sub nested_foreach(&@) {
my $code = shift;
my @indices = map { 0 } @_; # First set of indices is all zeroes
my @sizes = map { scalar @$_ } @_; # Cache array sizes (optional)
my $k;
do {
# Determine the array elements corresponding to the current set
# of indices, and pass them to the closure:
$code->( map { $_[$_][$indices[$_]] } 0..$#_ );
# Determine the next set of indices:
for ($k = $#_; $k >= 0; $k--) {
$indices[$k]++;
if ($indices[$k] < $sizes[$k]) { last; }
else { $indices[$k] = 0; }
}
# If $k went out-of-bounds, there are no more valid iterations:
} while ($k >= 0);
}
my @a = ...;
my @b = ...;
my @c = ...;
nested_foreach { say join ' ', @_ } \@a, \@b, \@c;
####
sub nested_foreach(&@) {
... # see above
}
sub nForX(&@) {
... # see BrowserUK's post
}
# my @size = (500, 900);
# my @size = (5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5);
my @size = (100, 4, 75, 23);
my @AoA = map { [map { chr($_+64) x int(rand(10)) } 1 .. $_] } @size;
cmpthese -10, {
iterative => sub { nested_foreach { join("", @_) } @AoA },
recursive => sub { nForX { join("", @_) } scalar @AoA, @AoA },
};
##
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s/iter iterative recursive
iterative 1.86 -- -71%
recursive 0.532 249% --