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end
 
end
  
local function fold(func, ...)
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local function applyFuncToArgs(func, ...)
 
-- Use a function on all supplied arguments, and return the result. The function must accept two numbers as parameters,
 
-- Use a function on all supplied arguments, and return the result. The function must accept two numbers as parameters,
 
-- and must return a number as an output. This number is then supplied as input to the next function call.
 
-- and must return a number as an output. This number is then supplied as input to the next function call.
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end
 
end
 
return ret, count
 
return ret, count
end
 
 
--[[
 
Fold arguments by selectively choosing values (func should return when to choose the current "dominant" value).
 
]]
 
local function binary_fold(func, ...)
 
local value = fold((function(a, b) if func(a, b) then return a else return b end end), ...)
 
return value
 
 
end
 
end
  
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return result
 
return result
 
end
 
end
 
  
 
--[[
 
--[[
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function p._max(...)
 
function p._max(...)
local max_value = binary_fold((function(a, b) return a > b end), ...)
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local function maxOfTwo(a, b)
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if a > b then
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return a
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else
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return b
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end
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end
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local max_value = applyFuncToArgs(maxOfTwo, ...)
 
if max_value then
 
if max_value then
 
return max_value
 
return max_value
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function p._min(...)
 
function p._min(...)
local min_value = binary_fold((function(a, b) return a < b end), ...)
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local function minOfTwo(a, b)
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if a < b then
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return a
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else
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return b
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end
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end
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local min_value = applyFuncToArgs(minOfTwo, ...)
 
if min_value then
 
if min_value then
 
return min_value
 
return min_value
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function p._average(...)
 
function p._average(...)
local sum, count = fold((function(a, b) return a + b end), ...)
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local function getSum(a, b)
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return a + b
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end
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local sum, count = applyFuncToArgs(getSum, ...)
 
if not sum then
 
if not sum then
 
return 0
 
return 0
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return oldr
 
return oldr
 
end
 
end
local result, count = fold(findGcd, ...)
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local result, count = applyFuncToArgs(findGcd, ...)
 
return result
 
return result
 
end
 
end

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