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 RotateLeftUntil

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Cycle the elements of a list to the left until a criterion is satisfied

Contributed by: Sander Huisman

ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][expr,crit]

cycles the elements in expr positions to the left until the first element satisfies crit.

ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][expr,crit,n]

cycles the elements in expr positions until crit has been satisfied n times.

ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][expr,crit,n,m]

cycles the elements in expr positions until crit has been satisfied n times with at most m iterations.

Details and Options

ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"] is generally used to bring a certain element to the front.
The default value of n is 1.
When n is 0, the original expr is returned.
m is by default set to n×Length[expr].
$Failed is returned if n fulfillments cannot be found in m iterations.

Examples

Basic Examples (2) 

Put the element "e" in front:

In[1]:=
ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][{"a", "d", "e", "c", "b", "x"}, EqualTo["e"]]
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Rotate until the fourth prime is in front:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][Range[20], PrimeQ, 4]
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Scope (3) 

Rotate until the first 5 is in front:

In[3]:=
ResourceFunction[ "RotateLeftUntil"][{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5, 10}, EqualTo[5]]
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Rotate until a value greater than or equal to 4 has been seen three times:

In[4]:=
ResourceFunction[ "RotateLeftUntil"][{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5, 10}, GreaterEqualThan[4], 3]
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Find the seventh occurrence of a value between 5 and 7, with a maximum of 100 iterations:

In[5]:=
ResourceFunction[ "RotateLeftUntil"][{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5, 10}, Between[{5, 7}], 7, 100]
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Applications (1) 

Rotate the letters until a capital letter is at the front:

In[6]:=
ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][ Characters["my name is Alejandro."], UpperCaseQ]
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Properties and Relations (1) 

RotateLeftUntil is related to RotateLeft and Position:

In[7]:=
list = {11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20}; { ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][list, EqualTo[15]], RotateLeft[list, FirstPosition[list, 15] - 1] }
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Possible Issues (2) 

If the condition is not fulfilled within a cycle, $Failed is returned:

In[9]:=
ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][{"a", "d", "e", "c", "b", "x"}, EqualTo["g"]]
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For crit that change, more than n cycles might be needed:

In[10]:=
ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][ Range[10], (EqualTo[RandomInteger[{1, 100}]][#]) &, 3]
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Increase the maximum number of iterations:

In[11]:=
ResourceFunction["RotateLeftUntil"][ Range[10], (EqualTo[RandomInteger[{1, 100}]][#]) &, 3, \[Infinity]]
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Publisher

SHuisman

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 29 July 2019

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