improved docs and tests based on code review

Author: FloWi

src/Data/Array.purs

@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ singleton :: forall a. a -> Array a
 singleton a = [a]
 
 -- | Create an array containing a range of integers, including both endpoints.
+-- | If you want to control the step-size of the range, see `rangeWithStep`
 -- | ```purescript
 -- | range 2 5 = [2, 3, 4, 5]
 -- | ```
@@ -1294,8 +1295,9 @@ unsafeIndex = unsafeIndexImpl
 
 foreign import unsafeIndexImpl :: forall a. Array a -> Int -> a
 
--- | Takes an arrays of length n and returns an array of Tuples with length n-1.
--- | It's a "sliding window" view of this array with a window size of 2 and a step size of 1.
+-- | Returns an array where each value represents a "sliding window" of the given array with a window of size 2 and a step size of 1. 
+-- |
+-- | If you need more control over the size of the window and how far to step before making a new window, see `slidingSizeStep`
 -- |
 -- | ```purescript
 -- | sliding [1,2,3,4,5] = [(Tuple 1 2),(Tuple 2 3),(Tuple 3 4),(Tuple 4 5)]
@@ -1306,11 +1308,12 @@ sliding l = zip l (drop 1 l)
 
 -- | Takes an arrays and returns an array of arrays as a "sliding window" view of this array.
 -- | Illegal arguments result in an empty Array.
+-- | As you can see in the example below, the last window might not get filled completely. Its size `s` will be `1 <= s <= size`.
 -- |
 -- | ```purescript
 -- | > import Data.Array (range)
--- | > slidingSizeStep 3 2 (range 0 10) = [[0,1,2],[2,3,4],[4,5,6],[6,7,8],[8,9,10],[10]]
--- | > slidingSizeStep 3 3 (range 0 10) = [[0,1,2],[3,4,5],[6,7,8],[9,10]]
+-- | > slidingSizeStep 3 2 [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] = [[0,1,2],[2,3,4],[4,5,6],[6,7,8],[8,9,10],[10]]
+-- | > slidingSizeStep 3 3 [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] = [[0,1,2],[3,4,5],[6,7,8],[9,10]]
 -- | ```
 -- |
 slidingSizeStep :: forall a. Int -> Int -> Array a -> Array (NonEmptyArray a)
@@ -1334,37 +1337,38 @@ slidingSizeStep size step array
 rangeWithStep :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Array Int
 rangeWithStep start end step = rangeWithStep' start end step identity
 
--- | Helper function to produce an array of elements like `rangeWithStep` with start, end and step, but immediatelly mapping over the result to work on one single mutable array.
+-- | Works just like rangeWithStep, but also uses a function to map each integer.
+-- | `rangeWithStep' start end step f` is the same as `map f $ rangeWithStep start end step`, but without the extra intermediate array allocation
 -- |
 -- | ```purescript
 -- | > rangeWithStep' 0 6 2 identity = [0,2,4,6]
 -- | > rangeWithStep' 0 6 2 (add 3) = [3,5,7,9]
+-- | > rangeWithStep' 0 (-6) (-2) (add 3) = [3,1,-1,-3]
 -- | ```
 rangeWithStep' :: forall t. Int -> Int -> Int -> (Int -> t) -> Array t
 rangeWithStep' start end step fn =
-  STA.run
-    ( do
-        let
-          isValid =
-            step /= 0
-              && if end >= start then
-                  step > 0
-                else
-                  step < 0
-
-          hasReachedEnd current =
-            if step > 0 then
-              current > end
-            else
-              current < end
-
-          helper current acc =
-            if hasReachedEnd current then
-              pure acc
-            else do
-              void $ STA.push (fn current) acc
-              helper (current + step) acc
-        arr <- STA.new
-        void $ helper start arr
-        pure arr
-    )
+  if not isValid 
+  then []
+  else STA.run
+   ( do
+      let
+        helper current acc =
+          if hasReachedEnd current then
+            pure acc
+          else do
+            void $ STA.push (fn current) acc
+            helper (current + step) acc
+      arr <- STA.new
+      void $ helper start arr
+      pure arr
+  )
+  where 
+  isValid = 
+    step /= 0 && 
+      if end >= start 
+      then step > 0
+      else step < 0
+  hasReachedEnd current =
+    if step > 0 
+    then current > end
+    else current < end

test/Test/Data/Array.purs

@@ -469,8 +469,10 @@ testArray = do
 
   log "sliding"
   assert $ A.sliding [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] == [ (Tuple 1 2), (Tuple 2 3), (Tuple 3 4), (Tuple 4 5) ]
+  assert $ A.sliding nil == []
 
   log "slidingSizeStep"
+  assert $ A.slidingSizeStep 2 1 (A.range 0 4) == ([[0,1],[1,2],[2,3],[3,4],[4]] <#> nea)
   assert $ A.slidingSizeStep 3 2 (A.range 0 10) == ([[0,1,2],[2,3,4],[4,5,6],[6,7,8],[8,9,10],[10]] <#> nea)
   assert $ A.slidingSizeStep 3 3 (A.range 0 10) == ([[0,1,2],[3,4,5],[6,7,8],[9,10]] <#> nea)
   assert $ A.slidingSizeStep 3 (-2) (A.range 0 10) == []
@@ -485,6 +487,7 @@ testArray = do
   log "rangeWithStep'"
   assert $ A.rangeWithStep 0 6 2 == A.rangeWithStep' 0 6 2 identity
   assert $ A.rangeWithStep' 0 6 2 (add 3) == [3, 5, 7, 9]
+  assert $ A.rangeWithStep' 0 (-6) (-2) (add 3) == [ 3, 1, -1, -3 ]
 
 nea :: Array ~> NEA.NonEmptyArray
 nea = unsafePartial fromJust <<< NEA.fromArray