I was working on the same problem today and would have also found it useful to have something like `Range.first/1` and `Range.last/1` for accessing the inclusive bounds (these are probably terrible names).
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 3:55 PM, José Valim <[email protected] > wrote: > If so, it may be a good addition but a better name is required, such as > overlaps? or subset?. > > > > *José Valim* > www.plataformatec.com.br > Skype: jv.ptec > Founder and Director of R&D > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Paul Schoenfelder < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I think he is looking for a Range function which answers whether a range >> is a subset of another range, e.g. 1..10 contains 2..4 == true. >> >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 3:47 PM, José Valim < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there any reason to use Range.contains? given you can already do "x >>> in range" or "Enum.member?(range, x)" (they are equivalent). >>> >>> >>> >>> *José Valim* >>> www.plataformatec.com.br >>> Skype: jv.ptec >>> Founder and Director of R&D >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Patrick Davey <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I wanted to check if a range contained another range today while I was >>>> doing one of the www.adventofcode.com puzzles. >>>> >>>> I discussed it on the forum and I have done a search and it doesn't >>>> look like it has been proposed before, apologies if I have missed >>>> something. >>>> >>>> Anyway, just an idea, I'm happy to have a go at implementing it if it's >>>> something which merits approval. I understand if it's too simple a thing to >>>> be bothered implementing. >>>> >>>> Thanks to the team for Elixir - I'm thoroughly enjoying getting more >>>> comfortable with it through the advent of code puzzles :) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>>> gid/elixir-lang-core/62203f2a-fe01-46e8-a373-16f40b860578%40 >>>> googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/62203f2a-fe01-46e8-a373-16f40b860578%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4K0Rk2uMJVTCNQi9t7nHD%3DHSsY4YRt_ >>> qEhTt6T4cot%3DPQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4K0Rk2uMJVTCNQi9t7nHD%3DHSsY4YRt_qEhTt6T4cot%3DPQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elixir-lang-core" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/elixir-lang-core/CAK%3D%2B-TtyLV_yYN9yB6ESP85LOQg%3Dj9KZ >> MqT1FC8YBAxSActRXw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAK%3D%2B-TtyLV_yYN9yB6ESP85LOQg%3Dj9KZMqT1FC8YBAxSActRXw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4LPbAK5UkMne9K-z4RJt3% > 2BfL3J3oQpc-B6nUR%2B-c04BZA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4LPbAK5UkMne9K-z4RJt3%2BfL3J3oQpc-B6nUR%2B-c04BZA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAN3B1jd8XHGCJo%3D5ChJo9OyeLRA5D-iMdW3FmvGOz4o_%2B6f_%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
