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=={{header|Kotlin}}==
<lang scala>// version 1.1.2

fun <T> ncs(a: Array<T>) {
fun generate(m: Int, k: Int, c: IntArray) {
if (k == m) {
if (c[m - 1] != c[0] + m - 1) {
for (i in 0 until m) print("${a[c[i]]} ")
println()
}
}
else {
for (j in 0 until a.size) {
if (k == 0 || j > c[k - 1]) {
c[k] = j
generate(m, k + 1, c)
}
}
}
}

for (m in 2 until a.size) {
val c = IntArray(m)
generate(m, 0, c)
}
}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val a = arrayOf(1, 2, 3, 4)
ncs(a)
println()
val ca = arrayOf('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e')
ncs(ca)
}</lang>

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1 3
1 4
2 4
1 2 4
1 3 4

a c
a d
a e
b d
b e
c e
a b d
a b e
a c d
a c e
a d e
b c e
b d e
a b c e
a b d e
a c d e
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Revision as of 13:17, 22 May 2017

Task
Non-continuous subsequences
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

Consider some sequence of elements. (It differs from a mere set of elements by having an ordering among members.)

A subsequence contains some subset of the elements of this sequence, in the same order.

A continuous subsequence is one in which no elements are missing between the first and last elements of the subsequence.

Note: Subsequences are defined structurally, not by their contents. So a sequence a,b,c,d will always have the same subsequences and continuous subsequences, no matter which values are substituted; it may even be the same value.

Task: Find all non-continuous subsequences for a given sequence.

Example: For the sequence   1,2,3,4,   there are five non-continuous subsequences, namely:

  •   1,3
  •   1,4
  •   2,4
  •   1,3,4
  •   1,2,4

Goal: There are different ways to calculate those subsequences. Demonstrate algorithm(s) that are natural for the language.

Ada

Recursive

<lang ada>with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;

procedure Test_Non_Continuous is

  type Sequence is array (Positive range <>) of Integer;
  procedure Put_NCS
            (  Tail : Sequence;                -- To generate subsequences of
               Head : Sequence := (1..0 => 1); -- Already generated
               Contiguous : Boolean := True    -- It is still continuous
            )  is
  begin
     if not Contiguous and then Head'Length > 1 then
        for I in Head'Range loop
           Put (Integer'Image (Head (I)));
        end loop;
        New_Line;
     end if;
     if Tail'Length /= 0 then 
        declare
           New_Head : Sequence (Head'First..Head'Last + 1);
        begin
           New_Head (Head'Range) := Head;
           for I in Tail'Range loop
              New_Head (New_Head'Last) := Tail (I);
              Put_NCS
              (  Tail => Tail (I + 1..Tail'Last),
                 Head => New_Head,
                 Contiguous => Contiguous and then (I = Tail'First or else Head'Length = 0)
              );
           end loop;
        end;
     end if;
  end Put_NCS;

begin

  Put_NCS ((1,2,3));     New_Line;
  Put_NCS ((1,2,3,4));   New_Line;
  Put_NCS ((1,2,3,4,5)); New_Line;

end Test_Non_Continuous;</lang>

Output:
 1 3

 1 2 4
 1 3
 1 3 4
 1 4
 2 4

 1 2 3 5
 1 2 4
 1 2 4 5
 1 2 5
 1 3
 1 3 4
 1 3 4 5
 1 3 5
 1 4
 1 4 5
 1 5
 2 3 5
 2 4
 2 4 5
 2 5
 3 5

ALGOL 68

Recursive

Translation of: Ada

- note: This specimen retains the original Ada coding style.

Works with: ALGOL 68G version Any - tested with release 1.18.0-9h.tiny
Works with: ELLA ALGOL 68 version Any (with appropriate job cards) - tested with release 1.8-8d

<lang algol68>PROC test non continuous = VOID: BEGIN

  MODE SEQMODE = CHAR;
  MODE SEQ = [1:0]SEQMODE;
  MODE YIELDSEQ = PROC(SEQ)VOID;
  PROC gen ncs =
            (  SEQ tail,       # To generate subsequences of #
               SEQ head,       #           Already generated #
               BOOL contiguous,#      It is still continuous #
               YIELDSEQ yield
            )  VOID:
  BEGIN
     IF NOT contiguous ANDTH UPB head > 1 THEN
        yield (head)
     FI;
     IF UPB tail /= 0 THEN 
           [UPB head+1]SEQMODE new head;
           new head [:UPB head] := head;
           FOR i TO UPB tail DO
              new head [UPB new head] := tail [i];
              gen ncs
              (  tail[i + 1:UPB tail],
                 new head,
                 contiguous ANDTH (i = LWB tail OREL UPB head = 0),
                 yield
              )
           OD
     FI
  END # put ncs #;
# FOR SEQ seq IN # gen ncs(("a","e","i","o","u"), (), TRUE, # ) DO ( #
##   (SEQ seq)VOID:
     print((seq, new line))
# OD # )

END; test non continuous</lang>

Output:
aeiu
aeo
aeou
aeu
ai
aio
aiou
aiu
ao
aou
au
eiu
eo
eou
eu
iu

Iterative

Translation of: C

- note: This specimen retains the original C coding style.

Works with: ALGOL 68 version Revision 1 - no extensions to language used
Works with: ALGOL 68G version Any - tested with release 1.18.0-9h.tiny
Works with: ELLA ALGOL 68 version Any (with appropriate job cards) - tested with release 1.8-8d

Note: This specimen can only handle sequences of length less than bits width of bits. <lang algol68>MODE SEQMODE = STRING; MODE SEQ = [1:0]SEQMODE; MODE YIELDSEQ = PROC(SEQ)VOID;

PROC gen ncs = (SEQ seq, YIELDSEQ yield)VOID: BEGIN

 IF UPB seq - 1 > bits width THEN stop FI;
 [UPB seq]SEQMODE out;  INT upb out;
 BITS lim := 16r1 SHL UPB seq;
 BITS upb k := lim SHR 1;
 # assert(lim); #
 BITS empty = 16r000000000; # const #
 FOR j TO ABS lim-1 DO
   INT state := 1;
   BITS k1 := upb k; 
   WHILE k1 NE empty DO
     BITS b := BIN j AND k1;
     CASE state IN
       # state 1 # IF b NE empty THEN state +:= 1 FI,
       # state 2 # IF b EQ empty THEN state +:= 1 FI,
       # state 3 # 
         BEGIN
           IF b EQ empty THEN GO TO continue k1 FI;
           upb out := 0; 
           BITS k2 := upb k; FOR i WHILE k2 NE empty DO
             IF (BIN j AND k2) NE empty THEN out[upb out +:= 1] := seq[i] FI;
             k2 := k2 SHR 1
           OD;
           yield(out[:upb out]);
           k1 := empty # empty: ending containing loop #
        END
     ESAC;
     continue k1: k1 := k1 SHR 1
   OD
 OD

END;

main:(

 []STRING seqs = ("a","e","i","o","u");
  1. FOR SEQ seq IN # gen ncs(seqs, # ) DO ( #
    1. (SEQ seq)VOID:
   print((seq, new line))
  1. OD # )

)</lang>

Output:
iu
eu
eo
eou
eiu
au
ao
aou
ai
aiu
aio
aiou
aeu
aeo
aeou
aeiu

AutoHotkey

using filtered templates ahk forum: discussion

<lang AutoHotkey>MsgBox % noncontinuous("a,b,c,d,e", ",") MsgBox % noncontinuous("1,2,3,4", ",")

noncontinuous(list, delimiter) { stringsplit, seq, list, %delimiter% n := seq0  ; sequence length Loop % x := (1<<n) - 1 {  ; try all 0-1 candidate sequences

  If !RegExMatch(b:=ToBin(A_Index,n),"^0*1*0*$") {  ; drop continuous subsequences
     Loop Parse, b
        t .= A_LoopField ? seq%A_Index% " " : ""         ; position -> number

t .= "`n"  ; new sequences in new lines

  }

} return t }

ToBin(n,W=16) {  ; LS W-bits of Binary representation of n

  Return W=1 ? n&1 : ToBin(n>>1,W-1) . n&1

}</lang>

BBC BASIC

<lang bbcbasic> DIM list1$(3)

     list1$() = "1", "2", "3", "4"
     PRINT "For [1, 2, 3, 4] non-continuous subsequences are:"
     PROCnon_continuous_subsequences(list1$())
     DIM list2$(4)
     list2$() = "1", "2", "3", "4", "5"
     PRINT "For [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] non-continuous subsequences are:"
     PROCnon_continuous_subsequences(list2$())
     END
     
     DEF PROCnon_continuous_subsequences(l$())
     LOCAL i%, j%, g%, n%, r%, s%, w%, a$, b$
     n% = DIM(l$(),1)
     FOR s% = 0 TO n%-2
       FOR g% = s%+1 TO n%-1
         a$ = "["
         FOR i% = s% TO g%-1
           a$ += l$(i%) + ", "
         NEXT
         FOR w% = 1 TO n%-g%
           r% = n%+1-g%-w%
           FOR i% = 1 TO 2^r%-1 STEP 2
             b$ = a$
             FOR j% = 0 TO r%-1
               IF i% AND 2^j% b$ += l$(g%+w%+j%) + ", "
             NEXT
             PRINT LEFT$(LEFT$(b$)) + "]"
           NEXT i%
         NEXT w%
       NEXT g%
     NEXT s%
     ENDPROC</lang>
Output:
For [1, 2, 3, 4] non-continuous subsequences are:
[1, 3]
[1, 3, 4]
[1, 4]
[1, 2, 4]
[2, 4]
For [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] non-continuous subsequences are:
[1, 3]
[1, 3, 4]
[1, 3, 5]
[1, 3, 4, 5]
[1, 4]
[1, 4, 5]
[1, 5]
[1, 2, 4]
[1, 2, 4, 5]
[1, 2, 5]
[1, 2, 3, 5]
[2, 4]
[2, 4, 5]
[2, 5]
[2, 3, 5]
[3, 5]

Bracmat

<lang Bracmat>( ( noncontinuous

 =   sub
   .     ( sub
         =   su a nc
           .   !arg:(?su.?nc)
             &   !su
               :   %
                   %?a
                   ( %:[%(sub$(!sjt.!nc !a))
                   |   ?
                     & !nc:~
                     & out$(!nc !a)
                     & ~
                   )
         )
       & sub$(dummy !arg.)
     | 
 )

& noncontinuous$(e r n i t) ); </lang>

Output:
e n t
e n
e n i
e n i t
e i
e i t
e t
e r i
e r i t
e r t
e r n t
r i
r i t
r t
r n t
n t

C

Note: This specimen can only handle lists of length less than the number of bits in an int. <lang C>#include <assert.h>

  1. include <stdio.h>

int main(int c, char **v) { unsigned int n = 1 << (c - 1), i = n, j, k; assert(n);

while (i--) { if (!(i & (i + (i & -(int)i)))) // consecutive 1s continue;

for (j = n, k = 1; j >>= 1; k++) if (i & j) printf("%s ", v[k]);

putchar('\n'); }

return 0; }</lang> Example use:

$ ./noncont 1 2 3 4
1 2 4 
1 3 4 
1 3 
2 4 
1 4 
$ ./noncont 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 | wc -l
968

Using "consecutive + gap + any subsequence" to produce disjointed sequences: <lang c>#include <assert.h>

  1. include <stdio.h>
  2. include <stdlib.h>

void binprint(unsigned int n, unsigned int m) { char c[sizeof(n) * 8 + 1]; int i = 0; while (m >>= 1) c[i++] = n & m ? '#' : '-'; c[i] = 0; puts(c); }

int main(int c, char **v) { unsigned int n, gap, left, right; if (c < 2 || ! (n = 1 << atoi(v[1]))) n = 16;

for (gap = 2; gap < n; gap <<= 1) for (left = gap << 1; left < n; left |= left << 1) for (right = 1; right < gap; right++) binprint(left | right, n);

return 0; }</lang>

Recursive method

Using recursion and a state transition table. <lang c>#include <stdio.h>

typedef unsigned char sint; enum states { s_blnk = 0, s_tran, s_cont, s_disj };

/* Recursively look at each item in list, taking both choices of

  picking the item or not.  The state at each step depends on prvious
  pickings, with the state transition table:

blank + no pick -> blank blank + pick -> contiguous transitional + no pick -> transitional transitional + pick -> disjoint contiguous + no pick -> transitional contiguous + pick -> contiguous disjoint + pick -> disjoint disjoint + no pick -> disjoint

  At first step, before looking at any item, state is blank.
  Because state is known at each step and needs not be calculated,
  it can be quite fast.
  • /

unsigned char tbl[][2] = { { s_blnk, s_cont }, { s_tran, s_disj }, { s_tran, s_cont }, { s_disj, s_disj }, };

void pick(sint n, sint step, sint state, char **v, unsigned long bits) { int i, b; if (step == n) { if (state != s_disj) return; for (i = 0, b = 1; i < n; i++, b <<= 1) if ((b & bits)) printf("%s ", v[i]); putchar('\n'); return; }

bits <<= 1; pick(n, step + 1, tbl[state][0], v, bits); /* no pick */ pick(n, step + 1, tbl[state][1], v, bits | 1); /* pick */ }

int main(int c, char **v) { if (c - 1 >= sizeof(unsigned long) * 4) printf("Too many items"); else pick(c - 1, 0, s_blnk, v + 1, 0); return 0; }</lang>running it:

% ./a.out 1 2 3 4
1 3 
1 4 
2 4 
1 2 4 
1 3 4
% ./a.out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 | wc -l
968

C++

<lang cpp>/* Not best code, wrote it really quick. Will add updated code using more C++11 features soon!

  • /
  1. include <iostream>
  2. include <vector>
  3. include <algorithm>
  4. include <iterator>

int main() { std::vector<int> sequence = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 }; std::vector<int> work = { 0 }; std::vector<std::vector<int>> results; while (work != sequence) { bool zeroed = false; size_t index_zero_started = 0; for (size_t i = 0; i < work.size(); ++i) { if (work[i] >= sequence.size()) { if (i == 0) { work[i] = 0; work.push_back(0); index_zero_started = i; } else { ++work[i - 1]; for (size_t j = i; j < work.size(); ++j) { work[j] = 0; } index_zero_started = i - 1; } zeroed = true; break; } } if (zeroed) { for (size_t i = index_zero_started + 1; i < work.size(); ++i) { work[i] = work[i - 1] + 1; } } else { std::vector<int> temp_differences; std::adjacent_difference(std::begin(work), std::end(work), std::back_inserter(temp_differences)); if (std::find_if(std::begin(temp_differences) + 1, std::end(temp_differences), [](const int& n) { return n > 1; }) != std::end(temp_differences)) { results.push_back(work); } ++work.back(); } } std::cout << "Non-continuous subsequences of "; std::copy(std::begin(sequence), std::end(sequence), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " ")); std::cout << std::endl; for (auto& e: results) { std::cout << "- "; std::copy(std::begin(e), std::end(e), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " ")); std::cout << std::endl; } return 0; }</lang>

Output:
Non-continuous subsequences of 0 1 2 3 4 
- 0 2 
- 0 3 
- 0 4 
- 1 3 
- 1 4 
- 2 4 
- 0 1 3 
- 0 1 4 
- 0 2 3 
- 0 2 4 
- 0 3 4 
- 1 2 4 
- 1 3 4 
- 0 1 2 4 
- 0 1 3 4 
- 0 2 3 4 

Clojure

Here's a simple approach that uses the clojure.contrib.combinatorics library to generate subsequences, and then filters out the continuous subsequences using a naïve subseq test:

<lang lisp> (use '[clojure.contrib.combinatorics :only (subsets)])

(defn of-min-length [min-length]

 (fn [s] (>= (count s) min-length)))

(defn runs [c l]

 (map (partial take l) (take-while not-empty (iterate rest c))))

(defn is-subseq? [c sub]

 (some identity (map = (runs c (count sub)) (repeat sub))))

(defn non-continuous-subsequences [s]

 (filter (complement (partial is-subseq? s)) (subsets s)))


(filter (of-min-length 2) (non-continuous-subsequences [:a :b :c :d])) </lang>

CoffeeScript

Use binary bitmasks to enumerate our sequences. <lang coffeescript> is_contigous_binary = (n) ->

 # return true if binary representation of n is
 # of the form 1+0+
 # examples:
 #     0 true
 #     1 true
 #   100 true
 #   110 true
 #  1001 false
 #  1010 false
 # special case zero, or you'll get an infinite loop later
 return true if n == 0
 # first remove 0s from end
 while n % 2 == 0
   n = n / 2
 
 # next, take advantage of the fact that a continuous
 # run of 1s would be of the form 2^n - 1
 is_power_of_two(n + 1)

is_power_of_two = (m) ->

 while m % 2 == 0
   m = m / 2
 m == 1

seq_from_bitmap = (arr, n) ->

 # grabs elements from array according to a bitmap
 # e.g. if n == 13 (1101), and arr = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'],
 # then return ['a', 'c', 'd'] (flipping bits to 1011, so
 # that least significant bit comes first)
 i = 0
 new_arr = []
 while n > 0
   if n % 2 == 1
     new_arr.push arr[i]
     n -= 1
   n /= 2
   i += 1
 new_arr

non_contig_subsequences = (arr) ->

 # Return all subsqeuences from an array that have a "hole" in
 # them.  The order of the subsequences is not specified here.
   
 # This algorithm uses binary counting, so it is limited to
 # small lists, but large lists would be unwieldy regardless.
 bitmasks = [0...Math.pow(2, arr.length)]
 (seq_from_bitmap arr, n for n in bitmasks when !is_contigous_binary n)

arr = [1,2,3,4] console.log non_contig_subsequences arr for n in [1..10]

 arr = [1..n]
 num_solutions = non_contig_subsequences(arr).length
 console.log "for n=#{n} there are #{num_solutions} solutions"

</lang>

Output:
> coffee non_contig_subseq.coffee 
[ [ 1, 3 ],
  [ 1, 4 ],
  [ 2, 4 ],
  [ 1, 2, 4 ],
  [ 1, 3, 4 ] ]
for n=1 there are 0 solutions
for n=2 there are 0 solutions
for n=3 there are 1 solutions
for n=4 there are 5 solutions
for n=5 there are 16 solutions
for n=6 there are 42 solutions
for n=7 there are 99 solutions
for n=8 there are 219 solutions
for n=9 there are 466 solutions
for n=10 there are 968 solutions

Common Lisp

<lang lisp>(defun all-subsequences (list)

 (labels ((subsequences (tail &optional (acc '()) (result '()))
            "Return a list of the subsequence designators of the
             subsequences of tail. Each subsequence designator is a
             list of tails of tail, the subsequence being the first
             element of each tail."
            (if (endp tail)
              (list* (reverse acc) result)
              (subsequences (rest tail) (list* tail acc)
                            (append (subsequences (rest tail) acc) result))))
          (continuous-p (subsequence-d)
            "True if the designated subsequence is continuous."
            (loop for i in subsequence-d
                  for j on (first subsequence-d)
                  always (eq i j)))
          (designated-sequence (subsequence-d)
            "Destructively transforms a subsequence designator into
             the designated subsequence."
            (map-into subsequence-d 'first subsequence-d)))
   (let ((nc-subsequences (delete-if #'continuous-p (subsequences list))))
     (map-into nc-subsequences #'designated-sequence nc-subsequences))))</lang>
Translation of: Scheme

<lang lisp>(defun all-subsequences2 (list)

 (labels ((recurse (s list)
            (if (endp list)
                (if (>= s 3)
                    '(())
                    '())
                (let ((x (car list))
                      (xs (cdr list)))
                  (if (evenp s)
                      (append (mapcar (lambda (ys) (cons x ys))
                                      (recurse (+ s 1) xs))
                              (recurse s xs))
                      (append (mapcar (lambda (ys) (cons x ys))
                                      (recurse s xs))
                              (recurse (+ s 1) xs)))))))
   (recurse 0 list)))</lang>

D

Recursive Version

Translation of: Python

<lang d>T[][] ncsub(T)(in T[] seq, in uint s=0) pure nothrow @safe {

   if (seq.length) {
       typeof(return) aux;
       foreach (ys; ncsub(seq[1 .. $], s + !(s % 2)))
           aux ~= seq[0] ~ ys;
       return aux ~ ncsub(seq[1 .. $], s + s % 2);
   } else
       return new typeof(return)(s >= 3, 0);

}

void main() @safe {

   import std.stdio;
   [1, 2, 3].ncsub.writeln;
   [1, 2, 3, 4].ncsub.writeln;
   foreach (const nc; [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].ncsub)
       nc.writeln;

}</lang>

Output:
[[1, 3]]
[[1, 2, 4], [1, 3, 4], [1, 3], [1, 4], [2, 4]]
[1, 2, 3, 5]
[1, 2, 4, 5]
[1, 2, 4]
[1, 2, 5]
[1, 3, 4, 5]
[1, 3, 4]
[1, 3, 5]
[1, 3]
[1, 4, 5]
[1, 4]
[1, 5]
[2, 3, 5]
[2, 4, 5]
[2, 4]
[2, 5]
[3, 5]

Faster Lazy Version

This version doesn't copy the sub-arrays. <lang d>struct Ncsub(T) {

   T[] seq;
   int opApply(int delegate(ref T[]) dg) const {
       immutable n = seq.length;
       int result;
       auto S = new T[n];
       OUTER: foreach (immutable i; 1 .. 1 << n) {
           uint lenS;
           bool nc = false;
           foreach (immutable j; 0 .. n + 1) {
               immutable k = i >> j;
               if (k == 0) {
                   if (nc) {
                       auto auxS = S[0 .. lenS];
                       result = dg(auxS);
                       if (result)
                           break OUTER;
                   }
                   break;
               } else if (k % 2) {
                   S[lenS] = seq[j];
                   lenS++;
               } else if (lenS)
                   nc = true;
           }
       }
       return result;
   }

}

void main() {

   import std.array, std.range;
   //assert(24.iota.array.Ncsub!int.walkLength == 16_776_915);
   auto r = 24.iota.array;
   uint counter = 0;
   foreach (s; Ncsub!int(r))
       counter++;
   assert(counter == 16_776_915);

}</lang>

Generator Version

This version doesn't copy the sub-arrays, and it's a little slower than the opApply-based version. <lang d>import std.stdio, std.array, std.range, std.concurrency;

Generator!(T[]) ncsub(T)(in T[] seq) {

   return new typeof(return)({
       immutable n = seq.length;
       auto S = new T[n];
       foreach (immutable i; 1 .. 1 << n) {
           uint lenS = 0;
           bool nc = false;
           foreach (immutable j; 0 .. n + 1) {
               immutable k = i >> j;
               if (k == 0) {
                   if (nc)
                       yield(S[0 .. lenS]);
                   break;
               } else if (k % 2) {
                   S[lenS] = seq[j];
                   lenS++;
               } else if (lenS)
                   nc = true;
           }
       }
   });

}

void main() {

   assert(24.iota.array.ncsub.walkLength == 16_776_915);
   [1, 2, 3].ncsub.writeln;
   [1, 2, 3, 4].ncsub.writeln;
   foreach (const nc; [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].ncsub)
       nc.writeln;

}</lang>

Elixir

Translation of: Erlang

<lang elixir>defmodule RC do

 defp masks(n) do
   maxmask = trunc(:math.pow(2, n)) - 1
   Enum.map(3..maxmask, &Integer.to_string(&1, 2))
   |> Enum.filter_map(&contains_noncont(&1), &String.rjust(&1, n, ?0)) # padding
 end

 defp contains_noncont(n) do
   Regex.match?(~r/10+1/, n)
 end

 defp apply_mask_to_list(mask, list) do
   Enum.zip(to_char_list(mask), list)
   |> Enum.filter_map(fn {include, _} -> include > ?0 end, fn {_, value} -> value end)
 end
 def ncs(list) do
   Enum.map(masks(length(list)), fn mask -> apply_mask_to_list(mask, list) end)
 end

end

IO.inspect RC.ncs([1,2,3]) IO.inspect RC.ncs([1,2,3,4]) IO.inspect RC.ncs('abcd')</lang>

Output:
[[1, 3]]
[[2, 4], [1, 4], [1, 3], [1, 3, 4], [1, 2, 4]]
['bd', 'ad', 'ac', 'acd', 'abd']

Erlang

Erlang's not optimized for strings or math, so this is pretty inefficient. Nonetheless, it works by generating the set of all possible "bitmasks" (represented as strings), filters for those with non-continuous subsequences, and maps from that set over the list. One immediate point for optimization that would complicate the code a bit would be to compile the regular expression, the problem being where you'd put it.

<lang erlang>-module(rosetta). -export([ncs/1]).

masks(N) ->

   MaxMask = trunc(math:pow(2, N)),
   Total = lists:map(fun(X) -> integer_to_list(X, 2) end,
               lists:seq(3, MaxMask)),
   Filtered = lists:filter(fun(X) -> contains_noncont(X) end, Total),
   lists:map(fun(X) -> string:right(X, N, $0) end, Filtered). % padding
  

contains_noncont(N) ->

   case re:run(N, "10+1") of
       {match, _} -> true;
       nomatch -> false
   end.

apply_mask_to_list(Mask, List) ->

   Zipped = lists:zip(Mask, List),
   Filtered = lists:filter(fun({Include, _}) -> Include > 48 end, Zipped),
   lists:map(fun({_, Value}) -> Value end, Filtered).

ncs(List) ->

   lists:map(fun(Mask) -> apply_mask_to_list(Mask, List) end,
               masks(length(List))).</lang>
Output:
Eshell V5.10.1  (abort with ^G)
1> c(rosetta).
{ok,rosetta}
2> rosetta:ncs([1,2,3,4]).
[[2,4],[1,4],[1,3],[1,3,4],[1,2,4]]

Go

Generate the power set (power sequence, actually) with a recursive function, but keep track of the state of the subsequence on the way down. When you get to the bottom, if state == non-continuous, then include the subsequence. It's just filtering merged in with generation. <lang go>package main

import "fmt"

const ( // state:

   m   = iota // missing:  all elements missing so far
   c          // continuous:  all elements included so far are continuous
   cm         // one or more continuous followed by one or more missing
   cmc        // non-continuous subsequence

)

func ncs(s []int) [][]int {

   if len(s) < 3 {
       return nil
   }
   return append(n2(nil, s[1:], m), n2([]int{s[0]}, s[1:], c)...)

}

var skip = []int{m, cm, cm, cmc} var incl = []int{c, c, cmc, cmc}

func n2(ss, tail []int, seq int) [][]int {

   if len(tail) == 0 {
       if seq != cmc {
           return nil
       }
       return [][]int{ss}
   }
   return append(n2(append([]int{}, ss...), tail[1:], skip[seq]),
       n2(append(ss, tail[0]), tail[1:], incl[seq])...)

}

func main() {

   ss := ncs([]int{1, 2, 3, 4})
   fmt.Println(len(ss), "non-continuous subsequences:")
   for _, s := range ss {
       fmt.Println("  ", s)
   }

}</lang>

Output:
5 non-continuous subsequences:
   [2 4]
   [1 4]
   [1 3]
   [1 3 4]
   [1 2 4]

Haskell

Generalized monadic filter

<lang haskell>action p x = if p x then succ x else x

fenceM p q s [] = guard (q s) >> return [] fenceM p q s (x:xs) = do

 (f,g) <- p 
 ys <- fenceM p q (g s) xs
 return $ f x ys

ncsubseq = fenceM [((:), action even), (flip const, action odd)] (>= 3) 0</lang>

Output:
*Main> ncsubseq [1..3]
[[1,3]]
*Main> ncsubseq [1..4]
[[1,2,4],[1,3,4],[1,3],[1,4],[2,4]]
*Main> ncsubseq [1..5]
[[1,2,3,5],[1,2,4,5],[1,2,4],[1,2,5],[1,3,4,5],[1,3,4],[1,3,5],[1,3],[1,4,5],[1,4],[1,5],[2,3,5],[2,4,5],[2,4],[2,5],[3,5]]

Filtered templates

This implementation works by computing templates of all possible subsequences of the given length of sequence, discarding the continuous ones, then applying the remaining templates to the input list.

<lang haskell>continuous = null . dropWhile not . dropWhile id . dropWhile not ncs xs = map (map fst . filter snd . zip xs) $

          filter (not . continuous) $
            mapM (const [True,False]) xs</lang>

Recursive

Recursive method with powerset as helper function.

<lang haskell>import Data.List

poset = foldr (\x p -> p ++ map (x:) p) [[]]

ncsubs [] = [[]] ncsubs (x:xs) = tail $ nc [x] xs

 where
   nc [_] [] = [[]]
   nc (_:x:xs) [] = nc [x] xs
   nc  xs (y:ys) = (nc (xs++[y]) ys) ++ map (xs++) (tail $ poset ys)</lang>
Output:
 *Main> ncsubs "aaa"
 ["aa"]
 (0.00 secs, 0 bytes)
 *Main> ncsubs [9..12]
 [[10,12],[9,10,12],[9,12],[9,11],[9,11,12]]
 (0.00 secs, 522544 bytes)
 *Main> ncsubs []
 [[]]
 (0.00 secs, 0 bytes)
 *Main> ncsubs [1]
 []
 (0.00 secs, 0 bytes)

A disjointed subsequence is a consecutive subsequence followed by a gap, then by any nonempty subsequence to its right: <lang haskell>import Data.List (subsequences, tails, delete)

disjoint a = concatMap (cutAt a) [1..length a - 2] where cutAt s n = [a ++ b | b <- delete [] (subsequences right), a <- init (tails left) ] where (left, _:right) = splitAt n s

main = print $ length $ disjoint [1..20]</lang>

Build a lexicographic list of consecutive subsequences, and a list of all subsequences, then subtract one from the other: <lang haskell>import Data.List (inits, tails)

subseqs = foldr (\x s -> [x] : map (x:) s ++ s) []

consecs = concatMap (tail.inits) . tails

minus [] [] = [] minus (a:as) bb@(b:bs) | a == b = minus as bs | otherwise = a:minus as bb

disjoint s = (subseqs s) `minus` (consecs s)

main = mapM_ print $ disjoint [1..4]</lang>

J

We select those combinations where the end of the first continuous subsequence appears before the start of the last continuous subsequence:

<lang J>allmasks=: 2 #:@i.@^ # firstend=:1 0 i.&1@E."1 ] laststart=: 0 1 {:@I.@E."1 ] noncont=: <@#~ (#~ firstend < laststart)@allmasks</lang>

Example use: <lang J> noncont 1+i.4 ┌───┬───┬───┬─────┬─────┐ │2 4│1 4│1 3│1 3 4│1 2 4│ └───┴───┴───┴─────┴─────┘

  noncont 'aeiou'

┌──┬──┬──┬───┬───┬──┬──┬───┬──┬───┬───┬────┬───┬───┬────┬────┐ │iu│eu│eo│eou│eiu│au│ao│aou│ai│aiu│aio│aiou│aeu│aeo│aeou│aeiu│ └──┴──┴──┴───┴───┴──┴──┴───┴──┴───┴───┴────┴───┴───┴────┴────┘

  #noncont i.10

968</lang>

Alternatively, since there are relatively few continuous sequences, we could specifically exclude them:

<lang J>contmasks=: a: ;@, 1 <:/~@i.&.>@i.@+ # noncont=: <@#~ (allmasks -. contmasks)</lang>

(we get the same behavior from this implementation)

Java

<lang java>public class NonContinuousSubsequences {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
       seqR("1234", "", 0, 0);
   }
   private static void seqR(String s, String c, int i, int added) {
       if (i == s.length()) {
           if (c.trim().length() > added)
               System.out.println(c);
       } else {
           seqR(s, c + s.charAt(i), i + 1, added + 1);
           seqR(s, c + ' ', i + 1, added);
       }
   }

}</lang>

12 4
1 34
1 3 
1  4
 2 4

JavaScript

Uses powerset() function from here. Uses a JSON stringifier from http://www.json.org/js.html

Works with: SpiderMonkey

<lang javascript>function non_continuous_subsequences(ary) {

   var non_continuous = new Array();
   for (var i = 0; i < ary.length; i++) {
       if (! is_array_continuous(ary[i])) {
           non_continuous.push(ary[i]);
       }
   }
   return non_continuous;

}

function is_array_continuous(ary) {

   if (ary.length < 2)
       return true;
   for (var j = 1; j < ary.length; j++) {
       if (ary[j] - ary[j-1] != 1) {
           return false;
       }
   }
   return true;

}

load('json2.js'); /* http://www.json.org/js.html */

print(JSON.stringify( non_continuous_subsequences( powerset([1,2,3,4]))));</lang>

Output:
[[1,3],[1,4],[2,4],[1,2,4],[1,3,4]]

jq

Works with: jq version 1.4

In order to handle arrays of more than a handful of elements, we define non_continuous_subsequences/0 as a generator; that is, it produces a stream of arrays, each of which is a non-continuous subsequence of the given sequence.

Since the non-continuous subsequences are dense in the set of all subsets, we will use the powerset approach, and accordingly begin by defining subsets/0 as a generator. <lang jq># Generate a stream of subsets of the input array def subsets:

 if length == 0 then []
 else .[0] as $first
   | (.[1:] | subsets) 
   | ., ([$first] + .)
 end ;
  1. Generate a stream of non-continuous indices in the range 0 <= i < .

def non_continuous_indices:

 [range(0;.)] | subsets
 | select(length > 1 and length != 1 + .[length-1] - .[0]) ;

def non_continuous_subsequences:

 (length | non_continuous_indices) as $ix
 | [.[ $ix[] ]] ;</lang>

Example: To show that the above approach can be used for relatively large n, let us count the number of non-continuous subsequences of [0, 1, ..., 19]. <lang jq>def count(f): reduce f as $i (0; . + 1);

count( [range(0;20)] | non_continuous_subsequences) </lang>

Output:
$ jq -n -f powerset_generator.jq
1048365

Julia

This solution uses an iterator over non-contiguous sub-sequences, NCSubSeq. In the spirit of Julia's permutations and combinations built-ins, NCSubSeq provides an array of indices that can be used to create each subsequence from the full sequence. Sub-sequences are indexed by integers whose bit patterns indicate which members are included.

NCSubSeq works by filtering indices according to whether all 1s in these indices have bit pattern that are contiguous (using the iscontseq functions). This is an easy to implement approach. Greater efficiency might be achieved by exploiting the property that a sequence is contiguous if and only if its index is a difference of two powers of 2. This property is used to create the length(NCSubSeq(n)) function, which gives the number of non-contiguous sub-sequences of a sequence of length n.

NCSubSeq works transparently for sequence lengths up to WORD_SIZE-1 (typically 63). It can be extended to work for longer sequences by casting n to a larger integer, e.g. using Big(n). A more polished implementation would handle this extension behind the scenes.

Iterator and Functions <lang Julia> iscontseq(n::Integer) = count_zeros(n) == leading_zeros(n) + trailing_zeros(n) iscontseq(n::BigInt) = !ismatch(r"0", rstrip(bin(n), '0'))

function makeint2seq(n::Integer)

   const idex = collect(1:n)
   function int2seq(m::Integer)
       d = digits(m, 2, n)
       idex[d .== 1]
   end
   return int2seq

end

immutable NCSubSeq{T<:Integer}

   n::T

end

type NCSubState{T<:Integer}

   m::T
   m2s::Function

end

Base.length(a::NCSubSeq) = 2^a.n - div(a.n*(a.n+1), 2) - 1 Base.start(a::NCSubSeq) = NCSubState(5, makeint2seq(a.n)) Base.done(a::NCSubSeq, as::NCSubState) = 2^a.n-3 < as.m

function Base.next(a::NCSubSeq, as::NCSubState)

   s = as.m2s(as.m)
   as.m += 1
   while iscontseq(as.m)
       as.m += 1
   end
   return (s, as)

end </lang>

Main <lang Julia> n = 4 print("Testing NCSubSeq for ", n, " items:\n ") for a in NCSubSeq(n)

   print(" ", a)

end println()

s = "Rosetta" cs = split(s, "") m = 10 n = length(NCSubSeq(length(s))) - m println() println("The first and last ", m, " NC sub-sequences of \"", s, "\":") for (i,a) in enumerate(NCSubSeq(length(cs)))

   i <= m || n < i || continue
   println(@sprintf "%6d %s" i join(cs[a], ""))
   i == m || continue
   println("    .. ......")

end

t = {} append!(t, collect(1:10)) append!(t, collect(20:10:40)) append!(t, big(50):50:200) println() println("Numbers of NC sub-sequences of a given length:") for i in t

   println(@sprintf("%7d => ", i), length(NCSubSeq(i)))

end </lang>

Output:
Testing NCSubSeq for 4 items:
    [1,3] [1,4] [2,4] [1,2,4] [1,3,4]

The first and last 10 NC sub-sequences of "Rosetta":
     1 Rs
     2 Re
     3 oe
     4 Roe
     5 Rse
     6 Rt
     7 ot
     8 Rot
     9 st
    10 Rst
    .. ......
    90 otta
    91 Rotta
    92 stta
    93 Rstta
    94 ostta
    95 Rostta
    96 Retta
    97 oetta
    98 Roetta
    99 Rsetta

Numbers of NC sub-sequences of a given length:
      1 => 0
      2 => 0
      3 => 1
      4 => 5
      5 => 16
      6 => 42
      7 => 99
      8 => 219
      9 => 466
     10 => 968
     20 => 1048365
     30 => 1073741358
     40 => 1099511626955
     50 => 1125899906841348
    100 => 1267650600228229401496703200325
    150 => 1427247692705959881058285969449495136382735298
    200 => 1606938044258990275541962092341162602522202993782792835281275

Kotlin

<lang scala>// version 1.1.2

fun <T> ncs(a: Array<T>) {

   fun generate(m: Int, k: Int, c: IntArray) {
       if (k == m) {
           if (c[m - 1] != c[0] + m - 1) {
               for (i in 0 until m)  print("${a[c[i]]} ")                
               println()
           }
       }
       else { 
           for (j in 0 until a.size) {
               if (k == 0 || j > c[k - 1]) {
                   c[k] = j
                   generate(m, k + 1, c)
               }
           }
       }
   }
   for (m in 2 until a.size) {
       val c = IntArray(m) 
       generate(m, 0, c)
   }    

}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

   val a = arrayOf(1, 2, 3, 4)
   ncs(a)
   println()
   val ca = arrayOf('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e')
   ncs(ca)

}</lang>

Output:
1 3 
1 4 
2 4 
1 2 4 
1 3 4 

a c 
a d 
a e 
b d 
b e 
c e 
a b d 
a b e 
a c d 
a c e 
a d e 
b c e 
b d e 
a b c e 
a b d e 
a c d e 

Mathematica

We make all the subsets then filter out the continuous ones:

<lang Mathematica>GoodBad[i_List]:=Not[MatchQ[Differences[i],{1..}|{}]] n=5 Select[Subsets[Range[n]],GoodBad]</lang>

gives back:

<lang Mathematica> {{1,3},{1,4},{1,5},{2,4},{2,5},{3,5},{1,2,4},{1,2,5},{1,3,4},{1,3,5},{1,4,5},{2,3,5},{2,4,5},{1,2,3,5},{1,2,4,5},{1,3,4,5}}</lang>

Nim

Translation of: Python

<lang nim>import sequtils

proc ncsub[T](se: seq[T], s = 0): seq[seq[T]] =

 result = @[]
 if se.len > 0:
   let
     x = se[0..0]
     xs = se[1 .. -1]
     p2 = s mod 2
     p1 = (s + 1) mod 2
   for ys in ncsub(xs, s + p1):
     result.add(x & ys)
   result.add(ncsub(xs, s + p2))
 elif s >= 3:
   result.add(@[])

echo "ncsub(", toSeq 1.. 3, ") = ", ncsub(toSeq 1..3) echo "ncsub(", toSeq 1.. 4, ") = ", ncsub(toSeq 1..4) echo "ncsub(", toSeq 1.. 5, ") = ", ncsub(toSeq 1..5)</lang>

Output:
ncsub(@[1, 2, 3]) = @[@[1, 3]]
ncsub(@[1, 2, 3, 4]) = @[@[1, 2, 4], @[1, 3, 4], @[1, 3], @[1, 4], @[2, 4]]
ncsub(@[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) = @[@[1, 2, 3, 5], @[1, 2, 4, 5], @[1, 2, 4], @[1, 2, 5], @[1, 3, 4, 5], @[1, 3, 4], @[1, 3, 5], @[1, 3], @[1, 4, 5], @[1, 4], @[1, 5], @[2, 3, 5], @[2, 4, 5], @[2, 4], @[2, 5], @[3, 5]]

OCaml

<lang ocaml>let rec fence s = function

   [] ->
     if s >= 3 then
       [[]]
     else
       []
 | x :: xs ->
     if s mod 2 = 0 then
       List.map
         (fun ys -> x :: ys)
         (fence (s + 1) xs)
       @
         fence s xs
     else
       List.map
         (fun ys -> x :: ys)
         (fence s xs)
       @
         fence (s + 1) xs

let ncsubseq = fence 0</lang>

Output:
# ncsubseq [1;2;3];;
- : int list list = [[1; 3]]
# ncsubseq [1;2;3;4];;
- : int list list = [[1; 2; 4]; [1; 3; 4]; [1; 3]; [1; 4]; [2; 4]]
# ncsubseq [1;2;3;4;5];;
- : int list list =
[[1; 2; 3; 5]; [1; 2; 4; 5]; [1; 2; 4]; [1; 2; 5]; [1; 3; 4; 5]; [1; 3; 4];
 [1; 3; 5]; [1; 3]; [1; 4; 5]; [1; 4]; [1; 5]; [2; 3; 5]; [2; 4; 5]; 
 [2; 4]; [2; 5]; [3; 5]]

Oz

A nice application of finite set constraints. We just describe what we want and the constraint system will deliver it: <lang oz>declare

 fun {NCSubseq SeqList}
    Seq = {FS.value.make SeqList}
    proc {Script Result}
       %% the result is a subset of Seq
       {FS.subset Result Seq}
       %% at least one element of Seq is missing
       local Gap in
          {FS.include Gap Seq}
          {FS.exclude Gap Result}
          %% and this element is between the smallest
          %% and the largest elements of the subsequence
          Gap >: {FS.int.min Result}
          Gap <: {FS.int.max Result}
       end
     
       %% enumerate all such sets
       {FS.distribute naive [Result]}
    end
 in
    {Map {SearchAll Script} FS.reflect.lowerBoundList}
 end

in

 {Inspect {NCSubseq [1 2 3 4]}}</lang>

PARI/GP

Just a simple script, but it's I/O bound so efficiency isn't a concern. (Almost all subsequences are non-contiguous so looping over all possibilities isn't that bad. For length 20 about 99.98% of subsequences are non-contiguous.) <lang parigp>noncontig(n)=n>>=valuation(n,2);n++;n>>=valuation(n,2);n>1; nonContigSubseq(v)={

 for(i=5,2^#v-1,
   if(noncontig(i),
     print(vecextract(v,i))
   )
 )

}; nonContigSubseq([1,2,3]) nonContigSubseq(["a","b","c","d","e"])</lang>

Output:
[1, 3]

["a", "c"]
["a", "d"]
["b", "d"]
["a", "b", "d"]
["a", "c", "d"]
["a", "e"]
["b", "e"]
["a", "b", "e"]
["c", "e"]
["a", "c", "e"]
["b", "c", "e"]
["a", "b", "c", "e"]
["a", "d", "e"]
["b", "d", "e"]
["a", "b", "d", "e"]
["a", "c", "d", "e"]

Perl

<lang perl>my ($max, @current); sub non_continuous {

       my ($idx, $has_gap, $found) = @_;
       for ($idx .. $max) {
               push @current, $_;
               # print "@current\n" if $has_gap; # uncomment for huge output
               $found ++ if $has_gap;
               $found += non_continuous($_ + 1, $has_gap)   if $_ < $max;
               pop @current;
               $has_gap = @current;   # don't set gap flag if it's empty still
       }
       $found;

}

$max = 20; # 1048365 sequences, 10 seconds-ish print "found ", non_continuous(1), " sequences\n";</lang>

Perl 6

Works with: rakudo version 2015-09-24

<lang perl6>sub non_continuous_subsequences ( *@list ) {

   @list.combinations.grep: { 1 != all( .[ 0 ^.. .end] Z- .[0 ..^ .end] ) }

}

say non_continuous_subsequences( 1..3 )».gist; say non_continuous_subsequences( 1..4 )».gist; say non_continuous_subsequences( ^4 ).map: {[<a b c d>[.list]].gist};</lang>

Output:
((1 3))
((1 3) (1 4) (2 4) (1 2 4) (1 3 4))
([a c] [a d] [b d] [a b d] [a c d])

Phix

Straightforward recursive implementation, the only minor trick is that a gap does not mean non-contiguous until you actually take something later.
Counts non-contiguous subsequences of sequences 1..20 in just over 0.5 seconds <lang Phix>bool countonly = false integer count = 0

procedure ncs(sequence rest, integer ri=0, sequence taken={}, bool contig=false, bool gap=false)

   if ri>=length(rest) then
       if contig then
           if countonly then
               count += 1
           else
               ?taken
           end if
       end if
   else
       ri += 1
       ncs(rest,ri,taken&rest[ri],gap,gap)
       ncs(rest,ri,taken,contig,length(taken)!=0)
   end if

end procedure

ncs({1,2,3}) ?"===" ncs({1,2,3,4}) ?"===" countonly = true atom t0 = time() sequence s = {} for i=1 to 20 do

   count = 0
   ncs(tagset(i))
   s = append(s,count)

end for ?time()-t0 ?s</lang>

Output:
{1,3}
"==="
{1,2,4}
{1,3,4}
{1,3}
{1,4}
{2,4}
"==="
0.515
{0,0,1,5,16,42,99,219,466,968,1981,4017,8100,16278,32647,65399,130918,261972,524097,1048365}

PicoLisp

Translation of: Scheme

<lang PicoLisp>(de ncsubseq (Lst)

  (let S 0
     (recur (S Lst)
        (ifn Lst
           (and (>= S 3) '(NIL))
           (let (X (car Lst)  XS (cdr Lst))
              (ifn (bit? 1 S)  # even
                 (conc
                    (mapcar '((YS) (cons X YS))
                       (recurse (inc S) XS) )
                    (recurse S XS) )
                 (conc
                    (mapcar '((YS) (cons X YS))
                       (recurse S XS) )
                    (recurse (inc S) XS) ) ) ) ) ) ) )</lang>

Pop11

We modify classical recursive generation of subsets, using variables to keep track if subsequence is continuous.

<lang pop11>define ncsubseq(l);

   lvars acc = [], gap_started = false, is_continuous = true;
   define do_it(l1, l2);
       dlocal gap_started;
       lvars el, save_is_continuous = is_continuous;
       if l2 = [] then
           if not(is_continuous) then
               cons(l1, acc) -> acc;
           endif;
       else
           front(l2) -> el;
           back(l2) -> l2;
           not(gap_started) and is_continuous -> is_continuous;
           do_it(cons(el, l1), l2);
           save_is_continuous -> is_continuous;
           not(l1 = []) or gap_started -> gap_started;
           do_it(l1, l2);
       endif;
   enddefine;
   do_it([], rev(l));
   acc;

enddefine;

ncsubseq([1 2 3 4 5]) =></lang>

Output:
[[1 3] [1 4] [2 4] [1 2 4] [1 3 4] [1 5] [2 5] [1 2 5] [3 5] [1 3 5]
         [2 3 5] [1 2 3 5] [1 4 5] [2 4 5] [1 2 4 5] [1 3 4 5]]

PowerShell

<lang PowerShell>Function SubSequence ( [Array] $S, [Boolean] $all=$false ) {

  $sc = $S.count
  if( $sc -gt ( 2 - [Int32] $all ) ) {
     [void] $sc--
     0..$sc | ForEach-Object {
        $gap = $_
        "$( $S[ $_ ] )"
        if( $gap -lt $sc )
        {
           SubSequence ( ( $gap + 1 )..$sc | Where-Object { $_ -ne $gap } ) ( ( $gap -ne 0 ) -or $all ) | ForEach-Object {
              [String]::Join( ',', ( ( [String]$_ ).Split(',') | ForEach-Object {
                 $lt = $true
              } {
                 if( $lt -and ( $_ -gt $gap ) )
                 {
                    $S[ $gap ]
                    $lt = $false
                 }
                 $S[ $_ ]
              } {
                 if( $lt )
                 {
                    $S[ $gap ]
                 }
              }
              ) )
           }
        }
     }
     #[String]::Join( ',', $S)
  } else { 
     $S | ForEach-Object { [String] $_ } 
  }

}

Function NonContinuous-SubSequence ( [Array] $S ) {

  $sc = $S.count
  if( $sc -eq 3 )
  {
     [String]::Join( ',', $S[ ( 0,2 ) ] )
  } elseif ( $sc -gt 3 ) {
     [void] $sc--
     $gaps = @()
     $gaps += ( ( NonContinuous-SubSequence ( 1..$sc ) ) | ForEach-Object {
        $gap1 = ",$_,"
        "0,{0}" -f ( [String]::Join( ',', ( 1..$sc | Where-Object { $gap1 -notmatch "$_," } ) ) )
     } )
     $gaps += 1..( $sc - 1 )
     2..( $sc - 1 ) | ForEach-Object {
        $gap2 = $_ - 1
        $gaps += ( ( SubSequence ( $_..$sc ) ) | ForEach-Object {
           "$gap2,$_"
        } )
     }
     #Write-Host "S $S gaps $gaps"
     $gaps | ForEach-Object {
        $gap3 = ",$_,"
        "$( 0..$sc | Where-Object { $gap3 -notmatch ",$_," } | ForEach-Object {
           $S[$_]
        } )" -replace ' ', ','
     }
  } else { 
     $null
  }

}

( NonContinuous-SubSequence 'a','b','c','d','e' ) | Select-Object length, @{Name='value';Expression={ $_ } } | Sort-Object length, value | ForEach-Object { $_.value }</lang>

Prolog

Works with SWI-Prolog.
We explain to Prolog how to build a non continuous subsequence of a list L, then we ask Prolog to fetch all the subsequences.

<lang Prolog> % fetch all the subsequences ncsubs(L, LNCSL) :- setof(NCSL, one_ncsubs(L, NCSL), LNCSL).

% how to build one subsequence one_ncsubs(L, NCSL) :- extract_elem(L, NCSL); ( sublist(L, L1), one_ncsubs(L1, NCSL)).

% extract one element of the list % this element is neither the first nor the last. extract_elem(L, NCSL) :- length(L, Len), Len1 is Len - 2, between(1, Len1, I), nth0(I, L, Elem), select(Elem, L, NCS1), ( NCSL = NCS1; extract_elem(NCS1, NCSL)).

% extract the first or the last element of the list sublist(L, SL) :- (L = [_|SL]; reverse(L, [_|SL1]), reverse(SL1, SL)). </lang> Example : <lang Prolog>?- ncsubs([a,e,i,o,u], L). L = [[a,e,i,u],[a,e,o],[a,e,o,u],[a,e,u],[a,i],[a,i,o],[a,i,o,u],[a,i,u],[a,o],[a,o,u],[a,u],[e,i,u],[e,o],[e,o,u],[e,u],[i,u]]</lang>

Python

Translation of: Scheme

<lang python>def ncsub(seq, s=0):

   if seq:
       x = seq[:1]
       xs = seq[1:]
       p2 = s % 2
       p1 = not p2
       return [x + ys for ys in ncsub(xs, s + p1)] + ncsub(xs, s + p2)
   else:
       return [[]] if s >= 3 else []</lang>
Output:
>>> ncsub(range(1, 4))
[[1, 3]]
>>> ncsub(range(1, 5))
[[1, 2, 4], [1, 3, 4], [1, 3], [1, 4], [2, 4]]
>>> ncsub(range(1, 6))
[[1, 2, 3, 5], [1, 2, 4, 5], [1, 2, 4], [1, 2, 5], [1, 3, 4, 5], [1, 3, 4],
 [1, 3, 5], [1, 3], [1, 4, 5], [1, 4], [1, 5], [2, 3, 5], [2, 4, 5], [2, 4],
 [2, 5], [3, 5]]

A faster Python + Psyco JIT version:

<lang python>from sys import argv import psyco

def C(n, k):

   result = 1
   for d in xrange(1, k+1):
       result *= n
       n -= 1
       result /= d
   return result
  1. http://oeis.org/A002662

nsubs = lambda n: sum(C(n, k) for k in xrange(3, n+1))

def ncsub(seq):

   n = len(seq)
   result = [None] * nsubs(n)
   pos = 0
   for i in xrange(1, 2 ** n):
       S  = []
       nc = False
       for j in xrange(n + 1):
           k = i >> j
           if k == 0:
               if nc:
                   result[pos] = S
                   pos += 1
               break
           elif k % 2:
               S.append(seq[j])
           elif S:
               nc = True
   return result

from sys import argv import psyco psyco.full() n = 10 if len(argv) < 2 else int(argv[1]) print len( ncsub(range(1, n)) )</lang>

R

The idea behind this is to loop over the possible lengths of subsequence, finding all subsequences then discarding those which are continuous.

<lang r>ncsub <- function(x) {

  n <- length(x)
  a <- seq_len(n)
  seqlist <- list()
  for(i in 2:(n-1))
  {
     seqs <- combn(a, i)                                                          # Get all subseqs
     ok <- apply(seqs, 2, function(x) any(diff(x)!=1))                            # Find noncts ones
     newseqs <- unlist(apply(seqs[,ok], 2, function(x) list(x)), recursive=FALSE) # Convert matrix to list of its columns
     seqlist <- c(seqlist, newseqs)                                               # Append to existing list 
  }
  lapply(seqlist, function(index) x[index])

}

  1. Example usage

ncsub(1:4) ncsub(letters[1:5])</lang>

Racket

Take a simple subsets definition: <lang racket> (define (subsets l)

 (if (null? l) '(())
     (append (for/list ([l2 (subsets (cdr l))]) (cons (car l) l2))
             (subsets (cdr l)))))

</lang> since the subsets are returned in their original order, it is also a sub-sequences function.

Now add to it a "state" counter which count one for each chunk of items included or excluded. It's always even when we're in an excluded chunk (including the beginning) and odd when we're including items -- increment it whenever we switch from one kind of chunk to the other. This means that we should only include subsequences where the state is 3 (included->excluded->included) or more. Note that this results in code that is similar to the "Generalized monadic filter" entry, except a little simpler.

<lang racket>

  1. lang racket

(define (non-continuous-subseqs l)

 (let loop ([l l] [x 0])
   (if (null? l) (if (>= x 3) '(()) '())
       (append (for/list ([l2 (loop (cdr l) (if (even? x) (add1 x) x))])
                 (cons (car l) l2))
               (loop (cdr l) (if (odd? x) (add1 x) x))))))

(non-continuous-subseqs '(1 2 3 4))

=> '((1 2 4) (1 3 4) (1 3) (1 4) (2 4))

</lang>

REXX

This REXX version also works with non-numeric (alphabetic) items   (as well as numbers). <lang rexx>/*REXX program lists all the non─continuous subsequences (NCS), given a sequence. */ parse arg list /*obtain the arguments from the C. L. */ if list= | list==',' then list=1 2 3 4 5 /*Not specified? Then use the default.*/ say 'list=' space(list); say /*display the list to the terminal. */ w=words(list) /*W: is the number of items in list. */ $=left(123456789, w) /*build a string of decimal digits. */ tail=right($, max(0, w-2)) /*construct a fast tail for comparisons*/

  1. =0 /* [↓] L: length of Jth item. */
   do j=13  to left($,1) || tail;  L=length(j)  /*step through list (using smart start)*/
   if verify(j, $)\==0  then iterate            /*Not one of the chosen  (sequences) ? */
   f=left(j,1)                                  /*use the fist decimal digit of  J.    */
   NCS=0                                        /*there isn't a non─continuous subseq. */
           do k=2  to L;      _=substr(j, k, 1) /*extract a single decimal digit of  J.*/
           if _ <=  f    then iterate j         /*if next digit ≤, then skip this digit*/
           if _ \== f+1  then NCS=1             /*it's OK as of now  (that is, so far).*/
           f=_                                  /*now have a  new  next decimal digit. */
           end   /*k*/
   if \NCS  then iterate                        /*not OK?  Then skip this number (item)*/
   #=#+1                                        /*Eureka!  We found a number (or item).*/
   @=;     do m=1  for L                        /*build a sequence string to display.  */
           @=@  word(list, substr(j, m, 1))     /*pick off a number (item) to display. */
           end   /*m*/
   say 'a non─continuous subsequence: '    @    /*show the non─continuous subsequence. */
   end         /*j*/

say if #==0 then #='no' /*make it look more gooder Angleshy. */ say # "non─continuous subsequence"s(#) 'were found.' exit /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */ /*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ s: if arg(1)==1 then return ; return word(arg(2) 's', 1) /*pluralizer.*/</lang> output   when using the input:   1 2 3 4

list= 1 2 3 4

a non-continuous subsequence:  1 3
a non-continuous subsequence:  1 4
a non-continuous subsequence:  2 4
a non-continuous subsequence:  1 2 4
a non-continuous subsequence:  1 3 4

5 non-continuous subsequences were found.

output   when using the following input:   a e I o u

list= a e I o u

a non-continuous subsequence:  a I
a non-continuous subsequence:  a o
a non-continuous subsequence:  a u
a non-continuous subsequence:  e o
a non-continuous subsequence:  e u
a non-continuous subsequence:  I u
a non-continuous subsequence:  a e o
a non-continuous subsequence:  a e u
a non-continuous subsequence:  a I o
a non-continuous subsequence:  a I u
a non-continuous subsequence:  a o u
a non-continuous subsequence:  e I u
a non-continuous subsequence:  e o u
a non-continuous subsequence:  a e I u
a non-continuous subsequence:  a e o u
a non-continuous subsequence:  a I o u

16 non-continuous subsequences were found.

output   when using the following [channel Islands (Great Britain)] as input:   Alderney Guernsey Herm Jersey Sark

list= Alderney Guernsey Herm Jersey Sark

a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Herm
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Jersey
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Guernsey Jersey
a non-continuous subsequence:  Guernsey Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Herm Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Guernsey Jersey
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Guernsey Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Herm Jersey
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Herm Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Jersey Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Guernsey Herm Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Guernsey Jersey Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Guernsey Herm Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Guernsey Jersey Sark
a non-continuous subsequence:  Alderney Herm Jersey Sark

16 non-continuous subsequences were found.

output   when using the following [six noble gases] as input:   helium neon argon krypton xenon radon

list= helium neon argon krypton xenon radon

a non-continuous subsequence:  helium argon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium krypton
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon krypton
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  argon xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  argon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  krypton radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon krypton
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium argon krypton
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium argon xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium argon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium krypton xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium krypton radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon argon xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon argon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon krypton xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon krypton radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  argon krypton radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  argon xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon argon xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon argon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon krypton xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon krypton radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium argon krypton xenon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium argon krypton radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium argon xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium krypton xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon argon krypton radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon argon xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  neon krypton xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon argon krypton radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon argon xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium neon krypton xenon radon
a non-continuous subsequence:  helium argon krypton xenon radon

42 non-continuous subsequences were found.

Ruby

Translation of: Tcl

Uses code from Power Set.

<lang ruby>class Array

 def func_power_set
   inject([[]]) { |ps,item|    # for each item in the Array
     ps +                      # take the powerset up to now and add
     ps.map { |e| e + [item] } # it again, with the item appended to each element
   }
 end
 
 def non_continuous_subsequences
   func_power_set.reject {|seq| continuous?(seq)}
 end
 
 def continuous?(seq)
   seq.each_cons(2) {|a, b| return false if a.succ != b}
   true
 end

end

p (1..3).to_a.non_continuous_subsequences p (1..4).to_a.non_continuous_subsequences p (1..5).to_a.non_continuous_subsequences p ("a".."d").to_a.non_continuous_subsequences</lang>

Output:
[[1, 3]]
[[1, 3], [1, 4], [2, 4], [1, 2, 4], [1, 3, 4]]
[[1, 3], [1, 4], [2, 4], [1, 2, 4], [1, 3, 4], [1, 5], [2, 5], [1, 2, 5], [3, 5], [1, 3, 5], 
 [2, 3, 5], [1, 2, 3, 5], [1, 4, 5], [2, 4, 5], [1, 2, 4, 5], [1, 3, 4, 5]]
[["a", "c"], ["a", "d"], ["b", "d"], ["a", "b", "d"], ["a", "c", "d"]]

It is not the value of the array element and when judging continuation in the position, it changes as follows. <lang ruby>class Array

 def continuous?(seq)
   seq.each_cons(2) {|a, b| return false if index(a)+1 != index(b)}
   true
 end

end

p %w(a e i o u).non_continuous_subsequences</lang>

Output:
[["a", "i"], ["a", "o"], ["e", "o"], ["a", "e", "o"], ["a", "i", "o"], ["a", "u"], ["e", "u"], ["a", "e", "u"], ["i", "u"], ["a", "i", "u"], ["e", "i", "u"], ["a", "e", "i", "u"], ["a", "o", "u"], ["e", "o", "u"], ["a", "e", "o", "u"], ["a", "i", "o", "u"]]

Scheme

<lang scheme>(define (ncsubseq lst)

 (let recurse ((s 0)
               (lst lst))
   (if (null? lst)
       (if (>= s 3)
           '(())
           '())
       (let ((x (car lst))
             (xs (cdr lst)))
         (if (even? s)
             (append
              (map (lambda (ys) (cons x ys))
                   (recurse (+ s 1) xs))
              (recurse s xs))
             (append
              (map (lambda (ys) (cons x ys))
                   (recurse s xs))
              (recurse (+ s 1) xs)))))))</lang>
Output:
> (ncsubseq '(1 2 3))
((1 3))
> (ncsubseq '(1 2 3 4))
((1 2 4) (1 3 4) (1 3) (1 4) (2 4))
> (ncsubseq '(1 2 3 4 5))
((1 2 3 5) (1 2 4 5) (1 2 4) (1 2 5) (1 3 4 5) (1 3 4) (1 3 5) (1 3) (1 4 5) (1 4) (1 5) (2 3 5) (2 4 5) (2 4) (2 5) (3 5))

Seed7

<lang seed7>$ include "seed7_05.s7i";

const func array bitset: ncsub (in bitset: seq, in integer: s) is func

 result
   var array bitset: subseq is 0 times {};
 local
   var bitset: x is {};
   var bitset: xs is {};
   var bitset: ys is {};
 begin
   if seq <> {} then
     x := {min(seq)};
     xs := seq - x;
     for ys range ncsub(xs, s + 1 - s rem 2) do
       subseq &:= x | ys;
     end for;
     subseq &:= ncsub(xs, s + s rem 2);
   elsif s >= 3 then
     subseq &:= {};
   end if;
 end func;

const proc: main is func

 local
   var bitset: seq is {};
 begin
   for seq range ncsub({1, 2, 3, 4}, 0) do
     writeln(seq);
   end for;
 end func;</lang>
Output:
{1, 2, 4}
{1, 3, 4}
{1, 3}
{1, 4}
{2, 4}

Sidef

Translation of: Perl

<lang ruby>func non_continuous(min, max, subseq=[], has_gap=false) {

   static current = [];
   range(min, max).each { |i|
       current.push(i);
       has_gap && subseq.append([current...]);
       i < max && non_continuous(i.inc, max, subseq, has_gap);
       current.pop;
       has_gap = current.len;
   }
   subseq;

}

say non_continuous(1, 3); say non_continuous(1, 4); say non_continuous("a", "d");</lang>

Output:
[[1, 3]]
[[1, 2, 4], [1, 3], [1, 3, 4], [1, 4], [2, 4]]
[["a", "b", "d"], ["a", "c"], ["a", "c", "d"], ["a", "d"], ["b", "d"]]

Standard ML

<lang sml>fun fence s [] =

     if s >= 3 then
       [[]]
     else
       []
 | fence s (x :: xs) =
     if s mod 2 = 0 then
       map
         (fn ys => x :: ys)
         (fence (s + 1) xs)
       @
         fence s xs
     else
       map
         (fn ys => x :: ys)
         (fence s xs)
       @
         fence (s + 1) xs

fun ncsubseq xs = fence 0 xs</lang>

Output:
- ncsubseq [1,2,3];
val it = [[1,3]] : int list list
- ncsubseq [1,2,3,4];
val it = [[1,2,4],[1,3,4],[1,3],[1,4],[2,4]] : int list list
- ncsubseq [1,2,3,4,5];
val it =
  [[1,2,3,5],[1,2,4,5],[1,2,4],[1,2,5],[1,3,4,5],[1,3,4],[1,3,5],[1,3],
   [1,4,5],[1,4],[1,5],[2,3,5],...] : int list list

Tcl

This Tcl implementation uses the subsets function from Power Set, which is acceptable as that conserves the ordering, as well as a problem-specific test function is_not_continuous and a generic list filter lfilter:

<lang Tcl> proc subsets l {

    set res [list [list]]
    foreach e $l {
        foreach subset $res {lappend res [lappend subset $e]}
    }
    return $res
}
proc is_not_continuous seq {
    set last [lindex $seq 0]
    foreach e [lrange $seq 1 end] {
        if {$e-1 != $last} {return 1}
        set last $e
    }
    return 0
}
proc lfilter {f list} {
    set res {}
    foreach i $list {if [$f $i] {lappend res $i}}
    return $res
}

% lfilter is_not_continuous [subsets {1 2 3 4}] {1 3} {1 4} {2 4} {1 2 4} {1 3 4}</lang>

Ursala

To do it the lazy programmer way, apply the powerset library function to the list, which will generate all continuous and non-continuous subsequences of it, and then delete the subsequences that are also substrings (hence continuous) using a judicious combination of the built in substring predicate (K3), negation (Z), and distributing filter (K17) operator suffixes. This function will work on lists of any type. To meet the requirement for structural equivalence, the list items are first uniquely numbered (num), and the numbers are removed afterwards (rSS).

<lang Ursala>#import std

noncontinuous = num; ^rlK3ZK17rSS/~& powerset

  1. show+

examples = noncontinuous 'abcde'</lang>

Output:
abce
abd
abde
abe
ac
acd
acde
ace
ad
ade
ae
bce
bd
bde
be
ce

zkl

Translation of: JavaScript

<lang zkl>fcn non_continuous_subsequences(ary){

  pwerSet(ary).filter(fcn(list){(not isContinuous(list)) })

} fcn isContinuous(ary){

  if(ary.len()<2) return(True);
  foreach n in (ary.len()-1){ if(1+ary[n]!=ary[n+1]) return(False); }
  return(True);

} non_continuous_subsequences(T(1,2,3,4)).println();</lang> <lang>fcn pwerSet(list){

 (0).pump(list.len(),List,List,Utils.Helpers.pickNFrom.fp1(list),
    T(T,Void.Write,Void.Write) ) .append(list)

}</lang> <lang zkl>fcn brokenSubsequences(str){

  pwerSet(str.split("")).apply("concat")
  .filter('wrap(substr){ (not str.holds(substr)) })

} brokenSubsequences("1234").println();</lang>

Output:
L(L(1,3),L(1,4),L(2,4),L(1,2,4),L(1,3,4))
L("13","14","24","124","134")