Support of algebraic operations on sets
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Fri Jun 15 17:18:07 UTC 2007
On Jun 15, 2007, at 18:58 , sig wrote:
> Lets take an example from real life: we have two dictionaries with
> translation of words from one language into another.
book1 := {'hi'->'ho'. 'mu'->'ma'} as: Dictionary.
book2 := {'hi'->'ho'. 'foo'->'bar'. 'be'-> 'boo'} as: Dictionary.
> Now, the task is
> to compare these books to find out, what book contains more
> translations
book1 size > book2 size
> and to find out what words is missing in first book that
> holds second one.
new := book2 keys difference: book1 keys
> Then, after finding them out, merge new words with
> first book.
new do: [:k | book1 at: k put: (book2 at: k)].
> Or remove them from second book.
new do: [:k | book2 removeKey: k].
- Bert -
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