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Split a list of things into numbers and non-numbers

Given a list that might contain e.g. a string, an integer, a float and a date,
split the list into numbers and non-numbers.
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csharp .NET 3.5
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

// AFAIK, there just isn't a good way to do this in C#
public class ListSplitter {
public static bool IsNumeric(object o) {
var d = new Decimal();
return decimal.TryParse(o.ToString(), out d);
}
public static void Main() {
var list = new List<object>() { "foo", DateTime.Now, 1, "bar", 2.4 };

// the Where method does the work...
var numbers = list.Where( el => IsNumeric(el) );
var nonNumbers = list.Where( el => ! IsNumeric(el) );
}

}
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clojure
(def jumble [3 "Bill" 5.7 '("A" "B" "C")]) ; int, string, float, list

(defn numberNonNumberSorter [jumbledList]
(if (empty? jumbledList)
(hash-map :numbers [], :nonnumbers []) ; recursion base case - return two empty lists
(let [head (first jumbledList)] ; let <head> be the first element in the list
(let [tailresult (numberNonNumberSorter (rest jumbledList))] ; tailresult applies recursively to the remainder
(if (number? head) ; is head a number?
(hash-map
:numbers (cons head (tailresult :numbers)) ; add <head> to the numbers
:nonnumbers (tailresult :nonnumbers)) ; leave nonnumbers the same
(hash-map
:numbers (tailresult :numbers) ; leave numbers the same
:nonnumbers (cons head (tailresult :nonnumbers))) ; add <head> to nonnumbers
)
)
)
)
)

(println (numberNonNumberSorter jumble))

; -> {:nonnumbers (Bill (A B C)), :numbers (3 5.7)}
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clojure
(group-by number? ["hello" 42 3.14 (Date.)])
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cpp boost::variant
typedef variant<int,float,string,date> dynamic;

class is_number : public static_visitor<bool>
{
public:
bool operator()(int &) const {
return true;
}
bool operator()(float &) const {
return true;
}
bool operator()(string &) const {
return false;
}
bool operator()(date &) const {
return false;
}
};

int main()
{
list<dynamic> lst;
list<dynamic> numbers;
list<dynamic> non_numbers;

lst += "hello", 3.14f, 42, date(2011,Aug,23);

BOOST_FOREACH(dynamic v, lst)
if (apply_visitor(is_number(), v))
numbers += v;
else
non_numbers += v;
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cpp boost::any
#include <iostream>
#include <list>

#include <boost/any.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp>
#include <boost/foreach.hpp>

using namespace boost;
using namespace boost::gregorian;
using namespace std;

int main()
{
list<any> lst;
list<any> numbers;
list<any> non_numbers;

lst.push_back(string("hello"));
lst.push_back(42);
lst.push_back(3.14f);
lst.push_back(date(day_clock::local_day()));

BOOST_FOREACH(const any &a, lst)
try
{
numbers.push_back(any_cast<int>(a));
}
catch (bad_any_cast &e)
{
try
{
numbers.push_back(any_cast<float>(a));
}
catch (bad_any_cast &e)
{
non_numbers.push_back(a);
}
}

// float and int are now in 'numbers' and the rest in 'non_numbers'
}
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erlang
% Wrapped call to the auxiliary function
number_split(Xs) ->
number_split(Xs, [], []).

% The auxiliary function
number_split([], Num, NonNum) ->
{Num, NonNum};
number_split([X|Xs], Num, NonNum) ->
case is_number(X) of
true ->
number_split(Xs, [X|Num], NonNum);
false ->
number_split(Xs, Num, [X|NonNum])
end.
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erlang
List = ["hello", 25, 3.14, calendar:local_time()],
{Numbers, NonNumbers} = lists:partition(fun(E) -> is_number(E) end, List)
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haskell
import Data.List (partition)

type Date = String
data Things = TS String | TI Int | TD Date
deriving Show

main = do
let myList = [TI 1, TI 23, TS "Joe", TD "23/04/2009"]
print $ partition isNumber myList

where isNumber (TS _) = False
isNumber (TI _) = True
isNumber (TD _) = False
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fsharp
let (things:obj list) = [ "hello"; 25; 3.14; System.DateTime.Now ]

let isNumber (x:obj) =
match x with
| :? int | :? float | :? byte | :? decimal | :? int16 | :? int64 -> true
| _ -> false

let numbers, nonNumbers = things |> List.partition isNumber

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