Programming Praxis

Scheme provides the higher-order functions map, for-each and fold that operate on lists. In today’s exercise we will write versions of those functions that operate on strings:

(string-map proc str) applies proc to each character in str, replacing the character with the output of proc. proc takes a single character and returns a single character.

(string-for-each proc str) applies proc to each character in str; the function is executed only for its side-effects. proc takes a single character and returns nothing.

(string-fold proc base str) calls function (proc base c) on each character of str, working left to right, accumulating the result in base as it goes. proc takes a base of any type, and a character, and returns a value of the same type as base. (string-fold-right proc base str) is the same, except that it works from right to left.

Your task is to implement these four functions in the language of your choice. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.

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