// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information. using System.Diagnostics; using System.Runtime.CompilerServices; namespace System { /// Represent a type can be used to index a collection either from the start or the end. /// /// Index is used by the C# compiler to support the new index syntax /// /// int[] someArray = new int[5] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } ; /// int lastElement = someArray[^1]; // lastElement = 5 /// /// public readonly struct Index : IEquatable { private readonly int _value; /// Construct an Index using a value and indicating if the index is from the start or from the end. /// The index value. it has to be zero or positive number. /// Indicating if the index is from the start or from the end. /// /// If the Index constructed from the end, index value 1 means pointing at the last element and index value 0 means pointing at beyond last element. /// [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)] public Index(int value, bool fromEnd = false) { if (value < 0) { ThrowHelper.ThrowValueArgumentOutOfRange_NeedNonNegNumException(); } if (fromEnd) _value = ~value; else _value = value; } // The following private constructors mainly created for perf reason to avoid the checks private Index(int value) { _value = value; } /// Create an Index pointing at first element. public static Index Start => new Index(0); /// Create an Index pointing at beyond last element. public static Index End => new Index(~0); /// Create an Index from the start at the position indicated by the value. /// The index value from the start. [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)] public static Index FromStart(int value) { if (value < 0) { ThrowHelper.ThrowValueArgumentOutOfRange_NeedNonNegNumException(); } return new Index(value); } /// Create an Index from the end at the position indicated by the value. /// The index value from the end. [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)] public static Index FromEnd(int value) { if (value < 0) { ThrowHelper.ThrowValueArgumentOutOfRange_NeedNonNegNumException(); } return new Index(~value); } /// Returns the index value. public int Value { get { if (_value < 0) return ~_value; else return _value; } } /// Indicates whether the index is from the start or the end. public bool IsFromEnd => _value < 0; /// Calculate the offset from the start using the giving collection length. /// The length of the collection that the Index will be used with. length has to be a positive value /// /// For performance reason, we don't validate the input length parameter and the returned offset value against negative values. /// we don't validate either the returned offset is greater than the input length. /// It is expected Index will be used with collections which always have non negative length/count. If the returned offset is negative and /// then used to index a collection will get out of range exception which will be same affect as the validation. /// [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)] public int GetOffset(int length) { int offset; if (IsFromEnd) offset = length - (~_value); else offset = _value; return offset; } /// Indicates whether the current Index object is equal to another object of the same type. /// An object to compare with this object public override bool Equals(object value) => value is Index && _value == ((Index)value)._value; /// Indicates whether the current Index object is equal to another Index object. /// An object to compare with this object public bool Equals (Index other) => _value == other._value; /// Returns the hash code for this instance. public override int GetHashCode() => _value; /// Converts integer number to an Index. public static implicit operator Index(int value) => FromStart(value); /// Converts the value of the current Index object to its equivalent string representation. public override string ToString() { if (IsFromEnd) return ToStringFromEnd(); return ((uint)Value).ToString(); } private string ToStringFromEnd() { Span span = stackalloc char[11]; // 1 for ^ and 10 for longest possible uint value bool formatted = ((uint)Value).TryFormat(span.Slice(1), out int charsWritten); Debug.Assert(formatted); span[0] = '^'; return new string(span.Slice(0, charsWritten + 1)); } } }