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DZone > Java Zone > Groovy Goodness: Getting the Indices of a Collection

Groovy Goodness: Getting the Indices of a Collection

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Feb. 11, 15 · Java Zone · Interview
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Since Groovy 2.4 we can use the indices property on a Collection to get the indices of the elements in the collection. We get an IntRange object as a result.

def list = [3, 20, 10, 2, 1]
assert list.indices == 0..4

// Combine letters in alphabet
// with position (zero-based).
def alphabet = 'a'..'z'
def alphabetIndices = [alphabet, alphabet.indices].transpose()
// alphabetIndices = [['a', 0], ['b', 1], ...]

// Find position of each letter
// from 'groovy' in alphabet.
def positionInAlphabet = 'groovy'.inject([]) { result, value ->
result << alphabetIndices.find { it[0] == value }[1] + 1
result
}
 
assert positionInAlphabet == [7, 18, 15, 15, 22, 25]


Code written with Groovy 2.4.


Groovy (programming language)

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