Asking inverse() function for List and ArrayList

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Hi,
I think to have a function to inverse a list is quite natural to be
embedded into the standard JSE library, how do you think about that?

 

[IchBin]

Hi,
I think to have a function to inverse a list is quite natural to be
embedded into the standard JSE library, how do you think about that?

If I understand you question.. look at this link..

http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.util/coll_SortList.html

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[Roedy Green]

inverse a list

what do you mean my that, sort a list in reverse order? make the first
last and the last first etc. Both of those are quite easy to do.

 

[abigale_carson]

See
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Collections.html#reverse(java.util.List)
(or if it breaks, http://linkfrog.net/dabt).

Abigale

 

[Rhino]

Hi,
I think to have a function to inverse a list is quite natural to be
embedded into the standard JSE library, how do you think about that?

It depends on what you mean by inversing a list.

If you mean that a given list contains 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 and you want the
inverse function to give you the other digits, i.e. 5 through 9 inclusive,
that might be reasonable, as long as you are willing to ignore that some
cultures have their own number systems that don't use the base 10 digits.

You'd have similar issues if you wanted to inverse letters. If a given list
contains 'A', 'B', and 'C' what inverse would you want to see? If you are an
English-speaker, you'd presumably want 'D' through 'Z' inclusive. But other
cultures that used other languages, alphabets, and scripts would want
something quite different.

At the very least, your inverse function would need to be very
culturally-sensitive if it was to work beyond the confines of English and
base 10 arithmetic.

Rhino

 

[Francesco Devittori]

It depends on what you mean by inversing a list.

If you mean that a given list contains 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 and you want the
inverse function to give you the other digits, i.e. 5 through 9 inclusive,
that might be reasonable, as long as you are willing to ignore that some
cultures have their own number systems that don't use the base 10 digits.

You'd have similar issues if you wanted to inverse letters. If a given list
contains 'A', 'B', and 'C' what inverse would you want to see? If you are an
English-speaker, you'd presumably want 'D' through 'Z' inclusive. But other
cultures that used other languages, alphabets, and scripts would want
something quite different.

At the very least, your inverse function would need to be very
culturally-sensitive if it was to work beyond the confines of English and
base 10 arithmetic.

Rhino

Given a list {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} I suppose the OP means a function that
returns {4, 3, 2, 1, 0}. Keep it simple

Francesco

 

[Rhino]

Given a list {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} I suppose the OP means a function that
returns {4, 3, 2, 1, 0}. Keep it simple

You could be right but I think the key to the analysis of this problem is to
understand what the original poster meant by 'inverse', not just assume that
it was something simple. It's entirely possible that he/she _did_ want the
inverse of {0,1,2,3,4} to be {5,6,7,8,9} or maybe something else altogether,
not {4,3,2,1,0}. We can't know until we clarify what he/she meant. And until
you understand the question, you can't give a good answer.

Rhino

 

[Francesco Devittori]

You could be right but I think the key to the analysis of this problem is to
understand what the original poster meant by 'inverse', not just assume that
it was something simple. It's entirely possible that he/she _did_ want the
inverse of {0,1,2,3,4} to be {5,6,7,8,9} or maybe something else altogether,
not {4,3,2,1,0}. We can't know until we clarify what he/she meant. And until
you understand the question, you can't give a good answer.

Rhino

You are right, but what you say is not the inverse of a list but the
inverse of each object in the list, which is something different.

list.inverse() vs. for(e: list) e.inverse();

(not even sure one could inverse an int anyway)

Francesco

 

[IchBin]

You are right, but what you say is not the inverse of a list but the
inverse of each object in the list, which is something different.

list.inverse() vs. for(e: list) e.inverse();

(not even sure one could inverse an int anyway)

Francesco

Shame the OP does not return a comment to the intention.

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[Oliver Wong]

You are right, but what you say is not the inverse of a list but the
inverse of each object in the list, which is something different.

list.inverse() vs. for(e: list) e.inverse();

(not even sure one could inverse an int anyway)

Francesco

When someone says the "inverse of an integer", they probably mean the
modular inverse. That means you need to have some sort of implied modulo m,
and the inverse (b^-1) of an integer b is such that b (b^-1) = 1 (mod m).

If m is not prime, then not every integer will have an inverse.

But for what it's worth, I had assumed the OP wanted the list returned
in reverse order, like Francesco initially did.

- Oliver

 

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I am so so so sorry for my innocent of Java Collections that I dont
know the existent of Collections.reverse(), exactly what IchBin replied
next to my post is the answer I am looking for. I dont know my ask for
help attracts your attentions so much, I am sorry for my confused
question. so I am very much thanks about all of you for your kindness
reactions, I feel so warm for your helps, thanks a lot!! Thanks!

 

[andreaz]

You can use swap static method
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Collections.html#swap(java.util.List, int, int)
for all elements of the list starting from the last and first until the
middle of the list; or write your own method it's not difficult.