How to generate a list of n unique values (Gen[List[T]]) from a set of values (not generators) using ScalaCheck? This post uses Gen[T]* instead of a set of values, and I can't seem to rewrite it to make it work.
EDIT
At @Jubobs' request I now shamefully display what I have tried so far, revealing my utter novice status at using ScalaCheck :-)
I simply tried to replace gs: Gen[T] repeated parameter to a Set in what @Eric wrote as a solution here:
def permute[T](n: Int, gs: Set[T]): Gen[Seq[T]] = {
val perm = Random.shuffle(gs.toList)
for {
is <- Gen.pick(n, 1 until gs.size)
xs <- Gen.sequence[List[T], T](is.toList.map(perm(_)))
} yield xs
}
but is.toList.map(perm(_)) got underlined with red, with IntelliJ IDEA telling me that "You should read ScalaCheck API first before blind (although intuitive) trial and error", or maybe "Type mismatch, expected: Traversable[Gen[T]], actual List[T]", I can't remember.
I also tried several other ways, most of which I find ridiculous (and thus not worthy of posting) in hindsight, with the most naive being the using of @Eric's (otherwise useful and neat) solution as-is:
val g = for (i1 <- Gen.choose(0, myList1.length - 1);
i2 <- Gen.choose(0, myList2.length - 1))
yield new MyObject(myList1(i1), myList2(i2))
val pleaseNoDuplicatesPlease = permute(4, g, g, g, g, g)
After some testing I saw that pleaseNoDuplicatesPlease in fact contained duplicates, at which point I weighed my options of having to read through ScalaCheck API and understand a whole lot more than I do now (which will inevitably, and gradually come), or posting my question at StackOverflow (after carefully searching whether similar questions exist).
