path: root/033length.cc

//: Recipe to compute the length of an array.

:(scenario array_length)
recipe main [
  1:number <- copy 3:literal  # length
  2:number <- copy 14:literal
  3:number <- copy 15:literal
  4:number <- copy 16:literal
  5:number <- length 1:array:number
]
+mem: storing 3 in location 5

:(before "End Primitive Recipe Declarations")
LENGTH,
:(before "End Primitive Recipe Numbers")
Recipe_number["length"] = LENGTH;
:(before "End Primitive Recipe Implementations")
case LENGTH: {
  reagent x = canonize(current_instruction().ingredients.at(0));
  if (x.types.at(0) != Type_number["array"]) {
    raise << "tried to calculate length of non-array " << x.to_string() << '\n';
    break;
  }
  products.resize(1);
  products.at(0).push_back(Memory[x.value]);
  break;
}