Merge pull request #7 from tpapp/pull-request/7e234fa3

added width (updated)
JuliaMath · Nov 18, 2016 · e7777c2 · e7777c2
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diff --git a/src/IntervalSets.jl b/src/IntervalSets.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module IntervalSets
 using Base: @pure
 import Base: eltype, convert, show, in, length, isempty, isequal, issubset, ==, hash, union, intersect, minimum, maximum
 
-export AbstractInterval, ClosedInterval, ⊇, .., ±, ordered
+export AbstractInterval, ClosedInterval, ⊇, .., ±, ordered, width
 
 abstract AbstractInterval{T}
 

diff --git a/src/closed.jl b/src/closed.jl
@@ -71,3 +71,8 @@ end
 issubset(A::ClosedInterval, B::ClosedInterval) = ((A.left in B) && (A.right in B)) || isempty(A)
 
 ⊇(A::ClosedInterval, B::ClosedInterval) = issubset(B, A)
+
+function width{T}(A::ClosedInterval{T})
+    _width = A.right - A.left
+    max(zero(_width), _width)   # this works when T is a Date
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -73,5 +73,14 @@ using Base.Test
         @test I ⊇ ClosedInterval(1, 2)
 
         @test hash(1..3) == hash(1.0..3.0)
+
+        let A = Date(1990, 1, 1), B = Date(1990, 3, 1)
+            @test width(ClosedInterval(A, B)) == Base.Dates.Day(59)
+            @test width(ClosedInterval(B, A)) == Base.Dates.Day(0)
+            @test isempty(ClosedInterval(B, A))
+        end
+
+        @test width(ClosedInterval(3,7)) ≡ 4
+        @test width(ClosedInterval(4.0,8.0)) ≡ 4.0
     end
 end