Set are unique, as determined by the elements' definition of isequal. The order of elements in a Set is an implementation detail and cannot be relied on.

See also: AbstractSet, BitSet, Dict, push!, empty!, union!, in, isequal

Examples

julia> s = Set("aaBca")
Set{Char} with 3 elements:
  'a'
  'c'
  'B'

julia> push!(s, 'b')
Set{Char} with 4 elements:
  'a'
  'b'
  'B'
  'c'

julia> s = Set([NaN, 0.0, 1.0, 2.0]);

julia> -0.0 in s # isequal(0.0, -0.0) is false
false

julia> NaN in s # isequal(NaN, NaN) is true
true
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Base.BitSetType
BitSet([itr])

Construct a sorted set of Ints generated by the given iterable object, or an empty set. Implemented as a bit string, and therefore designed for dense integer sets. If the set will be sparse (for example, holding a few very large integers), use Set instead.

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Base.IdSetType
IdSet{T}([itr])
IdSet()

IdSet{T}() constructs a set (see Set) using === as equality with values of type T.

In the example below, the values are all isequal so they get overwritten in the ordinary Set. The IdSet compares by === and so preserves the 3 different values.

Examples

julia> Set(Any[true, 1, 1.0])
Set{Any} with 1 element:
  1.0

julia> IdSet{Any}(Any[true, 1, 1.0])
IdSet{Any} with 3 elements:
  1.0
  1
  true
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Base.unionFunction
union(s, itrs...)
∪(s, itrs...)

Construct an object containing all distinct elements from all of the arguments.

The first argument controls what kind of container is returned. If this is an array, it maintains the order in which elements first appear.

Unicode can be typed by writing \cup then pressing tab in the Julia REPL, and in many editors. This is an infix operator, allowing s ∪ itr.

See also unique, intersect, isdisjoint, vcat, Iterators.flatten.

Examples

julia> union([1, 2], [3])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

julia> union([4 2 3 4 4], 1:3, 3.0)
4-element Vector{Float64}:
 4.0
 2.0
 3.0
 1.0

julia> (0, 0.0) ∪ (-0.0, NaN)
3-element Vector{Real}:
   0
  -0.0
 NaN

julia> union(Set([1, 2]), 2:3)
Set{Int64} with 3 elements:
  2
  3
  1
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Base.union!Function
union!(s::Union{AbstractSet,AbstractVector}, itrs...)

Construct the union of passed in sets and overwrite s with the result. Maintain order with arrays.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Examples

julia> a = Set([3, 4, 5]);

julia> union!(a, 1:2:7);

julia> a
Set{Int64} with 5 elements:
  5
  4
  7
  3
  1
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Base.intersectFunction
intersect(s, itrs...)
∩(s, itrs...)

Construct the set containing those elements which appear in all of the arguments.

The first argument controls what kind of container is returned. If this is an array, it maintains the order in which elements first appear.

Unicode can be typed by writing \cap then pressing tab in the Julia REPL, and in many editors. This is an infix operator, allowing s ∩ itr.

See also setdiff, isdisjoint, issubset, issetequal.

Julia 1.8

As of Julia 1.8 intersect returns a result with the eltype of the type-promoted eltypes of the two inputs

Examples

julia> intersect([1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5])
1-element Vector{Int64}:
 3

julia> intersect([1, 4, 4, 5, 6], [6, 4, 6, 7, 8])
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 4
 6

julia> intersect(1:16, 7:99)
7:16

julia> (0, 0.0) ∩ (-0.0, 0)
1-element Vector{Real}:
 0

julia> intersect(Set([1, 2]), BitSet([2, 3]), 1.0:10.0)
Set{Float64} with 1 element:
  2.0
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Base.setdiffFunction
setdiff(s, itrs...)

Construct the set of elements in s but not in any of the iterables in itrs. Maintain order with arrays.

See also setdiff!, union and intersect.

Examples

julia> setdiff([1,2,3], [3,4,5])
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
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Base.setdiff!Function
setdiff!(s, itrs...)

Remove from set s (in-place) each element of each iterable from itrs. Maintain order with arrays.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Examples

julia> a = Set([1, 3, 4, 5]);

julia> setdiff!(a, 1:2:6);

julia> a
Set{Int64} with 1 element:
  4
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Base.symdiffFunction
symdiff(s, itrs...)

Construct the symmetric difference of elements in the passed in sets. When s is not an AbstractSet, the order is maintained.

See also symdiff!, setdiff, union and intersect.

Examples

julia> symdiff([1,2,3], [3,4,5], [4,5,6])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 6

julia> symdiff([1,2,1], [2, 1, 2])
Int64[]
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Base.symdiff!Function
symdiff!(s::Union{AbstractSet,AbstractVector}, itrs...)

Construct the symmetric difference of the passed in sets, and overwrite s with the result. When s is an array, the order is maintained. Note that in this case the multiplicity of elements matters.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

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Base.intersect!Function
intersect!(s::Union{AbstractSet,AbstractVector}, itrs...)

Intersect all passed in sets and overwrite s with the result. Maintain order with arrays.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

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Base.issubsetFunction
issubset(a, b) -> Bool
⊆(a, b) -> Bool
⊇(b, a) -> Bool

Determine whether every element of a is also in b, using in.

See also , , , , contains.

Examples

julia> issubset([1, 2], [1, 2, 3])
true

julia> [1, 2, 3] ⊆ [1, 2]
false

julia> [1, 2, 3] ⊇ [1, 2]
true
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Base.in!Function
in!(x, s::AbstractSet) -> Bool

If x is in s, return true. If not, push x into s and return false. This is equivalent to in(x, s) ? true : (push!(s, x); false), but may have a more efficient implementation.

See also: in, push!, Set

Julia 1.11

This function requires at least 1.11.

Examples

julia> s = Set{Any}([1, 2, 3]); in!(4, s)
false

julia> length(s)
4

julia> in!(0x04, s)
true

julia> s
Set{Any} with 4 elements:
  4
  2
  3
  1
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Base.:⊈Function
⊈(a, b) -> Bool
⊉(b, a) -> Bool

Negation of and , i.e. checks that a is not a subset of b.

See also issubset (), .

Examples

julia> (1, 2) ⊈ (2, 3)
true

julia> (1, 2) ⊈ (1, 2, 3)
false
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Base.:⊊Function
⊊(a, b) -> Bool
⊋(b, a) -> Bool

Determines if a is a subset of, but not equal to, b.

See also issubset (), .

Examples

julia> (1, 2) ⊊ (1, 2, 3)
true

julia> (1, 2) ⊊ (1, 2)
false
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Base.issetequalFunction
issetequal(a, b) -> Bool

Determine whether a and b have the same elements. Equivalent to a ⊆ b && b ⊆ a but more efficient when possible.

See also: isdisjoint, union.

Examples

julia> issetequal([1, 2], [1, 2, 3])
false

julia> issetequal([1, 2], [2, 1])
true
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issetequal(x)

Create a function that compares its argument to x using issetequal, i.e. a function equivalent to y -> issetequal(y, x). The returned function is of type Base.Fix2{typeof(issetequal)}, which can be used to implement specialized methods.

Julia 1.11

This functionality requires at least Julia 1.11.

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Base.isdisjointFunction
isdisjoint(a, b) -> Bool

Determine whether the collections a and b are disjoint. Equivalent to isempty(a ∩ b) but more efficient when possible.

See also: intersect, isempty, issetequal.

Julia 1.5

This function requires at least Julia 1.5.

Examples

julia> isdisjoint([1, 2], [2, 3, 4])
false

julia> isdisjoint([3, 1], [2, 4])
true
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isdisjoint(x)

Create a function that compares its argument to x using isdisjoint, i.e. a function equivalent to y -> isdisjoint(y, x). The returned function is of type Base.Fix2{typeof(isdisjoint)}, which can be used to implement specialized methods.

Julia 1.11

This functionality requires at least Julia 1.11.

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Fully implemented by:

Partially implemented by:

Dequeues

Base.push!Function
push!(collection, items...) -> collection

Insert one or more items in collection. If collection is an ordered container, the items are inserted at the end (in the given order).

Examples

julia> push!([1, 2, 3], 4, 5, 6)
6-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6

If collection is ordered, use append! to add all the elements of another collection to it. The result of the preceding example is equivalent to append!([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]). For AbstractSet objects, union! can be used instead.

See sizehint! for notes about the performance model.

See also pushfirst!.

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Base.pop!Function
pop!(collection) -> item

Remove an item in collection and return it. If collection is an ordered container, the last item is returned; for unordered containers, an arbitrary element is returned.

See also: popfirst!, popat!, delete!, deleteat!, splice!, and push!.

Examples

julia> A=[1, 2, 3]
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

julia> pop!(A)
3

julia> A
2-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2

julia> S = Set([1, 2])
Set{Int64} with 2 elements:
  2
  1

julia> pop!(S)
2

julia> S
Set{Int64} with 1 element:
  1

julia> pop!(Dict(1=>2))
1 => 2
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pop!(collection, key[, default])

Delete and return the mapping for key if it exists in collection, otherwise return default, or throw an error if default is not specified.

Examples

julia> d = Dict("a"=>1, "b"=>2, "c"=>3);

julia> pop!(d, "a")
1

julia> pop!(d, "d")
ERROR: KeyError: key "d" not found
Stacktrace:
[...]

julia> pop!(d, "e", 4)
4
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Base.popat!Function
popat!(a::Vector, i::Integer, [default])

Remove the item at the given i and return it. Subsequent items are shifted to fill the resulting gap. When i is not a valid index for a, return default, or throw an error if default is not specified.

See also: pop!, popfirst!, deleteat!, splice!.

Julia 1.5

This function is available as of Julia 1.5.

Examples

julia> a = [4, 3, 2, 1]; popat!(a, 2)
3

julia> a
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 4
 2
 1

julia> popat!(a, 4, missing)
missing

julia> popat!(a, 4)
ERROR: BoundsError: attempt to access 3-element Vector{Int64} at index [4]
[...]
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Base.pushfirst!Function
pushfirst!(collection, items...) -> collection

Insert one or more items at the beginning of collection.

This function is called unshift in many other programming languages.

Examples

julia> pushfirst!([1, 2, 3, 4], 5, 6)
6-element Vector{Int64}:
 5
 6
 1
 2
 3
 4
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Base.popfirst!Function
popfirst!(collection) -> item

Remove the first item from collection.

This function is called shift in many other programming languages.

See also: pop!, popat!, delete!.

Examples

julia> A = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
6-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6

julia> popfirst!(A)
1

julia> A
5-element Vector{Int64}:
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
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Base.insert!Function
insert!(a::Vector, index::Integer, item)

Insert an item into a at the given index. index is the index of item in the resulting a.

See also: push!, replace, popat!, splice!.

Examples

julia> insert!(Any[1:6;], 3, "here")
7-element Vector{Any}:
 1
 2
  "here"
 3
 4
 5
 6
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Base.deleteat!Function
deleteat!(a::Vector, i::Integer)

Remove the item at the given i and return the modified a. Subsequent items are shifted to fill the resulting gap.

See also: keepat!, delete!, popat!, splice!.

Examples

julia> deleteat!([6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1], 2)
5-element Vector{Int64}:
 6
 4
 3
 2
 1
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deleteat!(a::Vector, inds)

Remove the items at the indices given by inds, and return the modified a. Subsequent items are shifted to fill the resulting gap.

inds can be either an iterator or a collection of sorted and unique integer indices, or a boolean vector of the same length as a with true indicating entries to delete.

Examples

julia> deleteat!([6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1], 1:2:5)
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 5
 3
 1

julia> deleteat!([6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1], [true, false, true, false, true, false])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 5
 3
 1

julia> deleteat!([6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1], (2, 2))
ERROR: ArgumentError: indices must be unique and sorted
Stacktrace:
[...]
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Base.keepat!Function
keepat!(a::Vector, inds)
keepat!(a::BitVector, inds)

Remove the items at all the indices which are not given by inds, and return the modified a. Items which are kept are shifted to fill the resulting gaps.

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

inds must be an iterator of sorted and unique integer indices. See also deleteat!.

Julia 1.7

This function is available as of Julia 1.7.

Examples

julia> keepat!([6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1], 1:2:5)
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 6
 4
 2
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keepat!(a::Vector, m::AbstractVector{Bool})
keepat!(a::BitVector, m::AbstractVector{Bool})

The in-place version of logical indexing a = a[m]. That is, keepat!(a, m) on vectors of equal length a and m will remove all elements from a for which m at the corresponding index is false.

Examples

julia> a = [:a, :b, :c];

julia> keepat!(a, [true, false, true])
2-element Vector{Symbol}:
 :a
 :c

julia> a
2-element Vector{Symbol}:
 :a
 :c
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Base.splice!Function
splice!(a::Vector, index::Integer, [replacement]) -> item

Remove the item at the given index, and return the removed item. Subsequent items are shifted left to fill the resulting gap. If specified, replacement values from an ordered collection will be spliced in place of the removed item.

See also: replace, delete!, deleteat!, pop!, popat!.

Examples

julia> A = [6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]; splice!(A, 5)
2

julia> A
5-element Vector{Int64}:
 6
 5
 4
 3
 1

julia> splice!(A, 5, -1)
1

julia> A
5-element Vector{Int64}:
  6
  5
  4
  3
 -1

julia> splice!(A, 1, [-1, -2, -3])
6

julia> A
7-element Vector{Int64}:
 -1
 -2
 -3
  5
  4
  3
 -1

To insert replacement before an index n without removing any items, use splice!(collection, n:n-1, replacement).

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splice!(a::Vector, indices, [replacement]) -> items

Remove items at specified indices, and return a collection containing the removed items. Subsequent items are shifted left to fill the resulting gaps. If specified, replacement values from an ordered collection will be spliced in place of the removed items; in this case, indices must be a AbstractUnitRange.

To insert replacement before an index n without removing any items, use splice!(collection, n:n-1, replacement).

Warning

Behavior can be unexpected when any mutated argument shares memory with any other argument.

Julia 1.5

Prior to Julia 1.5, indices must always be a UnitRange.

Julia 1.8

Prior to Julia 1.8, indices must be a UnitRange if splicing in replacement values.

Examples

julia> A = [-1, -2, -3, 5, 4, 3, -1]; splice!(A, 4:3, 2)
Int64[]

julia> A
8-element Vector{Int64}:
 -1
 -2
 -3
  2
  5
  4
  3
 -1
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Base.resize!Function
resize!(a::Vector, n::Integer) -> Vector

Resize a to contain n elements. If n is smaller than the current collection length, the first n elements will be retained. If n is larger, the new elements are not guaranteed to be initialized.

Examples

julia> resize!([6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1], 3)
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 6
 5
 4

julia> a = resize!([6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1], 8);

julia> length(a)
8

julia> a[1:6]
6-element Vector{Int64}:
 6
 5
 4
 3
 2
 1
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Base.append!Function
append!(collection, collections...) -> collection.

For an ordered container collection, add the elements of each collections to the end of it.

Julia 1.6

Specifying multiple collections to be appended requires at least Julia 1.6.

Examples

julia> append!([1], [2, 3])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

julia> append!([1, 2, 3], [4, 5], [6])
6-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6

Use push! to add individual items to collection which are not already themselves in another collection. The result of the preceding example is equivalent to push!([1, 2, 3], 4, 5, 6).

See sizehint! for notes about the performance model.

See also vcat for vectors, union! for sets, and prepend! and pushfirst! for the opposite order.

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Base.prepend!Function
prepend!(a::Vector, collections...) -> collection

Insert the elements of each collections to the beginning of a.

When collections specifies multiple collections, order is maintained: elements of collections[1] will appear leftmost in a, and so on.

Julia 1.6

Specifying multiple collections to be prepended requires at least Julia 1.6.

Examples

julia> prepend!([3], [1, 2])
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

julia> prepend!([6], [1, 2], [3, 4, 5])
6-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
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Fully implemented by:

  • Vector (a.k.a. 1-dimensional Array)
  • BitVector (a.k.a. 1-dimensional BitArray)

Utility Collections

Core.PairType
Pair(x, y)
x => y

Construct a Pair object with type Pair{typeof(x), typeof(y)}. The elements are stored in the fields first and second. They can also be accessed via iteration (but a Pair is treated as a single "scalar" for broadcasting operations).

See also Dict.

Examples

julia> p = "foo" => 7
"foo" => 7

julia> typeof(p)
Pair{String, Int64}

julia> p.first
"foo"

julia> for x in p
           println(x)
       end
foo
7

julia> replace.(["xops", "oxps"], "x" => "o")
2-element Vector{String}:
 "oops"
 "oops"
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Base.PairsType
Base.Pairs(values, keys) <: AbstractDict{eltype(keys), eltype(values)}

Transforms an indexable container into a Dictionary-view of the same data. Modifying the key-space of the underlying data may invalidate this object.

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