RANDOM STRING ARRAY GENERATION

by Timur Gudkov (modified: 2010 Oct 26)

Hello everybody. I need to use generation of random string array in this program, please, help:

class INSERTION_SORT [X -> COMPARABLE]

feature -- Sorting

       insertion_sort (a: ARRAY[X]) is
           require
               a_not_void: a /= Void
           local
               i, j: INTEGER
               value: X
           do
               from
                   i := a.lower + 1
               until
                   i > a.upper
               loop
                   value := a [i]
                   from
                       j := i - 1
                   until
                       j < a.lower or a [j] <= value
                   loop
                       a [j + 1] := a [j]
                       j := j - 1
                   end
                   a [j + 1] := value
                   i := i + 1
               end
           ensure
               same_count: a.count = old a.count
               sorted: is_sorted (a, a.lower, a.upper)
           end

feature -- Status report

   is_sorted (a: ARRAY[X]; min, max: INTEGER): BOOLEAN
       require
           a_not_void: a /= Void
           min_valid: a.valid_index (min)
           max_valid: a.valid_index (max)
       local
           i: INTEGER
       do
           Result := True
           from 
               i := min
           invariant
               a.valid_index (i)
           until
               i >= max or not Result
           loop
               Result := a [i] <= a [i + 1]
               i := i + 1
           end
       end

end

class INSERTION_SORT_TEST

create

   make

feature -- Initialization

   make is
       local
           i: INTEGER
           testarray_numeric: ARRAY [INTEGER_8]
           testarray_string: ARRAY [STRING]
           sorter_numeric: INSERTION_SORT [INTEGER_8]
           sorter_string: INSERTION_SORT [STRING]
       do
           create sorter_numeric
           create sorter_string
           testarray_numeric := <<3,8,0,6,7,4,2,1,9,3,1,8,3,9,2,0,9,
                                  4,6,3,0,5,7,9,3,2,5,7,9,0,1,9,3,1>>
           sorter_numeric.insertion_sort (testarray_numeric)
           from
               i := testarray_numeric.lower
           until
               i >= testarray_numeric.upper
           loop
               io.put_integer (testarray_numeric [i])
               io.put_string (",")
               i := i + 1
           end
           io.put_integer (testarray_numeric [i])
           io.put_new_line
           testarray_string := <<"Paris","London","Stockholm","Berlin","Oslo",
                              "Rome","Madrid","Tallinn","Amsterdam","Dublin">>
           sorter_string.insertion_sort (testarray_string)
           from
               i := testarray_string.lower
           until
               i >= testarray_string.upper
           loop
               io.put_string (testarray_string [i])
               io.put_string (",")
               i := i + 1
           end
           io.put_string (testarray_string [i])
           io.put_new_line            
       end

end

And second question: how to set the size of array initially? For example in pascal: array [1..100] of string. Thanks.

Comments
  • Manu (13 years ago 27/10/2010)

    This is not the place to ask questions, this is supposed to be a blog. Feel free to post such questions on our forums http://forums.eiffel.com or on our mailing list http://groups.eiffel.com.

    I'm not sure to understand your first question, but for the second, you create an array using its creation procedure: a: ARRAY [STRING] create a.make (1, 100)