using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
namespace Jace.Util
{
    static class MathExtended
    {
        /// 
        /// Partitions the given list around a pivot element such that all elements on left of pivot are <= pivot
        /// and the ones at thr right are > pivot. This method can be used for sorting, N-order statistics such as
        /// as median finding algorithms.
        /// Pivot is selected ranodmly if random number generator is supplied else its selected as last element in the list.
        /// Reference: Introduction to Algorithms 3rd Edition, Corman et al, pp 171
        /// 
        private static int Partition(this IList list, int start, int end, Random rnd = null) where T : IComparable
        {
            if (rnd != null)
                list.Swap(end, rnd.Next(start, end + 1));
            var pivot = list[end];
            var lastLow = start - 1;
            for (var i = start; i < end; i++)
            {
                if (list[i].CompareTo(pivot) <= 0)
                    list.Swap(i, ++lastLow);
            }
            list.Swap(end, ++lastLow);
            return lastLow;
        }
        /// 
        /// Returns Nth smallest element from the list. Here n starts from 0 so that n=0 returns minimum, n=1 returns 2nd smallest element etc.
        /// Note: specified list would be mutated in the process.
        /// Reference: Introduction to Algorithms 3rd Edition, Corman et al, pp 216
        /// 
        public static T NthOrderStatistic(this IList list, int n, Random rnd = null) where T : IComparable
        {
            return NthOrderStatistic(list, n, 0, list.Count - 1, rnd);
        }
        private static T NthOrderStatistic(this IList list, int n, int start, int end, Random rnd) where T : IComparable
        {
            while (true)
            {
                var pivotIndex = list.Partition(start, end, rnd);
                if (pivotIndex == n)
                    return list[pivotIndex];
                if (n < pivotIndex)
                    end = pivotIndex - 1;
                else
                    start = pivotIndex + 1;
            }
        }
        public static void Swap(this IList list, int i, int j)
        {
            if (i == j)   //This check is not required but Partition function may make many calls so its for perf reason
                return;
            var temp = list[i];
            list[i] = list[j];
            list[j] = temp;
        }
        /// 
        /// Note: specified list would be mutated in the process.
        /// 
        public static T Median(this IList list) where T : IComparable
        {
            return list.NthOrderStatistic((list.Count - 1) / 2);
        }
        public static double Median(this IEnumerable sequence, Func getValue)
        {
            var list = sequence.Select(getValue).ToList();
            var mid = (list.Count - 1) / 2;
            return list.NthOrderStatistic(mid);
        }
    }
}