lookbehind penalty

[perl/list-index.git] / lib / List / Index.pm

diff --git a/lib/List/Index.pm b/lib/List/Index.pm
index 483d1eb430104ad17cc4b6adf9e06b492da91796..06c27273fcbd67193e9eb4f751ab280a93f0a8ac 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/List/Index.pm
+++ b/lib/List/Index.pm
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ sub ranges {
 
        $pagesize = @$self / $pages;
        my $offset = $pagesize + .5;
+       my $penalty = 0;
        my @links = ('');
        while ($offset < @$self) {
                my $link = substr $self->[$offset], 0, $length;
                if ($context) {
-                       {
+                       if ($offset > $context - 1 + $penalty) {
                                # take a value slightly before the current offset
-                               my $before = $offset > $context ? $self->[$offset - $context] : '.';
+                               my $before = $self->[$offset - $context - 1 + $penalty];
                                # see how much of it matches the current link
                                my $trim = 1;
                                for my $match (split //, $before) {
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ sub ranges {
                                substr($link, $trim) = '' unless $trim > length $link;
                        }
 
+                       $penalty = 0;
                        if ($offset + $context < $#$self) {
                                # take a value after the current offset
                                my $after = $self->[$offset + $context];
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ sub ranges {
                                # use this link if it's shorter
                                if ($trim < length $link) {
                                        $link = substr $after, 0, $trim;
+#                                      $offset += $context + 1;
+                                       $self->[$offset + ++$penalty] =~ /^\Q$link/
+                                               while $offset + $penalty < $#$self;
                                }
                        }
                }
@@ -164,18 +169,18 @@ __END__
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-List::Index - Paginate alphabetic entries by finding minimal prefixes
+List::Index - Find and apply prefix ranges to paginate keywords
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
        use List::Index;
        my $index = List::Index->new(\@values);
        my @pages = $index->ranges({pagesize => 50});
-       printf '<a href="?q=%s-%s">%1$s</a> ', @$_ for @pages;
+       say "<a href='?q=$_'>$_</a>" for @pages;
 
        use List::Index 'rangematch';
-       my $limit = rangematch('b-bmq');  # matches prefix like 'baa'..'bmq'
-       @results = grep { $limit } @results;
+       my $limit = rangematch('b-bmq');  # ge 'b' && le 'bmq'
+       @request = grep { $limit } @values;
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION