Haskell Quiz/DayRange/Solution Jethr0

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-- > dayRange [1,2,3,6,7]
-- "Mon-Wed, Sat, Sun"
module DayRange where
import Data.List (intersperse,sort)
 
-- > dayRange [1,2,3,6,7]
-- "Mon-Wed, Sat, Sun"
data Weekday = Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun deriving (Show,Enum)
 
dayRange :: [Int] -> String
dayRange = sepComma . map range . map (map toWeekday) . groupBy' (\a b -> a+1 == b) . sort
    where sepComma    = concat . intersperse ", "
          toWeekday x = show $ (toEnum (x-1) :: Weekday)
          range xs | length xs < 3 = sepComma xs
                   | otherwise     = head xs ++ "-" ++ last xs
 
-- groupBy compares any element to the first one of the group
-- groupBy' instead compares an element to the last added group element
groupBy' :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [[a]]
groupBy' f (x:xs) = gb f xs [[x]]
    where gb f (x:xs) ((a:as):bs) = gb f xs $ if f a x then ((x:a:as):bs)
                                                       else ([x]:(a:as):bs)
          gb _ []     as = reverse . map reverse $ as

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