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Task
Longest increasing subsequence
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

Calculate and show here a longest increasing subsequence of the list:

And of the list:

Note that a list may have more than one subsequence that is of the maximum length.

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Ref
  1. Dynamic Programming #1: Longest Increasing Subsequence on YouTube
  2. An efficient solution can be based on Patience sorting.



11l

Translation of: Python
F longest_increasing_subsequence(x)
   V n = x.len
   V P = [0] * n
   V M = [0] * (n + 1)
   V l = 0
   L(i) 0 .< n
      V lo = 1
      V hi = l
      L lo <= hi
         V mid = (lo + hi) I/ 2
         I (x[M[mid]] < x[i])
            lo = mid + 1
         E
            hi = mid - 1
      V newl = lo
      P[i] = M[newl - 1]
      M[newl] = i

      I (newl > l)
         l = newl

   [Int] s
   V k = M[l]
   L(i) (l - 1 .. 0).step(-1)
      s.append(x[k])
      k = P[k]
   R reversed(s)

L(d) [[3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1], [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]]
   print(‘a L.I.S. of #. is #.’.format(d, longest_increasing_subsequence(d)))
Output:
a L.I.S. of [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1] is [2, 4, 5]
a L.I.S. of [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15] is [0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

360 Assembly

Translation of: VBScript
*        Longest increasing subsequence    04/03/2017
LNGINSQ  CSECT
         USING  LNGINSQ,R13        base register
         B      72(R15)            skip savearea
         DC     17F'0'             savearea
         STM    R14,R12,12(R13)    save previous context
         ST     R13,4(R15)         link backward
         ST     R15,8(R13)         link forward
         LR     R13,R15            set addressability
         LA     R6,1             i=1
       DO WHILE=(CH,R6,LE,=H'2') do i=1 to 2
       IF CH,R6,EQ,=H'1' THEN      if i=1 then
         MVC    N,=AL2((A2-A1)/2)    n=hbound(a1)
         MVC    AA(64),A1            a=a1
       ELSE     ,                  else
         MVC    N,=AL2((AA-A2)/2)    n=hbound(a2)
         MVC    AA(64),A2            a=a2
       ENDIF    ,                  endif
         MVC    PG,=CL80': '       init buffer
         LA     R2,AA-2            @a
         LH     R3,N               n
         BAL    R14,PRINT          print a
         MVC    LL,=H'0'           l=0
         SR     R7,R7              j=0
       DO WHILE=(CH,R7,LE,N)       do j=0 to n
         MVC    LO,=H'1'             lo=1
         MVC    HI,LL                hi=l
         LH     R4,LO                lo
       DO WHILE=(CH,R4,LE,HI)        do while lo<=hi 
         LH     R1,LO                  lo
         AH     R1,HI                  lo+hi
         SRA    R1,1                   /2
         STH    R1,MIDDLE              middle=(lo+hi)/2
         SLA    R1,1                   *2
         LH     R1,MM(R1)              m(middle+1)
         SLA    R1,1                   *2
         LH     R3,AA(R1)              r3=a(m(middle+1)+1)
         LR     R1,R7                  j
         SLA    R1,1                   *2
         LH     R4,AA(R1)              r4=a(j+1)
         LH     R2,MIDDLE              middle
       IF CR,R3,LT,R4 THEN             if a(m(middle+1)+1)<a(j+1) then
         LA     R2,1(R2)                 middle+1
         STH    R2,LO                    lo=middle+1
       ELSE     ,                      else
         BCTR   R2,0                     middle-1
         STH    R2,HI                    hi=middle-1
       ENDIF    ,                      endif
         LH     R4,LO                  lo
       ENDDO    ,                    end /*while*/
         LH     R10,LO               newl=lo
         LR     R1,R10               newl
         SLA    R1,1                 *2
         LH     R3,MM-2(R1)          m(newl)
         LR     R1,R7                j
         SLA    R1,1                 *2
         STH    R3,PP(R1)            p(j+1)=m(newl)
         LR     R1,R10               newl
         SLA    R1,1                 *2
         STH    R7,MM(R1)            m(newl+1)=j
       IF CH,R10,GT,LL               if newl>l then 
         STH    R10,LL                 l=newl
       ENDIF    ,                    endif
         LA     R7,1(R7)             j++
       ENDDO    ,                  enddo j
         LH     R1,LL              l
         SLA    R1,1               *2
         LH     R10,MM(R1)         k=m(l+1)
         LH     R7,LL              j=l
       DO WHILE=(CH,R7,GE,=H'1')   do j=l to 1 by -1
         LR     R1,R10               k
         SLA    R1,1                 *2
         LH     R2,AA(R1)            a(k+1)
         LR     R1,R7                j
         SLA    R1,1                 *2
         STH    R2,SS-2(R1)          s(j)=a(k+1)
         LR     R1,R10               k
         SLA    R1,1                 *2
         LH     R10,PP(R1)           k=p(k+1)
         BCTR   R7,0                 j--
       ENDDO    ,                  enddo j
         MVC    PG,=CL80'> '       init buffer
         LA     R2,SS-2            @s
         LH     R3,LL              l
         BAL    R14,PRINT          print a
         LA     R6,1(R6)           i++
       ENDDO    ,                enddo i
         L      R13,4(0,R13)       restore previous savearea pointer
         LM     R14,R12,12(R13)    restore previous context
         XR     R15,R15            rc=0
         BR     R14                exit
PRINT    LA     R10,PG        ---- print subroutine
         LA     R10,2(R10)         pgi=2
         LA     R7,1               j=1
       DO WHILE=(CR,R7,LE,R3)      do j=1 to nx
         LR     R1,R7                j
         SLA    R1,1                 *2
         LH     R1,0(R2,R1)          x(j)
         XDECO  R1,XDEC              edit x(j)
         MVC    0(3,R10),XDEC+9      output x(j)
         LA     R10,3(R10)           pgi+=3
         LA     R7,1(R7)             j++
       ENDDO    ,                  enddo j
         XPRNT  PG,L'PG            print buffer
         BR     R14           ---- return
A1       DC     H'3',H'2',H'6',H'4',H'5',H'1'
A2       DC     H'0',H'8',H'4',H'12',H'2',H'10',H'6',H'14'
         DC     H'1',H'9',H'5',H'13',H'3',H'11',H'7',H'15'
AA       DS     32H                a(32)
PP       DS     32H                p(32)
MM       DS     32H                m(32)
SS       DS     32H                s(32)
N        DS     H                  n
LL       DS     H                  l
LO       DS     H                  lo
HI       DS     H                  hi
MIDDLE   DS     H                  middle
PG       DS     CL80               buffer
XDEC     DS     CL12               temp for xdeco
         YREGS
         END    LNGINSQ
Output:
:   3  2  6  4  5  1
>   2  4  5
:   0  8  4 12  2 10  6 14  1  9  5 13  3 11  7 15
>   0  2  6  9 11 15

AppleScript

Translation of: Phix

… modified to return multiple co-longest sequences where found. It's not clear how equal values should be treated. Here the behaviour happens to be as in the demo code at the end.

on longestIncreasingSubsequences(aList)
    script o
        property inputList : aList
        property m : {} -- End indices of identified subsequences.
        property p : {} -- 'Predecessor' indices for each point in each subsequence.
        property subsequence : {} -- Reconstructed longest sequence.
    end script
    -- Set m and p to lists of the same length as the input. Their initial contents don't matter!
    copy aList to o's m
    copy aList to o's p
    
    set bestLength to 0
    repeat with i from 1 to (count o's inputList)
        -- Comments adapted from those in the Wikipedia article — as far as they can be understood!
        -- Binary search for the largest possible 'lo' ≤ bestLength such that inputList[m[lo]] ≤ inputList[i].
        set lo to 1
        set hi to bestLength
        repeat until (lo > hi)
            set mid to (lo + hi + 1) div 2
            if (item (item mid of o's m) of o's inputList < item i of o's inputList) then
                set lo to mid + 1
            else
                set hi to mid - 1
            end if
        end repeat
        -- After searching, lo is 1 greater than the length of the longest prefix of inputList[i].
        -- The predecessor of inputList[i] is the last index of the subsequence of length lo - 1.
        if (lo > 1) then set item i of o's p to item (lo - 1) of o's m
        set item lo of o's m to i
        -- If we found a subsequence longer than or the same length as any we've found yet,
        -- update bestLength and store the end index associated with it.
        if (lo > bestLength) then
            set bestLength to lo
            set bestEndIndices to {item bestLength of o's m}
        else if (lo = bestLength) then
            set end of bestEndIndices to item bestLength of o's m
        end if
    end repeat
    -- Reconstruct the longest increasing subsequence(s).
    set output to {}
    if (bestLength > 0) then
        repeat with k in bestEndIndices
            set o's subsequence to {}
            repeat bestLength times
                set beginning of o's subsequence to item k of o's inputList
                set k to item k of o's p
            end repeat
            set end of output to o's subsequence
        end repeat
    end if
    
    return output
end longestIncreasingSubsequences

-- Task code and other tests:
local tests, output, input
set tests to {{3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1}, {0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15}, ¬
    {9, 10, 11, 3, 8, 9, 6, 7, 4, 5}, {4, 5, 5, 6}, {5, 5}}
set output to {}
repeat with input in tests
    set end of output to {finds:longestIncreasingSubsequences(input's contents)}
end repeat
return output
Output:
{{finds:{{2, 4, 5}}}, {finds:{{0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15}}}, {finds:{{9, 10, 11}, {3, 8, 9}, {3, 6, 7}, {3, 4, 5}}}, {finds:{{4, 5, 6}}}, {finds:{{5}, {5}}}}

Arturo

lis: function [d][
    l: new [[]]
    loop d 'num [
        x: []
        loop l 'seq [
            if positive? size seq [
                if and? num > last seq
                        (size seq) > size x ->
                    x: seq
            ]
        ]
        'l ++ @[x ++ @[num]]
    ]
    result: []
    loop l 'x [
        if (size x) > size result ->
            result: x
    ]
    return result
]

loop [
    [3 2 6 4 5 1]
    [0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15]
] 'seq [
    print ["LIS of" seq "=>" lis seq]
]
Output:
LIS of [3 2 6 4 5 1] => [3 4 5] 
LIS of [0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15] => [0 4 6 9 13 15]

AutoHotkey

Lists := [[3,2,6,4,5,1], [0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15]]

for k, v in Lists {
	D := LIS(v)
	MsgBox, % D[D.I].seq
}

LIS(L) {
	D := []
	for i, v in L {
		D[i, "Length"] := 1, D[i, "Seq"] := v, D[i, "Val"] := v
		Loop, % i - 1 {
			if(D[A_Index].Val < v && D[A_Index].Length + 1 > D[i].Length) {
				D[i].Length := D[A_Index].Length + 1
				D[i].Seq := D[A_Index].Seq ", " v
				if (D[i].Length > MaxLength)
					MaxLength := D[i].Length, D.I := i
			}
		}
	}
	return, D
}

Output:

3, 4, 5
0, 4, 6, 9, 13, 15

C

Using an array that doubles as linked list (more like reversed trees really). O(n) memory and O(n2) runtime.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

struct node {
	int val, len;
	struct node *next;
};

void lis(int *v, int len)
{
	int i;
	struct node *p, *n = calloc(len, sizeof *n);
	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
		n[i].val = v[i];

	for (i = len; i--; ) {
		// find longest chain that can follow n[i]
		for (p = n + i; p++ < n + len; ) {
			if (p->val > n[i].val && p->len >= n[i].len) {
				n[i].next = p;
				n[i].len = p->len + 1;
			}
		}
	}

	// find longest chain
	for (i = 0, p = n; i < len; i++)
		if (n[i].len > p->len) p = n + i;

	do printf(" %d", p->val); while ((p = p->next));
	putchar('\n');

	free(n);
}

int main(void)
{
	int x[] = { 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1 };
	int y[] = { 0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15 };

	lis(x, sizeof(x) / sizeof(int));
	lis(y, sizeof(y) / sizeof(int));
	return 0;
}
Output:
 3 4 5
 0 4 6 9 13 15

C#

Recursive

Works with: C sharp version 6
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

public static class LIS
{
    public static IEnumerable<T> FindRec<T>(IList<T> values, IComparer<T> comparer = null) =>
        values == null ? throw new ArgumentNullException() :
            FindRecImpl(values, Sequence<T>.Empty, 0, comparer ?? Comparer<T>.Default).Reverse();

    private static Sequence<T> FindRecImpl<T>(IList<T> values, Sequence<T> current, int index, IComparer<T> comparer) {
        if (index == values.Count) return current;
        if (current.Length > 0 && comparer.Compare(values[index], current.Value) <= 0)
            return FindRecImpl(values, current, index + 1, comparer);
        return Max(
            FindRecImpl(values, current, index + 1, comparer),
            FindRecImpl(values, current + values[index], index + 1, comparer)
        );
    }

    private static Sequence<T> Max<T>(Sequence<T> a, Sequence<T> b) => a.Length < b.Length ? b : a;

    class Sequence<T> : IEnumerable<T>
    {
        public static readonly Sequence<T> Empty = new Sequence<T>(default(T), null);

        public Sequence(T value, Sequence<T> tail)
        {
            Value = value;
            Tail = tail;
            Length = tail == null ? 0 : tail.Length + 1;
        }

        public T Value { get; }
        public Sequence<T> Tail { get; }
        public int Length { get; }

        public static Sequence<T> operator +(Sequence<T> s, T value) => new Sequence<T>(value, s);

        public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator()
        {
            for (var s = this; s.Length > 0; s = s.Tail) yield return s.Value;
        }

        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() => GetEnumerator();
    }
}

Patience sorting

Works with: C sharp version 7
public static class LIS
{
    public static T[] Find<T>(IList<T> values, IComparer<T> comparer = null) {
        if (values == null) throw new ArgumentNullException();
        if (comparer == null) comparer = Comparer<T>.Default;
        var pileTops = new List<T>();
        var pileAssignments = new int[values.Count];
        for (int i = 0; i < values.Count; i++) {
            T element = values[i];
            int pile = pileTops.BinarySearch(element, comparer);
            if (pile < 0) pile = ~pile;
            if (pile == pileTops.Count) pileTops.Add(element);
            else pileTops[pile] = element;
            pileAssignments[i] = pile;
        }
        T[] result = new T[pileTops.Count];
        for (int i = pileAssignments.Length - 1, p = pileTops.Count - 1; p >= 0; i--) {
            if (pileAssignments[i] == p) result[p--] = values[i];
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static void Main() {
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", LIS.Find(new [] { 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1 })));
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", LIS.Find(new [] { 0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15 })));
    }
}
Output:
2, 4, 5
0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15

C++

Patience sorting

C++11

#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>

template <typename T>
struct Node {
    T value;
    Node* prev_node;
};

template <typename Container>
Container lis(const Container& values) {
    using E = typename Container::value_type;
    using NodePtr = Node<E>*;
    using ConstNodePtr = const NodePtr;

    std::vector<NodePtr> pileTops;
    std::vector<Node<E>> nodes(values.size());

    // sort into piles
    auto cur_node = std::begin(nodes);
    for (auto cur_value = std::begin(values); cur_value != std::end(values); ++cur_value, ++cur_node)
    {
        auto node = &*cur_node;
        node->value = *cur_value;

        // lower_bound returns the first element that is not less than 'node->value'
        auto lb = std::lower_bound(pileTops.begin(), pileTops.end(), node,
            [](ConstNodePtr& node1, ConstNodePtr& node2) -> bool { return node1->value < node2->value; });

        if (lb != pileTops.begin())
            node->prev_node = *std::prev(lb);

        if (lb == pileTops.end())
            pileTops.push_back(node);
        else
            *lb = node;
    }

    // extract LIS from piles
    // note that LIS length is equal to the number of piles
    Container result(pileTops.size());
    auto r = std::rbegin(result);

    for (NodePtr node = pileTops.back(); node != nullptr; node = node->prev_node, ++r)
        *r = node->value;

    return result;
}

template <typename Container>
void show_lis(const Container& values)
{
    auto&& result = lis(values);
    for (auto& r : result) {
        std::cout << r << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
}

int main() 
{
    show_lis(std::list<int> { 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1 });
    show_lis(std::vector<int> { 0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15 });
}

C++98

#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>

template <typename T>
struct Node {
    T value;
    Node* prev_node;
};

template <typename T>
bool compare (const T& node1, const T& node2)
{
    return node1->value < node2->value;
}

template <typename Container>
Container lis(const Container& values) {
    typedef typename Container::value_type E;
    typedef typename Container::const_iterator ValueConstIter;
    typedef typename Container::iterator ValueIter;
    typedef Node<E>* NodePtr;
    typedef const NodePtr ConstNodePtr;
    typedef std::vector<Node<E> > NodeVector;
    typedef std::vector<NodePtr> NodePtrVector;
    typedef typename NodeVector::iterator NodeVectorIter;
    typedef typename NodePtrVector::iterator NodePtrVectorIter;

    std::vector<NodePtr> pileTops;
    std::vector<Node<E> > nodes(values.size());

    // sort into piles
    NodeVectorIter cur_node = nodes.begin();
    for (ValueConstIter cur_value = values.begin(); cur_value != values.end(); ++cur_value, ++cur_node)
    {
    NodePtr node = &*cur_node;
    node->value = *cur_value;

    // lower_bound returns the first element that is not less than 'node->value'
    NodePtrVectorIter lb = std::lower_bound(pileTops.begin(), pileTops.end(), node, compare<NodePtr>);

    if (lb != pileTops.begin())
        node->prev_node = *(lb - 1);

    if (lb == pileTops.end())
        pileTops.push_back(node);
    else
        *lb = node;
    }

    // extract LIS from piles
    // note that LIS length is equal to the number of piles
    Container result(pileTops.size());
    std::reverse_iterator<ValueIter> r = std::reverse_iterator<ValueIter>(result.rbegin());

    for (NodePtr node = pileTops.back(); node; node = node->prev_node, ++r)
        *r = node->value;

    return result;
}

template <typename Container>
void show_lis(const Container& values)
{
    const Container& result = lis(values);
    for (typename Container::const_iterator it = result.begin(); it != result.end(); ++it) {
        std::cout << *it << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
    const int arr1[] = { 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1 };
    const int arr2[] = { 0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15 };

    std::vector<int> vec1(arr1, arr1 + sizeof(arr1) / sizeof(arr1[0]));
    std::vector<int> vec2(arr2, arr2 + sizeof(arr2) / sizeof(arr2[0]));

    show_lis(vec1);
    show_lis(vec2);
}
Output:
2 4 5 
0 2 6 9 11 15 

Clojure

Implementation using the Patience Sort approach. The elements (newelem) put on a pile combine the "card" with a reference to the top of the previous stack, as per the algorithm. The combination is done using cons, so what gets put on a pile is a list -- a descending subsequence.

(defn place [piles card]
  (let [[les gts] (->> piles (split-with #(<= (ffirst %) card)))
        newelem (cons card (->> les last first))
        modpile (cons newelem (first gts))]
    (concat les (cons modpile (rest gts)))))

(defn a-longest [cards]
  (let [piles (reduce place '() cards)]
    (->> piles last first reverse)))

(println (a-longest [3 2 6 4 5 1]))
(println (a-longest [0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15]))
Output:
(2 4 5)
(0 2 6 9 11 15)

Common Lisp

Common Lisp: Using the method in the video

Slower and more memory usage compared to the patience sort method.

(defun longest-increasing-subseq (list)
  (let ((subseqs nil))
    (dolist (item list)
      (let ((longest-so-far (longest-list-in-lists (remove-if-not #'(lambda (l) (> item (car l))) subseqs))))
	(push (cons item longest-so-far) subseqs)))
    (reverse (longest-list-in-lists subseqs))))

(defun longest-list-in-lists (lists)
  (let ((longest nil)
	(longest-len 0))
    (dolist (list lists)
      (let ((len (length list)))
	(when (> len longest-len)
	  (setf longest list
		longest-len len))))
    longest))

(dolist (l (list (list 3 2 6 4 5 1)
		 (list 0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15)))
  (format t "~A~%" (longest-increasing-subseq l))))
Output:
(2 4 5)
(0 2 6 9 11 15)

Common Lisp: Using the Patience Sort approach

This is 5 times faster and and uses a third of the memory compared to the approach in the video.

(defun lis-patience-sort (input-list)
  (let ((piles nil))
    (dolist (item input-list)
      (setf piles (insert-item item piles)))
    (reverse (caar (last piles)))))

(defun insert-item (item piles)
  (let ((not-found t))
    (loop 
       while not-found
       for pile in piles
       and prev = nil then pile
       and i from 0
       do (when (<= item (caar pile))
	    (setf (elt piles i) (push (cons item (car prev)) (elt piles i))
		  not-found nil)))
    (if not-found
	(append piles (list (list (cons item (caar (last piles))))))
 	piles)))

(dolist (l (list (list 3 2 6 4 5 1)
		   (list 0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15)))
    (format t "~A~%" (lis-patience-sort l)))
Output:
(2 4 5)
(0 2 6 9 11 15)

Common Lisp: Using the Patience Sort approach (alternative)

This is a different version of the code above.

(defun insert-item (item piles)
  (multiple-value-bind
	(i prev)
      (do* ((prev nil (car x))
	    (x piles (cdr x))
	    (i 0 (1+ i)))
	   ((or (null x) (<= item (caaar x))) (values i prev)))
    (if (= i (length piles))
	(append piles (list (list (cons item (caar (last piles))))))
	(progn (push (cons item (car prev)) (elt piles i))
	       piles))))

(defun longest-inc-seq (input)
  (do* ((piles nil (insert-item (car x) piles))
	(x input (cdr x)))
       ((null x) (reverse (caar (last piles))))))

(dolist (l (list (list 3 2 6 4 5 1)
		   (list 0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15)))
    (format t "~A~%" (longest-inc-seq l)))
Output:
(2 4 5)
(0 2 6 9 11 15)

D

Simple Version

Translation of: Haskell

Uses the second powerSet function from the Power Set Task.

import std.stdio, std.algorithm, power_set2;

T[] lis(T)(T[] items) pure nothrow {
    //return items.powerSet.filter!isSorted.max!q{ a.length };
    return items
           .powerSet
           .filter!isSorted
           .minPos!q{ a.length > b.length }
           .front;
}

void main() {
    [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1].lis.writeln;
    [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15].lis.writeln;
}
Output:
[2, 4, 5]
[0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Patience sorting

Translation of: Python

From the second Python entry, using the Patience sorting method.

import std.stdio, std.algorithm, std.array;

/// Return one of the Longest Increasing Subsequence of
/// items using patience sorting.
T[] lis(T)(in T[] items) pure nothrow
if (__traits(compiles, T.init < T.init))
out(result) {
    assert(result.length <= items.length);
    assert(result.isSorted);
    assert(result.all!(x => items.canFind(x)));
} body {
    if (items.empty)
        return null;

    static struct Node { T val; Node* back; }
    auto pile = [[new Node(items[0])]];

    OUTER: foreach (immutable di; items[1 .. $]) {
        foreach (immutable j, ref pj; pile)
            if (pj[$ - 1].val > di) {
                pj ~= new Node(di, j ? pile[j - 1][$ - 1] : null);
                continue OUTER;
            }
        pile ~= [new Node(di, pile[$ - 1][$ - 1])];
    }

    T[] result;
    for (auto ptr = pile[$ - 1][$ - 1]; ptr != null; ptr = ptr.back)
        result ~= ptr.val;
    result.reverse();
    return result;
}

void main() {
    foreach (d; [[3,2,6,4,5,1],
                 [0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15]])
        d.lis.writeln;
}

The output is the same.

Faster Version

Translation of: Java

With some more optimizations.

import std.stdio, std.algorithm, std.range, std.array;

T[] lis(T)(in T[] items) pure nothrow
if (__traits(compiles, T.init < T.init))
out(result) {
    assert(result.length <= items.length);
    assert(result.isSorted);
    assert(result.all!(x => items.canFind(x)));
} body {
    if (items.empty)
        return null;

    static struct Node {
        T value;
        Node* pointer;
    }
    Node*[] pileTops;
    auto nodes = minimallyInitializedArray!(Node[])(items.length);

    // Sort into piles.
    foreach (idx, x; items) {
        auto node = &nodes[idx];
        node.value = x;
        immutable i = pileTops.length -
                      pileTops.assumeSorted!q{a.value < b.value}
                      .upperBound(node)
                      .length;
        if (i != 0)
            node.pointer = pileTops[i - 1];
        if (i != pileTops.length)
            pileTops[i] = node;
        else
            pileTops ~= node;
    }

    // Extract LIS from nodes.
    size_t count = 0;
    for (auto n = pileTops[$ - 1]; n != null; n = n.pointer)
        count++;
    auto result = minimallyInitializedArray!(T[])(count);
    for (auto n = pileTops[$ - 1]; n != null; n = n.pointer)
        result[--count] = n.value;
    return result;
}

void main() {
    foreach (d; [[3,2,6,4,5,1],
                 [0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15]])
        d.writeln;
}

The output is the same.

Déjà Vu

Translation of: Python
in-pair:
	if = :nil dup:
		false drop
	else:
		@in-pair &> swap &< dup

get-last lst:
	get-from lst -- len lst

lis-sub pile i di:
	for j range 0 -- len pile:
		local :pj get-from pile j
		if > &< get-last pj di:
			push-to pj & di if j get-last get-from pile -- j :nil
			return
	push-to pile [ & di get-last get-last pile ]

lis d:
	local :pile [ [ & get-from d 0 :nil ] ]
	for i range 1 -- len d:
		lis-sub pile i get-from d i
	[ for in-pair get-last get-last pile ]

!. lis [ 3 2 6 4 5 1 ]
!. lis [ 0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15 ]
Output:
[ 2 4 5 ]
[ 0 2 6 9 11 15 ]

EasyLang

Translation of: Ring
func[] lis x[] .
   n = len x[]
   len p[] n
   len m[] n
   for i to n
      lo = 1
      hi = lng
      while lo <= hi
         mid = (lo + hi) div 2
         if x[m[mid]] < x[i]
            lo = mid + 1
         else
            hi = mid - 1
         .
      .
      if lo > 1
         p[i] = m[lo - 1]
      .
      m[lo] = i
      if lo > lng
         lng = lo
      .
   .
   len res[] lng
   if lng > 0
      k = m[lng]
      for i = lng downto 1
         res[i] = x[k]
         k = p[k]
      .
   .
   return res[]
.
tests[][] = [ [ 3 2 6 4 5 1 ] [ 0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15 ]  ]
for x to len tests[][]
   print lis tests[x][]
.
Output:
[ 2 4 5 ]
[ 0 2 6 9 11 15 ]

Elixir

Translation of: Erlang

Naive version

very slow

defmodule Longest_increasing_subsequence do
  # Naive implementation
  def lis(l) do
    (for ss <- combos(l), ss == Enum.sort(ss), do: ss)
    |> Enum.max_by(fn ss -> length(ss) end)
  end
  
  defp combos(l) do
    Enum.reduce(1..length(l), [[]], fn k, acc -> acc ++ (combos(k, l)) end)
  end
  defp combos(1, l), do: (for x <- l, do: [x])
  defp combos(k, l) when k == length(l), do: [l] 
  defp combos(k, [h|t]) do
    (for subcombos <- combos(k-1, t), do: [h | subcombos]) ++ combos(k, t)
  end
end

IO.inspect Longest_increasing_subsequence.lis([3,2,6,4,5,1])
IO.inspect Longest_increasing_subsequence.lis([0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15])
Output:
[3, 4, 5]
[0, 4, 6, 9, 13, 15]

Patience sort version

defmodule Longest_increasing_subsequence do
  # Patience sort implementation
  def patience_lis(l), do: patience_lis(l, [])
 
  defp patience_lis([h | t], []), do: patience_lis(t, [[{h,[]}]])
  defp patience_lis([h | t], stacks), do: patience_lis(t, place_in_stack(h, stacks, []))
  defp patience_lis([], []), do: []
  defp patience_lis([], stacks), do: get_previous(stacks) |> recover_lis |> Enum.reverse
  
  defp place_in_stack(e, [stack = [{h,_} | _] | tstacks], prevstacks) when h > e do 
    prevstacks ++ [[{e, get_previous(prevstacks)} | stack] | tstacks]
  end
  defp place_in_stack(e, [stack | tstacks], prevstacks) do 
    place_in_stack(e, tstacks, prevstacks ++ [stack])
  end
  defp place_in_stack(e, [], prevstacks) do 
    prevstacks ++ [[{e, get_previous(prevstacks)}]]
  end
  
  defp get_previous(stack = [_|_]), do: hd(List.last(stack))
  defp get_previous([]), do: []
 
  defp recover_lis({e, prev}), do: [e | recover_lis(prev)]
  defp recover_lis([]), do: []
end

IO.inspect Longest_increasing_subsequence.patience_lis([3,2,6,4,5,1])
IO.inspect Longest_increasing_subsequence.patience_lis([0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15])
Output:
[2, 4, 5]
[0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Erlang

Four implementations:

- Naive version

Translation of: Haskell

- Memoization

- Patience sort version

- Patience sort version2

Function combos is copied from panduwana blog.

Function maxBy is copied from Hynek -Pichi- Vychodil's answer.

Function memo and patience2 by Roman Rabinovich.

-module(longest_increasing_subsequence).

-export([test_naive/0, test_memo/0, test_patience/0, test_patience2/0, test_compare/1]).

% **************************************************
% Interface to test the implementation
% **************************************************

test_compare(N) when N =< 20 ->
    Funs = [
        {"Naive", fun lis/1},
        {"Memo", fun memo/1},
        {"Patience", fun patience_lis/1},
        {"Patience2", fun patience2/1}
    ],
    do_compare(Funs, N);
test_compare(N) when N =< 500 ->
    Funs = [
        {"Memo", fun memo/1},
        {"Patience", fun patience_lis/1},
        {"Patience2", fun patience2/1}
    ],
    do_compare(Funs, N);
test_compare(N) ->
    Funs = [
        {"Patience", fun patience_lis/1},
        {"Patience2", fun patience2/1}
    ],
    do_compare(Funs, N).

do_compare(Funs, N) ->
    List = [rand:uniform(1000) || _ <- lists:seq(1,N)],
    Results = [{Name, timer:tc(fun() -> F(List) end)} || {Name,F} <- Funs],
    Times = [{Name, Time} || {Name, {Time, _Result}} <- Results],
    io:format("Result Times: ~p~n", [Times]).

test_naive() ->
    test_gen(fun lis/1).

test_memo() ->
    test_gen(fun memo/1).

test_patience() ->
    test_gen(fun patience_lis/1).

test_patience2() ->
    test_gen(fun patience2/1).

test_gen(F) ->
    show_result(F([3,2,6,4,5,1])),
    show_result(F([0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15])).

show_result(Res) ->
    io:format("~w\n", [Res]).

% **************************************************

% **************************************************
% Naive implementation
% **************************************************

lis(L) ->
    maxBy(
        fun(SS) -> length(SS) end,
        [ lists:usort(SS) 
            ||  SS <- combos(L), 
                SS == lists:sort(SS)]
    ).


% **************************************************
% Copied from http://stackoverflow.com/a/4762387/4162959
% **************************************************

maxBy(F, L) -> 
    element(
        2, 
        lists:max([ {F(X), X} || X <- L])
    ).

% **************************************************
% Copied from https://panduwana.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/combination-in-erlang/
% **************************************************

combos(L) ->
    lists:foldl(
        fun(K, Acc) -> Acc++(combos(K, L)) end,
        [[]],
        lists:seq(1, length(L))
    ).

combos(1, L) -> 
    [[X] || X <- L];
combos(K, L) when K == length(L) -> 
    [L];
combos(K, [H|T]) ->
    [[H | Subcombos] 
        || Subcombos <- combos(K-1, T)]
    ++ (combos(K, T)).
% **************************************************

% **************************************************
% Memoization implementation, Roman Rabinovich
% **************************************************
memo(S) ->
    put(test, #{}),
    memo(S, -1).

memo([], _) -> [];
memo([H | Tail] = S, Min) when H > Min ->
    case maps:get({S,Min}, get(test), undefined) of 
        undefined ->
            L1 = [H | memo(Tail, H)],
            L2 = memo(Tail, Min),
            case length(L1) >= length(L2) of 
                true -> 
                    Map = get(test),
                    put(test, Map#{{S, Min} => L1}),
                    L1;
                _ -> 
                    Map = get(test),
                    put(test, Map#{{S, Min} => L2}),
                    L2
            end;
        X -> X
    end;
memo([_|Tail], Min) ->
    memo(Tail, Min).

% **************************************************

% **************************************************
% Patience sort implementation
% **************************************************

patience_lis(L) ->
    patience_lis(L, []).

patience_lis([H | T], Stacks) ->
    NStacks = 
        case Stacks of 
            [] -> 
                [[{H,[]}]];
            _ ->
                place_in_stack(H, Stacks, [])
        end,
    patience_lis(T, NStacks);
patience_lis([], Stacks) ->
    case Stacks of 
        [] -> 
            [];
        [_|_] ->
            lists:reverse( recover_lis( get_previous(Stacks) ) )
    end.

place_in_stack(E, [Stack = [{H,_} | _] | TStacks], PrevStacks) when H > E -> 
    PrevStacks ++ [[{E, get_previous(PrevStacks)} | Stack] | TStacks];
place_in_stack(E, [Stack = [{H,_} | _] | TStacks], PrevStacks) when H =< E -> 
    place_in_stack(E, TStacks, PrevStacks ++ [Stack]);
place_in_stack(E, [], PrevStacks)-> 
    PrevStacks ++ [[{E, get_previous(PrevStacks)}]].

get_previous(Stack = [_|_]) ->
    hd(lists:last(Stack));
get_previous([]) ->
    [].

recover_lis({E,Prev}) -> 
    [E|recover_lis(Prev)];
recover_lis([]) -> 
    [].

% **************************************************

% **************************************************
% Patience2 by Roman Rabinovich, improved performance over above
% **************************************************
patience2([]) -> [];
patience2([H|L]) ->
    Piles = [[{H, undefined}]],
    patience2(L, Piles, []).

patience2([], Piles, _) ->
    get_seq(lists:reverse(Piles));

patience2([H|T], [[{PE,_}|_Rest] = Pile| Piles], PrevPiles) when H =< PE ->
    case PrevPiles of
        [] -> patience2(T, [[{H, undefined}|Pile]|Piles], []);
        [[{K,_}|_]|_] -> patience2(T, lists:reverse(PrevPiles) ++ [[{H, K}|Pile]|Piles], [])
    end;

patience2([H|_T] = L, [[{PE,_}|_Rest] = Pile| Piles], PrevPiles) when H > PE ->
    patience2(L, Piles, [Pile|PrevPiles]);

patience2([H|T], [], [[{K,_}|_]|_]=PrevPiles) ->
    patience2(T, lists:reverse([[{H,K}]|PrevPiles]), []).

get_seq([]) -> [];
get_seq([[{K,P}|_]|Rest]) ->
    get_seq(P, Rest, [K]).

get_seq(undefined, [], Seq) -> Seq;
get_seq(K, [Pile|Rest], Seq) ->
    case lists:keyfind(K, 1, Pile) of 
        undefined -> get_seq(K, Rest, Seq);
        {K, P} -> get_seq(P, Rest, [K|Seq])
    end.

% **************************************************

Output naive:

[3,4,5]
[0,4,6,9,13,15]

Output memoization:

[3,4,5]
[0,4,6,9,13,15]

Output patience:

[2,4,5]
[0,2,6,9,11,15]

Output patience2:

[2,4,5]
[0,2,6,9,11,15]

FreeBASIC

Sub Lis(arr() As Integer)
    Dim As Integer lb = Lbound(arr), ub = Ubound(arr)
    Dim As Integer i, lo, hi, mitad, newl, l = 0
	Dim As Integer p(ub), m(ub)
    
	For i = lb To ub
		lo = 1
		hi = l
		Do While lo <= hi
			mitad = Int((lo+hi)/2)
			If arr(m(mitad)) < arr(i) Then
				lo = mitad + 1
            Else
				hi = mitad - 1
            End If
        Loop
		newl = lo
		p(i) = m(newl-1)
		m(newl) = i
		If newL > l Then l = newl
    Next i
    
    Dim As Integer res(l)
	Dim As Integer k = m(l)
	For i = l-1 To 0 Step - 1
		res(i) = arr(k)
		k = p(k)
    Next i
	
    For i = Lbound(res) To Ubound(res)-1
        Print res(i); " ";
    Next i
End Sub

Dim As Integer arrA(5) => {3,2,6,4,5,1}
Lis(arrA())
Print
Dim As Integer arrB(15) => {0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15}
Lis(arrB())

Sleep
Output:
2 4 5
0 2 6 9 11 15

Go

Patience sorting

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "sort"
)

type Node struct {
    val int
    back *Node
}

func lis (n []int) (result []int) {
  var pileTops []*Node
  // sort into piles
  for _, x := range n {
    j := sort.Search(len(pileTops), func (i int) bool { return pileTops[i].val >= x })
    node := &Node{ x, nil }
    if j != 0 { node.back = pileTops[j-1] }
    if j != len(pileTops) {
      pileTops[j] = node
    } else {
      pileTops = append(pileTops, node)
    }
  }

  if len(pileTops) == 0 { return []int{} }
  for node := pileTops[len(pileTops)-1]; node != nil; node = node.back {
    result = append(result, node.val)
  }
  // reverse
  for i := 0; i < len(result)/2; i++ {
    result[i], result[len(result)-i-1] = result[len(result)-i-1], result[i]
  }
  return
}

func main() {
    for _, d := range [][]int{{3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1},
            {0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15}} {
        fmt.Printf("an L.I.S. of %v is %v\n", d, lis(d))
    }
}
Output:
an L.I.S. of [3 2 6 4 5 1] is [2 4 5]
an L.I.S. of [0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15] is [0 2 6 9 11 15]

Haskell

Naive implementation

import Data.Ord          ( comparing )
import Data.List         ( maximumBy, subsequences )
import Data.List.Ordered ( isSorted, nub )

lis :: Ord a => [a] -> [a]
lis = maximumBy (comparing length) . map nub  . filter isSorted . subsequences                 
--    longest                    <-- unique <-- increasing    <-- all      

main = do
  print $ lis [3,2,6,4,5,1]
  print $ lis [0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15]
  print $ lis [1,1,1,1]
Output:
[2,4,5]
[0,2,6,9,11,15]
[1]

Patience sorting

{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts, UnicodeSyntax #-}

module Main (main, lis) where

import Control.Monad.ST  ( ST, runST )
import Control.Monad     ( (>>=), (=<<), foldM )
import Data.Array.ST     ( Ix,  STArray, readArray, writeArray, newArray )
import Data.Array.MArray ( MArray )

infix 4 

() :: Eq α  α  α  Bool
() = (==)

() = (.)


lis  Ord α  [α]  [α]
lis xs = runST $ do
  let lxs = length xs
  pileTops  newSTArray (min 1 lxs , lxs) []
  i         foldM (stack pileTops) 0 xs
  readArray pileTops i >>= return  reverse

stack  (Integral ι, Ord ε, Ix ι, MArray α [ε] μ)
       α ι [ε]  ι  ε  μ ι
stack piles i x = do
  j  bsearch piles x i
  writeArray piles j  (x:) =<< if j  1 then return []
                                         else readArray piles (j-1)
  return $ if j  i+1 then i+1 else i

bsearch  (Integral ι, Ord ε, Ix ι, MArray α [ε] μ)
         α ι [ε]  ε  ι  μ ι
bsearch piles x = go 1
  where go lo hi | lo > hi   = return lo
                 | otherwise =
                    do (y:_)  readArray piles mid
                       if y < x then go (succ mid) hi
                                else go lo (pred mid)

                         where mid = (lo + hi) `div` 2

newSTArray  Ix ι  (ι,ι)  ε  ST σ (STArray σ ι ε)
newSTArray = newArray


main  IO ()
main = do
  print $ lis [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1]
  print $ lis [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]
  print $ lis [1, 1, 1, 1]
Output:
[2,4,5]
[0,2,6,9,11,15]
[1]

Icon and Unicon

The following works in both languages:

procedure main(A)
    every writes((!lis(A)||" ") | "\n")
end

procedure lis(A)
    r := [A[1]] | fail
    every (put(pt := [], [v := !A]), p := !pt) do
        if put(p, p[-1] < v) then r := (*p > *r, p)
        else p[-1] := (p[-2] < v)
    return r
end

Sample runs:

->lis 3 2 6 4 5 1
 3 4 5
->lis 0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15
 0 4 6 9 11 15
->

J

These examples are simple enough for brute force to be reasonable:

increasing=: (-: /:~)@#~"1 #:@i.@^~&2@#
longestinc=: ] #~ [: (#~ ([: (= >./) +/"1)) #:@I.@increasing

In other words: consider all 2^n bitmasks of length n, and select those which strictly select increasing sequences. Find the length of the longest of these and use the masks of that length to select from the original sequence.

Example use:

   longestinc 3,2,6,4,5,1
2 4 5
3 4 5
   longestinc 0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15
0 2 6 9 11 15
0 2 6 9 13 15
0 4 6 9 11 15
0 4 6 9 13 15

Java

A solution based on patience sorting, except that it is not necessary to keep the whole pile, only the top (in solitaire, bottom) of the pile, along with pointers from each "card" to the top of its "previous" pile.

import java.util.*;

public class LIS {
    public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> List<E> lis(List<E> n) {
        List<Node<E>> pileTops = new ArrayList<Node<E>>();
        // sort into piles
        for (E x : n) {
	    Node<E> node = new Node<E>();
	    node.value = x;
            int i = Collections.binarySearch(pileTops, node);
            if (i < 0) i = ~i;
	    if (i != 0)
		node.pointer = pileTops.get(i-1);
            if (i != pileTops.size())
                pileTops.set(i, node);
            else
                pileTops.add(node);
        }
	// extract LIS from nodes
	List<E> result = new ArrayList<E>();
	for (Node<E> node = pileTops.size() == 0 ? null : pileTops.get(pileTops.size()-1);
                node != null; node = node.pointer)
	    result.add(node.value);
	Collections.reverse(result);
	return result;
    }

    private static class Node<E extends Comparable<? super E>> implements Comparable<Node<E>> {
	public E value;
	public Node<E> pointer;
        public int compareTo(Node<E> y) { return value.compareTo(y.value); }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
	List<Integer> d = Arrays.asList(3,2,6,4,5,1);
	System.out.printf("an L.I.S. of %s is %s\n", d, lis(d));
        d = Arrays.asList(0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15);
	System.out.printf("an L.I.S. of %s is %s\n", d, lis(d));
    }
}
Output:
an L.I.S. of [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1] is [2, 4, 5]
an L.I.S. of [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15] is [0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

JavaScript

function getLis(input) {
  if (input.length === 0) {
    return [];
  }

  var lisLenPerIndex = [];
  let max = { index: 0, length: 1 };

  for (var i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
    lisLenPerIndex[i] = 1;
    for (var j = i - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
      if (input[i] > input[j] && lisLenPerIndex[j] >= lisLenPerIndex[i]) {
        var length = lisLenPerIndex[i] = lisLenPerIndex[j] + 1;
        if (length > max.length) {
          max = { index: i, length };
        }
      }
    }
  }

  var lis = [input[max.index]];
  for (var i = max.index; i >= 0 && max.length !== 0; i--) {
    if (input[max.index] > input[i] && lisLenPerIndex[i] === max.length - 1) {
      lis.unshift(input[i]);
      max.length--;
    }
  }

  return lis;
}

console.log(getLongestIncreasingSubsequence([0, 7, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]));
console.log(getLongestIncreasingSubsequence([3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1]));
Output:
[ 0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15 ]
[ 2, 4, 5 ]

Patience sorting

function getLIS(input) {
  if (input.length === 0) {
    return 0;
  }

  const piles = [input[0]];

  for (let i = 1; i < input.length; i++) {
    const leftPileIdx = binarySearch(piles, input[i]);

    if (leftPileIdx !== -1) {
      piles[leftPileIdx] = input[i];
    } else {
      piles.push(input[i]);
    }
  }

  return piles.length;
}

function binarySearch(arr, target) {
  let lo = 0;
  let hi = arr.length - 1;

  while (lo <= hi) {
    const mid = lo + Math.floor((hi - lo) / 2);

    if (arr[mid] >= target) {
      hi = mid - 1;
    } else {
      lo = mid + 1;
    }
  }

  return lo < arr.length ? lo : -1;
}

console.log(getLongestIncreasingSubsequence([0, 7, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]));
console.log(getLongestIncreasingSubsequence([3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1]));
Output:
[ 0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15 ]
[ 2, 4, 5 ]

jq

Works with: jq version 1.4

Use the patience sorting method to find a longest (strictly) increasing subsequence.

Generic functions:

Recent versions of jq have functions that obviate the need for the two generic functions defined in this subsection.

def until(cond; update):
  def _until:
    if cond then . else (update | _until) end; 
  try _until catch if .== "break" then empty else . end;

# binary search for insertion point
def bsearch(target):
  . as $in
  | [0, length-1] # [low, high]
  | until(.[0] > .[1];
          .[0] as $low | .[1] as $high
          | ($low + ($high - $low) / 2 | floor) as $mid
          | if $in[$mid] >= target
            then .[1] = $mid - 1
            else .[0] = $mid + 1
            end )
  | .[0];

lis:

def lis:

  # Helper function:
  # given a stream, produce an array of the items in reverse order:
  def reverse(stream): reduce stream as $i ([]; [$i] + .);

  # put the items into increasing piles using the structure:
  # NODE = {"val": value, "back": NODE}
  reduce .[] as $x
    ( []; # array of NODE
      # binary search for the appropriate pile
      (map(.val) | bsearch($x)) as $i
      | setpath([$i];
                {"val": $x,
                 "back": (if $i > 0 then .[$i-1] else null end) })
    )
  | .[length - 1] 
  | reverse( recurse(.back) | .val ) ;

Examples:

( [3,2,6,4,5,1],
  [0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15]
) | lis
Output:
$ jq -c -n -f lis.jq
[2,4,5]
[0,2,6,9,11,15]

Julia

Works with: Julia version 0.6
function lis(arr::Vector)
    if length(arr) == 0 return copy(arr) end
    L = Vector{typeof(arr)}(length(arr))
    L[1] = [arr[1]]

    for i in 2:length(arr)
        nextL = []
        for j in 1:i
            if arr[j] < arr[i] && length(L[j])  length(nextL)
                nextL = L[j]
            end
        end
        L[i] = vcat(nextL, arr[i])
    end

    return L[indmax(length.(L))]
end

@show lis([3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1])
@show lis([0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15])
Output:
lis([3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1]) = [2, 4, 5]
lis([0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]) = [0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Kotlin

Uses the algorithm in the Wikipedia L.I.S. article:

// version 1.1.0

fun longestIncreasingSubsequence(x: IntArray): IntArray = 
    when (x.size) {
        0    -> IntArray(0)
        1    -> x
        else -> {
            val n = x.size
            val p = IntArray(n) 
            val m = IntArray(n + 1)
            var len = 0
            for (i in 0 until n) { 
                var lo = 1
                var hi = len
                while (lo <= hi) {
                    val mid = Math.ceil((lo + hi) / 2.0).toInt()
                    if (x[m[mid]] < x[i]) lo = mid + 1
                    else hi = mid - 1
                }
                val newLen = lo 
                p[i] = m[newLen - 1]
                m[newLen] = i
                if (newLen > len) len = newLen
            } 
            val s = IntArray(len)
            var k = m[len]
            for (i in len - 1 downTo 0) {
                s[i] = x[k]
                k = p[k]
            }
            s   
        } 
    }

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    val lists = listOf(
        intArrayOf(3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1),
        intArrayOf(0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15)
    )
    lists.forEach { println(longestIncreasingSubsequence(it).asList()) }
}
Output:
[2, 4, 5]
[0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Lua

function buildLIS(seq)
    local piles = { { {table.remove(seq, 1), nil} } }
    while #seq>0 do
        local x=table.remove(seq, 1)
        for j=1,#piles do
            if piles[j][#piles[j]][1]>x then
                table.insert(piles[j], {x, (piles[j-1] and #piles[j-1])})
                break
            elseif j==#piles then
                table.insert(piles, {{x, #piles[j]}})
            end
        end
    end
    local t={}
    table.insert(t, piles[#piles][1][1])
    local p=piles[#piles][1][2]
    for i=#piles-1,1,-1 do
        table.insert(t, piles[i][p][1])
        p=piles[i][p][2]
    end
    table.sort(t)
    print(unpack(t))
end

buildLIS({3,2,6,4,5,1})
buildLIS({0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15})
Output:
2   4   5
0   2   6   9   11  15

M2000 Interpreter

Using Stack objects in an array

stack:=stackitem(L(i)), ! stack(L(j)) returns a refence to a new stack object, with the first item on L(i) (which is a reference to stack object) and merge using ! the copy of L(j) stack.

Module LIS_example {
	Function LIS {
		LD=Stack.Size-1
		dim L(0 to LD)
		For i=0 to LD : Read V: L(i):=Stack:=V:next
		M=1
		M1=LD
		for i=LD-1 to 0
			for j=LD to i+1
				if stackitem(L(i))<stackitem(L(j)) then
					if len(L(i))<=len(L(j)) then L(i) =stack:=stackitem(L(i)), ! stack(L(j))
				end if
			next
			if len(L(i))>=M then M1=i:M=Len(L(i))
		next
		=L(M1)
	}
	Const seq$="sequence", subseq$="Longest increasing subsequence"
	Document doc$
	Disp(seq$, Stack:=3,2,6,4,5,1)
	Disp(subseq$, Lis(3,2,6,4,5,1))
	Disp(seq$, Stack:=0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15)
	Disp(subseq$, LIS(0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15))
	Print #-2,Doc$
	Clipboard Doc$
	
	Sub Disp(title$, m)
		local n=each(m), s$
		while n
			s$+=", "+str$(stackitem(n),"")
		end while
		s$=trim$(mid$(s$, 2))
		Doc$=title$+": "+s$+{
		}
	End Sub
}
LIS_example

Using arrays in an array

Module LIS_example {
	Function LIS {
		LD=Stack.Size-1
		dim L(0 to LD)
		For i=0 to LD : Read V: L(i):=(V,):next
		M=1
		M1=LD
		for i=LD-1 to 0
			for j=LD to i+1
				if Array(L(i))<Array(L(j)) then
				' 	you can use either is the same
				'	if len(L(i))<=len(L(j)) then L(i)=Cons((Array(L(i)),), L(j))
				if len(L(i))<=len(L(j)) then L(i)=(Array(L(i)),): Append L(i), L(j)
				end if
			next
			if len(L(i))>=M then M1=i:M=Len(L(i))
		next
		=L(M1)
	}
	Const seq$="sequence", subseq$="Longest increasing subsequence"
	Document doc$
	Disp(seq$, (3,2,6,4,5,1))
	Disp(subseq$, LIS(3,2,6,4,5,1))
	Disp(seq$, (0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15))
	Disp(subseq$, LIS(0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15))
	Print #-2,Doc$
	Clipboard Doc$
 
	Sub Disp(title$, m)
		local n=each(m), s$
		while n
			s$+=", "+str$(Array(n),"")
		end while
		s$=trim$(mid$(s$, 2))
		Doc$=title$+": "+s$+{
		}
	End Sub
}
LIS_example
Output:
sequence: 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1
Longest increasing subsequence: 3, 4, 5
sequence: 0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15
Longest increasing subsequence: 0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15

Maple

# dynamic programming:
LIS := proc(L)
	local i, j;
	local index := 1;
	local output := Array(1..numelems(L), i -> Array(1..0));

	for i from 1 to numelems(L) do
		for j from 1 to i - 1 do
			if (L[j] < L[i]) and (upperbound(output[j]) > upperbound(output[i])) then
				output[i] := copy(output[j]);
			end if;
		end do;
		# append current value
		output[i] ,= L[i];
	end do;

	#output longest subsequence using loop
	for i from 2 to numelems(L) do
		if (upperbound(output[i]) > upperbound(output[index])) then
			index := i;
		end if;	
	end do;
	
	return output[index];
	
end proc:

Alternatively, output the longest subsequence using built-in command max:

i := max[index](map(numelems,output));
output[i];
L := [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1];
M := [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15];
LIS(L);
LIS(M);
Output:
[3 4 5]
[0 4 6 9 13 15]


Mathematica /Wolfram Language

Although undocumented, Mathematica has the function LongestAscendingSequence which exactly does what the Task asks for:

LongestAscendingSequence/@{{3,2,6,4,5,1},{0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15}}
Output:
{{2,4,5},{0,2,6,9,11,15}}

Nim

Translation of: Python
proc longestIncreasingSubsequence[T](d: seq[T]): seq[T] =
  var l: seq[seq[T]]
  for i in 0 .. d.high:
    var x: seq[T]
    for j in 0 ..< i:
      if l[j][l[j].high] < d[i] and l[j].len > x.len:
        x = l[j]
    l.add x & @[d[i]]
  for x in l:
    if x.len > result.len:
      result = x

for d in [@[3,2,6,4,5,1], @[0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]]:
  echo "A L.I.S. of ", d, " is ", longestIncreasingSubsequence(d)
Output:
A L.I.S. of @[3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1] is @[3, 4, 5]
A L.I.S. of @[0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15] is @[0, 4, 6, 9, 13, 15]

Objective-C

Patience sorting

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface Node : NSObject {
@public
  id val;
  Node *back;
}
@end

@implementation Node
@end

@interface NSArray (LIS)
- (NSArray *)longestIncreasingSubsequenceWithComparator:(NSComparator)comparator;
@end

@implementation NSArray (LIS)
- (NSArray *)longestIncreasingSubsequenceWithComparator:(NSComparator)comparator {
  NSMutableArray *pileTops = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
  // sort into piles
  for (id x in self) {
    Node *node = [[Node alloc] init];
    node->val = x;
    int i = [pileTops indexOfObject:node
                      inSortedRange:NSMakeRange(0, [pileTops count])
                            options:NSBinarySearchingInsertionIndex|NSBinarySearchingFirstEqual
                    usingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(Node *node1, Node *node2) {
                      return comparator(node1->val, node2->val);
                    }];
    if (i != 0)
      node->back = pileTops[i-1];
    pileTops[i] = node;
  }
  
  // follow pointers from last node
  NSMutableArray *result = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
  for (Node *node = [pileTops lastObject]; node; node = node->back)
    [result addObject:node->val];
  return [[result reverseObjectEnumerator] allObjects];
}
@end

int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
  @autoreleasepool {
    for (NSArray *d in @[@[@3, @2, @6, @4, @5, @1],
         @[@0, @8, @4, @12, @2, @10, @6, @14, @1, @9, @5, @13, @3, @11, @7, @15]])
      NSLog(@"an L.I.S. of %@ is %@", d,
            [d longestIncreasingSubsequenceWithComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id obj1, id obj2) {
        return [obj1 compare:obj2];
      }]);
  }
  return 0;
}
Output:
an L.I.S. of (
    3,
    2,
    6,
    4,
    5,
    1
) is (
    2,
    4,
    5
)
an L.I.S. of (
    0,
    8,
    4,
    12,
    2,
    10,
    6,
    14,
    1,
    9,
    5,
    13,
    3,
    11,
    7,
    15
) is (
    0,
    2,
    6,
    9,
    11,
    15
)

OCaml

Naïve implementation

let longest l = List.fold_left (fun acc x -> if List.length acc < List.length x
                                  then x
                                  else acc) [] l

let subsequences d l =
  let rec check_subsequences acc = function
    | x::s -> check_subsequences (if (List.hd (List.rev x)) < d
                                  then x::acc
                                  else acc) s
    | [] -> acc
  in check_subsequences [] l

let lis d =
  let rec lis' l = function
    | x::s -> lis' ((longest (subsequences x l)@[x])::l) s
    | [] -> longest l
  in lis' [] d

let _ =
  let sequences = [[3; 2; 6; 4; 5; 1]; [0; 8; 4; 12; 2; 10; 6; 14; 1; 9; 5; 13; 3; 11; 7; 15]]
  in
  List.map (fun x -> print_endline (String.concat " " (List.map string_of_int
                                                         (lis x)))) sequences
Output:
3 4 5
0 4 6 9 13 15

Patience sorting

let lis cmp list =
  let pile_tops = Array.make (List.length list) [] in
  let bsearch_piles x len =
    let rec aux lo hi =
      if lo > hi then
        lo
      else
        let mid = (lo + hi) / 2 in
        if cmp (List.hd pile_tops.(mid)) x < 0 then
          aux (mid+1) hi
        else
          aux lo (mid-1)
    in
      aux 0 (len-1)
  in
  let f len x =
    let i = bsearch_piles x len in
    pile_tops.(i) <- x :: if i = 0 then [] else pile_tops.(i-1);
    if i = len then len+1 else len
  in
  let len = List.fold_left f 0 list in
  List.rev pile_tops.(len-1)

Usage:

# lis compare [3; 2; 6; 4; 5; 1];;
- : int list = [2; 4; 5]
# lis compare [0; 8; 4; 12; 2; 10; 6; 14; 1; 9; 5; 13; 3; 11; 7; 15];;
- : int list = [0; 2; 6; 9; 11; 15]

Pascal

Works with: FPC

O(NLogN) version.

program LisDemo;
{$mode objfpc}{$h+}
uses
  SysUtils;

function Lis(const A: array of Integer): specialize TArray<Integer>;
var
  TailIndex: array of Integer;
  function CeilIndex(Value, R: Integer): Integer;
  var
    L, M: Integer;
  begin
    L := 0;
    while L < R do begin
      {$PUSH}{$Q-}{$R-}M := (L + R) shr 1;{$POP}
      if A[TailIndex[M]] < Value then L := M + 1
      else R := M;
    end;
    Result := R;
  end;
var
  I, J, Len: Integer;
  Parents: array of Integer;
begin
  Result := nil;
  if Length(A) = 0 then exit;
  SetLength(TailIndex, Length(A));
  SetLength(Parents, Length(A));
  Len := 1;
  for I := 1 to High(A) do
    if A[I] < A[TailIndex[0]] then
      TailIndex[0] := I
    else
      if A[TailIndex[Len-1]] < A[I] then begin
        Parents[I] := TailIndex[Len - 1];
        TailIndex[Len] := I;
        Inc(Len);
      end else begin
        J := CeilIndex(A[I], Len - 1);
        Parents[I] := TailIndex[J - 1];
        TailIndex[J] := I;
      end;
  if Len < 2 then exit([A[0]]);
  SetLength(Result, Len);
  J := TailIndex[Len - 1];
  for I := Len - 1 downto 0 do begin
    Result[I] := A[J];
    J := Parents[J];
  end;
end;

procedure PrintArray(const A: array of Integer);
var
  I: SizeInt;
begin
  Write('[');
  for I := 0 to High(A) - 1 do
    Write(A[I], ', ');
  WriteLn(A[High(A)], ']');
end;

begin
  PrintArray(Lis([3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1]));
  PrintArray(Lis([0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]));
  PrintArray(Lis([1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0]));
end.
Output:
[2, 4, 5]
[0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]
[1]

Perl

Dynamic programming

Translation of: Raku
use strict;

sub lis {
    my @l = map [], 1 .. @_;
    push @{$l[0]}, +$_[0];
    for my $i (1 .. @_-1) {
        for my $j (0 .. $i - 1) {
            if ($_[$j] < $_[$i] and @{$l[$i]} < @{$l[$j]} + 1) {
                $l[$i] = [ @{$l[$j]} ];
            }
        }
        push @{$l[$i]}, $_[$i];
    }
    my ($max, $l) = (0, []);
    for (@l) {
        ($max, $l) = (scalar(@$_), $_) if @$_ > $max;
    }
    return @$l;
}

print join ' ', lis 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1;
print join ' ', lis 0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15;
Output:
2 4 5
0 2 6 9 11 15

Patience sorting

sub lis {
    my @pileTops;
    # sort into piles
    foreach my $x (@_) {
	# binary search
	my $low = 0, $high = $#pileTops;
	while ($low <= $high) {
	    my $mid = int(($low + $high) / 2);
	    if ($pileTops[$mid]{val} >= $x) {
	        $high = $mid - 1;
	    } else {
	        $low = $mid + 1;
	    }
	}
	my $i = $low;
	my $node = {val => $x};
        $node->{back} = $pileTops[$i-1] if $i != 0;
	$pileTops[$i] = $node;
    }
    my @result;
    for (my $node = $pileTops[-1]; $node; $node = $node->{back}) {
        push @result, $node->{val};
    }

    return reverse @result;
}

foreach my $r ([3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1],
	       [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]) {
    my @d = @$r;
    my @lis = lis(@d);
    print "an L.I.S. of [@d] is [@lis]\n";
    
}
Output:
an L.I.S. of [3 2 6 4 5 1] is [2 4 5]
an L.I.S. of [0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15] is [0 2 6 9 11 15]

Phix

Using the Wikipedia algorithm (converted to 1-based indexing)

with javascript_semantics
function lis(sequence x, integer n = length(x))
    sequence p = repeat(0,n),
             m = repeat(0,n)
    integer len = 0
    for i=1 to n do
        integer lo = 1
        integer hi = len
        while lo<=hi do
            integer mid = ceil((lo+hi)/2)
            if x[m[mid]]<x[i] then
                lo = mid + 1
            else
                hi = mid - 1
            end if
        end while
        if lo>1 then
            p[i] = m[lo-1]
        end if
        m[lo] = i
        if lo>len then len = lo end if
    end for
    sequence res = repeat(0,len)
    if len>0 then
        integer k = m[len]
        for i=len to 1 by -1 do
            res[i] = x[k]
            k = p[k]
        end for
    end if
    return res
end function
 
constant tests = {{3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1},
                  {0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15}}
for i=1 to length(tests) do
    ?lis(tests[i])
end for
Output:
{2,4,5}
{0,2,6,9,11,15}

PHP

Patience sorting

<?php
class Node {
    public $val;
    public $back = NULL;
}

function lis($n) {
    $pileTops = array();
    // sort into piles
    foreach ($n as $x) {
        // binary search
        $low = 0; $high = count($pileTops)-1;
        while ($low <= $high) {
            $mid = (int)(($low + $high) / 2);
            if ($pileTops[$mid]->val >= $x)
                $high = $mid - 1;
            else
                $low = $mid + 1;
        }
        $i = $low;
        $node = new Node();
        $node->val = $x;
        if ($i != 0)
            $node->back = $pileTops[$i-1];
        $pileTops[$i] = $node;
    }
    $result = array();
    for ($node = count($pileTops) ? $pileTops[count($pileTops)-1] : NULL;
         $node != NULL; $node = $node->back)
        $result[] = $node->val;

    return array_reverse($result);
}

print_r(lis(array(3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1)));
print_r(lis(array(0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15)));
?>
Output:
Array
(
    [0] => 2
    [1] => 4
    [2] => 5
)
Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 2
    [2] => 6
    [3] => 9
    [4] => 11
    [5] => 15
)

Picat

Mode-directed tabling

Translation of: Prolog
table(+,+,max)
lis_mode(In, Out,OutLen) =>
  one_is(In, [], Is),
  Out = reverse(Is),
  OutLen = Out.length.

one_is([], Current, Current2) => Current = Current2.
one_is([H|T], Current, Final) =>
	( Current = [], one_is(T, [H], Final));
	( Current = [H1|_], H1 @< H, one_is(T, [H|Current], Final));
	one_is(T, Current, Final).

Constraint modelling approach

For larger instances, the sat solver is generally faster than the cp solver.

lis_cp(S, Res,Z) =>
  Len = S.len,
  X = new_list(Len),
  X :: 0..1,

  increasing_except_0($[X[I]*S[I] : I in 1..Len]),
  Z #= sum(X),

  solve($[max(Z)],X),
  % Extract the found LIS
  Res = [S[I] : I in 1..Len, X[I] == 1].

% 
% Ensures that array A is (strictly) increasing if we disregard any 0's
% 
increasing_except_0(A) =>
  N = A.len,
  foreach(I in 1..N, J in I+1..N)
    (A[I] #!= 0 #/\ A[J] #!= 0) #=> (A[I] #< A[J])
  end.

Test

import sat. % for lis_cp
% import cp. % Slower than sat on larger instances.

go =>
  nolog,
  Tests = [
        [3,2,6,4,5,1],
        [0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15],
        [1,1,1,1],
        [4,65,2,-31,0,99,83,782,1]
       ],
  Funs = [lis_mode, lis_cp],
  
  foreach(Fun in Funs)
    println(fun=Fun),
    foreach(Test in Tests)
       call(Fun,Test,Lis,Len),
       printf("%w: LIS=%w (len=%d)\n",Test, Lis,Len)
    end,
    nl,
  end,
  nl.
Output:
[3,2,6,4,5,1]: LIS=[3,4,5] (len=3)
[0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15]: LIS=[0,4,6,9,13,15] (len=6)
[1,1,1,1]: LIS=[1] (len=1)
[4,65,2,-31,0,99,83,782,1]: LIS=[4,65,99,782] (len=4)

The mode directed tabling tends to be the fastest of the two methods.

PicoLisp

Adapted patience sorting approach:

(de longinc (Lst)
   (let (D NIL  R NIL)
      (for I Lst
         (cond
            ((< I (last D))
               (for (Y . X) D
                  (T (> X I) (set (nth D Y) I)) ) )
            ((< I (car R))
               (set R I)
               (when D (set (cdr R) (last D))) )
            (T (when R (queue 'D (car R)))
               (push 'R I) ) ) )
      (flip R) ) )

Original recursive glutton:

(de glutton (L)
   (let N (pop 'L)
      (maxi length
         (recur (N L)
            (ifn L
               (list (list N))
               (mapcan
                  '((R)
                     (if (> (car R) N)
                        (list (cons N R) R)
                        (list (list N) R) ) )
                  (recurse (car L) (cdr L)) ) ) ) ) ) )
 
(test (2 4 5)
   (glutton (3 2 6 4 5 1)))
 
(test (2 6 9 11 15)
   (glutton (8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15)))
 
(test (-31 0 83 782)
   (glutton (4 65 2 -31 0 99 83 782 1)) )

PowerShell

Works with: PowerShell version 2
function Get-LongestSubsequence ( [int[]]$A )
    {
    If ( $A.Count -lt 2 ) { return $A }
   
    #  Start with an "empty" pile
    #  (We will only store the top value in each "pile".)
    $Pile = @( [int]::MaxValue )
    $Last = 0
 
    #  Hashtable to hold the back pointers
    $BP = @{}
 
    #  For each number in the orginal sequence...
    ForEach ( $N in $A )
        {
        #  Find the first pile with a value greater than N
        $i = 0..$Last | Where { $N -lt $Pile[$_] } | Select -First 1
 
        #  Place N on the pile
        $Pile[$i] = $N
 
        #  Set the back pointer for this value to the value of the previous pile
        $BP["$N"] = $Pile[$i-1]
 
        #  If this is the previously empty pile, add a new empty pile
        If ( $i -eq $Last )
            {
            $Pile += @( [int]::MaxValue )
            $Last++
            }
        }
 
    #  Ignore the empty pile
    $Last--
 
    #  Start with the value of the last pile
    $N = $Pile[$Last]
    $S = @( $N )
 
    #  Add the remainder of the values by walking through the back pointers
    ForEach ( $i in $Last..1 )
        {
        $S += ( $N = $BP["$N"] )
        }
 
    #  Return the series (reversed into the correct order)
    return $S[$Last..0]
    }
( Get-LongestSubsequence 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1 ) -join ', '
( Get-LongestSubsequence 0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 16, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15 ) -join ', '
Output:
2, 4, 5
0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15

Prolog

Works with SWI-Prolog version 6.4.1
Naïve implementation.


lis(In, Out) :-
	% we ask Prolog to find the longest sequence
	aggregate(max(N,Is), (one_is(In, [], Is), length(Is, N)), max(_, Res)),
	reverse(Res, Out).


% we describe the way to find increasing subsequence
one_is([], Current, Current).


one_is([H | T], Current, Final) :-
	(   Current = [], one_is(T, [H], Final));
	(   Current = [H1 | _], H1 < H,   one_is(T, [H | Current], Final));
	one_is(T, Current, Final).

Prolog finds the first longest subsequence

 ?- lis([0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15], Out).
Out = [0,4,6,9,13,15].

 ?- lis([3,2,6,4,5,1], Out).
Out = [3,4,5].

Python

Python: O(nlogn) Method from Wikipedia's LIS Article[1]

def longest_increasing_subsequence(X):
    """Returns the Longest Increasing Subsequence in the Given List/Array"""
    N = len(X)
    P = [0] * N
    M = [0] * (N+1)
    L = 0
    for i in range(N):
       lo = 1
       hi = L
       while lo <= hi:
           mid = (lo+hi)//2
           if (X[M[mid]] < X[i]):
               lo = mid+1
           else:
               hi = mid-1
    
       newL = lo
       P[i] = M[newL-1]
       M[newL] = i
    
       if (newL > L):
           L = newL
    
    S = []
    k = M[L]
    for i in range(L-1, -1, -1):
        S.append(X[k])
        k = P[k]
    return S[::-1]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for d in [[3,2,6,4,5,1], [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]]:
        print('a L.I.S. of %s is %s' % (d, longest_increasing_subsequence(d)))
Output:
a L.I.S. of [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1] is [2, 4, 5]
a L.I.S. of [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15] is [0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Python: Method from video

def longest_increasing_subsequence(d):
    'Return one of the L.I.S. of list d'
    l = []
    for i in range(len(d)):
        l.append(max([l[j] for j in range(i) if l[j][-1] < d[i]] or [[]], key=len) 
                  + [d[i]])
    return max(l, key=len)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for d in [[3,2,6,4,5,1], [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]]:
        print('a L.I.S. of %s is %s' % (d, longest_increasing_subsequence(d)))
Output:
a L.I.S. of [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1] is [3, 4, 5]
a L.I.S. of [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15] is [0, 4, 6, 9, 13, 15]

Python: Patience sorting method

from collections import namedtuple
from functools import total_ordering
from bisect import bisect_left

@total_ordering
class Node(namedtuple('Node_', 'val back')):
    def __iter__(self):
        while self is not None:
            yield self.val
            self = self.back
    def __lt__(self, other):
        return self.val < other.val
    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.val == other.val

def lis(d):
    """Return one of the L.I.S. of list d using patience sorting."""
    if not d:
        return []
    pileTops = []
    for di in d:
        j = bisect_left(pileTops, Node(di, None))
        pileTops[j:j+1] = [Node(di, pileTops[j-1] if j > 0 else None)]
    return list(pileTops[-1])[::-1]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for d in [[3,2,6,4,5,1],
              [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]]:
        print('a L.I.S. of %s is %s' % (d, lis(d)))
Output:
a L.I.S. of [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1] is [2, 4, 5]
a L.I.S. of [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15] is [0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Racket

Patience sorting. The program saves only the top card of each pile, with a link (cons) to the top of the previous pile at the time it was inserted. It uses binary search to find the correct pile.

#lang racket/base
(require data/gvector)

(define (gvector-last gv)
  (gvector-ref gv (sub1 (gvector-count gv))))

(define (lis-patience-sort input-list)
  (let ([piles (gvector)])
    (for ([item (in-list input-list)])
      (insert-item! piles item))
    (reverse (gvector-last piles))))
 
(define (insert-item! piles item)
  (if (zero? (gvector-count piles))
      (gvector-add! piles (cons item '()))
      (cond
        [(not (<= item (car (gvector-last piles))))
         (gvector-add! piles (cons item (gvector-last piles)))]
        [(<= item (car (gvector-ref piles 0)))
         (gvector-set! piles 0 (cons item '()))]
        [else (let loop ([first 1] [last (sub1 (gvector-count piles))])
                (if (= first last)
                    (gvector-set! piles first (cons item (gvector-ref piles (sub1 first))))
                    (let ([middle (quotient (+ first last) 2)])
                      (if (<= item (car (gvector-ref piles middle)))
                          (loop first middle)
                          (loop (add1 middle) last)))))])))
Output:
'(2 4 5)
'(0 2 6 9 11 15)

Raku

(formerly Perl 6)

Works with: Rakudo version 2018.03

Dynamic programming

Straight-forward implementation of the algorithm described in the video.

sub lis(@d) {
    my @l = [].item xx @d;
    @l[0].push: @d[0];
    for 1 ..^ @d -> $i {
        for ^$i -> $j {
            if @d[$j] < @d[$i] && @l[$i] < @l[$j] + 1 {
                @l[$i] = [ @l[$j][] ]
            }
        }
        @l[$i].push: @d[$i];
    }
    return max :by(*.elems), @l;
}

say lis([3,2,6,4,5,1]);
say lis([0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15]);
Output:
[2 4 5]
[0 2 6 9 11 15]

Patience sorting

sub lis(@deck is copy) {
    my @S = [@deck.shift() => Nil].item;
    for @deck -> $card {
        with first { @S[$_][*-1].key > $card }, ^@S -> $i {
            @S[$i].push: $card => @S[$i-1][*-1] // Nil
        } else {
            @S.push: [ $card => @S[*-1][*-1] // Nil ].item
        }
    }
    reverse map *.key, (
        @S[*-1][*-1], *.value ...^ !*.defined
    )
}

say lis <3 2 6 4 5 1>;
say lis <0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15>;
Output:
[2 4 5]
[0 2 6 9 11 15]

REXX

Translation of: VBScript
/*REXX program finds & displays the  longest increasing subsequence  from a list of #'s.*/
$.=;  $.1= 3 2 6 4 5 1                           /*define the 1st list to be examined.  */
      $.2= 0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15 /*   "    "  2nd   "   "  "     "      */

        do j=1   while  $.j\=='';     say        /* [↓]  process all of the list for LIS*/
        say ' input: '  $.j                      /*display the (original) input list.   */
        call LIS        $.j                      /*invoke the  LIS  function.           */
        say 'output: '  result                   /*display the  output (result from LIS)*/
        end   /*j*/
exit                                             /*stick a fork in it,  we're all done. */
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
LIS: procedure; parse arg x;   n= words(x);   if n==0  then return ''
     p.=;                            m.= p.
           do #=1  to n;  _= # - 1;  @._= word(x, #)    /*build an array (@) from input.*/
           end   /*#*/
     L= 0
           do j=0  to n-1;  lo= 1
           HI= L
                     do  while LO<=HI;    middle= (LO+HI) % 2
                          _= m.middle            /*create a temporary value for @ index.*/
                     if @._<@.j  then LO= middle + 1
                                 else HI= middle - 1
                     end   /*while*/
           newLO= LO
                  _= newLO - 1                   /*create a temporary value for M index.*/
           p.j= m._
           m.newLO= j
           if newLO>L  then L= newLO
           end   /*i*/
     k= m.L;                $=                   /* [↓]  build a list for the result.   */
                     do L;  $= @.k $;  k= p.k    /*perform this  DO  loop   L   times.  */
                     end   /*i*/
     return strip($)                             /*the result has an extra leading blank*/
output   when using the internal default input:
 input:  3 2 6 4 5 1
output:  2 4 5

 input:  0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15
output:  0 2 6 9 11 15

Ring

# Project : Longest increasing subsequence

tests = [[3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1], [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]]
res = []
for x=1 to len(tests)
    lis(tests[x])
    showarray(res)
end 

func lis(X)
     N = len(X)
     P = list(N)
     M = list(N)
     for nr = 1 to len(P)
         P[nr] = 0
     next
     for nr = 1 to len(M)
         P[nr] = 0
     next
     len = 0
     for i=1 to N 
         lo = 1
         hi = len
         while lo <= hi 
               mid = floor((lo+hi)/2)
               if X[M[mid]]<X[i]
                  lo = mid + 1
               else
                  hi = mid - 1
               ok
         end
         if lo>1
            P[i] = M[lo-1]
         ok
         M[lo] = i
         if lo>len 
            len = lo
         ok
     next
     res = list(len)
     if len>0 
        k = M[len]
        for i=len to 1 step -1 
            res[i] = X[k]
            k = P[k]
        next
     ok
     return res

func showarray(vect)
     see "{"
     svect = ""
     for n = 1 to len(vect)
         svect = svect + vect[n] + ", "
     next
     svect = left(svect, len(svect) - 2)
     see svect
     see "}" + nl

Output:

{2, 4, 5}
{0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15}

Ruby

Patience sorting

Node = Struct.new(:val, :back)

def lis(n)
  pileTops = []
  # sort into piles
  for x in n
    # binary search
    low, high = 0, pileTops.size-1
    while low <= high
      mid = low + (high - low) / 2
      if pileTops[mid].val >= x
        high = mid - 1
      else
        low = mid + 1
      end
    end
    i = low
    node = Node.new(x)
    node.back = pileTops[i-1]  if i > 0
    pileTops[i] = node
  end
  
  result = []
  node = pileTops.last
  while node
    result.unshift(node.val)
    node = node.back
  end
  result
end

p lis([3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1])
p lis([0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15])
Output:
[2, 4, 5]
[0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Rust

fn lis(x: &[i32])-> Vec<i32> {
    let n = x.len();
    let mut m = vec![0; n];
    let mut p = vec![0; n];
    let mut l = 0;

    for i in 0..n {
        let mut lo = 1;
        let mut hi = l;

        while lo <= hi {
            let mid = (lo + hi) / 2;

            if x[m[mid]] <= x[i] {
                lo = mid + 1;
            } else {
                hi = mid - 1;
            }
        }

        let new_l = lo;
        p[i] = m[new_l - 1];
        m[new_l] = i;

        if new_l > l {
            l = new_l;
        }
    }

    let mut o = vec![0; l];
    let mut k = m[l];
    for i in (0..l).rev() {
        o[i] = x[k];
        k    = p[k];
    }

    o
}

fn main() {
    let list = vec![3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1];
    println!("{:?}", lis(&list));
    let list = vec![0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15];
    println!("{:?}", lis(&list));
}
Output:
[2, 4, 5]
[0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Scala

Patience sorting

Output:

See it in running in your browser by ScalaFiddle (JavaScript) or by Scastie (JVM).

object LongestIncreasingSubsequence extends App {
  val tests = Map(
    "3,2,6,4,5,1" -> Seq("2,4,5", "3,4,5"),
    "0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15" -> Seq("0,2,6,9,11,15", "0,2,6,9,13,15", "0,4,6,9,13,15", "0,4,6,9,11,15")
  )

  def lis(l: Array[Int]): Seq[Array[Int]] =
    if (l.length < 2) Seq(l)
    else {
      def increasing(done: Array[Int], remaining: Array[Int]): Seq[Array[Int]] =
        if (remaining.isEmpty) Seq(done)
        else
          (if (remaining.head > done.last)
            increasing(done :+ remaining.head, remaining.tail)
          else Nil) ++ increasing(done, remaining.tail) // all increasing combinations

      val all = (1 to l.length)
        .flatMap(i => increasing(l take i takeRight 1, l.drop(i + 1)))
        .sortBy(-_.length)
      all.takeWhile(_.length == all.head.length) // longest of all increasing combinations
    }

  def asInts(s: String): Array[Int] = s split "," map (_.toInt)

  assert(tests forall {
    case (given, expect) =>
      val allLongests: Seq[Array[Int]] = lis(asInts(given))
      println(
        s"$given has ${allLongests.length} longest increasing subsequences, e.g. ${
          allLongests.last.mkString(",")}")
      allLongests.forall(lis => expect.contains(lis.mkString(",")))
  })
}
Output:
3,2,6,4,5,1 has 2 longest increasing subsequences, e.g. 2,4,5
0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15 has 4 longest increasing subsequences, e.g. 0,2,6,9,11,15

Brute force solution

def powerset[A](s: List[A]) = (0 to s.size).map(s.combinations(_)).reduce(_++_)
def isSorted(l:List[Int])(f: (Int, Int) => Boolean) = l.view.zip(l.tail).forall(x => f(x._1,x._2))
def sequence(set: List[Int])(f: (Int, Int) => Boolean) = powerset(set).filter(_.nonEmpty).filter(x => isSorted(x)(f)).toList.maxBy(_.length)

sequence(set)(_<_)
sequence(set)(_>_)

Scheme

Patience sorting

(define (lis less? lst)
  (define pile-tops (make-vector (length lst)))
  (define (bsearch-piles x len)
    (let aux ((lo 0)
	      (hi (- len 1)))
      (if (> lo hi)
	  lo
	  (let ((mid (quotient (+ lo hi) 2)))
	    (if (less? (car (vector-ref pile-tops mid)) x)
		(aux (+ mid 1) hi)
		(aux lo (- mid 1)))))))
  (let aux ((len 0)
	    (lst lst))
    (if (null? lst)
	(reverse (vector-ref pile-tops (- len 1)))
	(let* ((x (car lst))
	       (i (bsearch-piles x len)))
	  (vector-set! pile-tops i (cons x (if (= i 0)
					       '()
					       (vector-ref pile-tops (- i 1)))))
	  (aux (if (= i len) (+ len 1) len) (cdr lst))))))

(display (lis < '(3 2 6 4 5 1))) (newline)
(display (lis < '(0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15))) (newline)
Output:
(2 4 5)
(0 2 6 9 11 15)

Sidef

Dynamic programming:

func lis(a) {
    var l = a.len.of { [] }
    l[0] << a[0]
    for i in (1..a.end) {
        for j in ^i {
            if ((a[j] < a[i]) && (l[i].len < l[j].len+1)) {
                l[i] = [l[j]...]
            }
        }
        l[i] << a[i]
    }
    l.max_by { .len }
}

say lis(%i<3 2 6 4 5 1>)
say lis(%i<0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15>)

Patience sorting:

func lis(deck) {
    var pileTops = []
    deck.each { |x|
        var low = 0;
        var high = pileTops.end
        while (low <= high) {
            var mid = ((low + high) // 2)
            if (pileTops[mid]{:val} >= x) {
                high = mid-1
            } else {
                low = mid+1
            }
        }
        var i = low
        var node = Hash(val => x)
        node{:back} = pileTops[i-1] if (i != 0)
        pileTops[i] = node
    }
    var result = []
    for (var node = pileTops[-1]; node; node = node{:back}) {
        result << node{:val}
    }
    result.reverse
}

say lis(%i<3 2 6 4 5 1>)
say lis(%i<0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15>)
Output:
[2, 4, 5]
[0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Standard ML

Patience sorting

Works with: SML/NJ
fun lis cmp n =
  let
    val pile_tops = DynamicArray.array (length n, [])
    fun bsearch_piles x =
      let
        fun aux (lo, hi) =
          if lo > hi then
            lo
          else
            let
              val mid = (lo + hi) div 2
            in
              if cmp (hd (DynamicArray.sub (pile_tops, mid)), x) = LESS then
                aux (mid+1, hi)
              else
                aux (lo, mid-1)
            end
      in
        aux (0, DynamicArray.bound pile_tops)
      end
    fun f x =
      let
        val i = bsearch_piles x 
      in
        DynamicArray.update (pile_tops, i,
	  x :: (if i = 0 then [] else DynamicArray.sub (pile_tops, i-1)))
      end
  in
    app f n;
    rev (DynamicArray.sub (pile_tops, DynamicArray.bound pile_tops))
  end

Usage:

- lis Int.compare [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1];
val it = [2,4,5] : int list
- lis Int.compare [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15];
val it = [0,2,6,9,11,15] : int list

Swift

import Foundation

extension Array where Element: Comparable {
  @inlinable
  public func longestIncreasingSubsequence() -> [Element] {
    var startI = [Int](repeating: 0, count: count)
    var endI = [Int](repeating: 0, count: count + 1)
    var len = 0

    for i in 0..<count {
      var lo = 1
      var hi = len

      while lo <= hi {
        let mid = Int(ceil((Double(lo + hi)) / 2))

        if self[endI[mid]] <= self[i] {
          lo = mid + 1
        } else {
          hi = mid - 1
        }
      }

      startI[i] = endI[lo-1]
      endI[lo] = i

      if lo > len {
        len = lo
      }
    }

    var s = [Element]()
    var k = endI[len]

    for _ in 0..<len {
      s.append(self[k])
      k = startI[k]
    }

    return s.reversed()
  }
}

let l1 = [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1]
let l2 = [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]

print("\(l1) = \(l1.longestIncreasingSubsequence())")
print("\(l2) = \(l2.longestIncreasingSubsequence())")
Output:
[3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1] = [2, 4, 5]
[0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15] = [0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

Swym

Translation of: Python

Based on the Python video solution. Interpreter at [[2]]

Array.'lis'
{
  'stems' = Number.Array.mutableArray[ [] ]

  forEach(this) 'value'->
  {
    'bestStem' = stems.where{==[] || .last < value}.max{.length}

    stems.push( bestStem + [value] )
  }

  return stems.max{.length}
}

[3,2,6,4,5,1].lis.trace
[0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15].lis.trace
Output:
[3,4,5]
[0,4,6,9,13,15]

Tcl

Works with: Tcl version 8.6
package require Tcl 8.6

proc longestIncreasingSubsequence {sequence} {
    # Get the increasing subsequences (and their lengths)
    set subseq [list 1 [lindex $sequence 0]]
    foreach value $sequence {
	set max {}
	foreach {len item} $subseq {
	    if {[lindex $item end] < $value} {
		if {[llength [lappend item $value]] > [llength $max]} {
		    set max $item
		}
	    } elseif {![llength $max]} {
		set max [list $value]
	    }
	}
	lappend subseq [llength $max] $max
    }
    # Pick the longest subsequence; -stride requires Tcl 8.6
    return [lindex [lsort -stride 2 -index 0 $subseq] end]
}

Demonstrating:

puts [longestIncreasingSubsequence {3 2 6 4 5 1}]
puts [longestIncreasingSubsequence {0 8 4 12 2 10 6 14 1 9 5 13 3 11 7 15}]
Output:
3 4 5
0 4 6 9 13 15

VBScript

Function LIS(arr)
	n = UBound(arr)
	Dim p()
	ReDim p(n)
	Dim m()
	ReDim m(n)
	l = 0
	For i = 0 To n
		lo = 1
		hi = l
		Do While lo <= hi
			middle = Int((lo+hi)/2)
			If arr(m(middle)) < arr(i) Then
				lo = middle + 1
			Else
				hi = middle - 1
			End If
		Loop
		newl = lo
		p(i) = m(newl-1)
		m(newl) = i
		If newL > l Then
			l = newl
		End If
	Next
	Dim s()
	ReDim s(l)
	k = m(l)
	For i = l-1 To 0 Step - 1
		s(i) = arr(k)
		k = p(k)
	Next
	LIS = Join(s,",")
End Function

WScript.StdOut.WriteLine LIS(Array(3,2,6,4,5,1))
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine LIS(Array(0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15))
Output:
2,4,5,
0,2,6,9,11,15,

Wren

Translation of: Kotlin
var longestIncreasingSubsequence = Fn.new { |x|
    var n = x.count
    if (n == 0) return []
    if (n == 1) return x
    var p = List.filled(n, 0)
    var m = List.filled(n+1, 0)
    var len = 0
    for (i in 0...n) {
        var lo = 1
        var hi = len
        while (lo <= hi) {
            var mid = ((lo + hi)/2).ceil
            if (x[m[mid]] < x[i]) {
                lo = mid + 1
            } else {
                hi = mid - 1
            }
        }
        var newLen = lo
        p[i] = m[newLen - 1]
        m[newLen] = i
        if (newLen > len) len = newLen
    }
    var s = List.filled(len, 0)
    var k = m[len]
    for (i in len-1..0) {
        s[i] = x[k]
        k = p[k]
    }
    return s
}

var lists = [
    [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1],
    [0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15]
]
lists.each { |l| System.print(longestIncreasingSubsequence.call(l)) }
Output:
[2, 4, 5]
[0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15]

zkl

fcn longestSequence(ns){ // based on Patience sorting
   piles:=L();
   backPtr:='wrap(np){ return(np-1,if(np) piles[np-1].len()-1 else -1) }; // maybe (-1,-1)
   foreach n in (ns){ newPile:=True;   // create list of sorted lists
      foreach e,p in (piles.enumerate()){
	 if(n<p[-1][0]){
	    p.del(1,-1)  // only need the first and last elements
	    .append(T(n,backPtr(e))); newPile=False; 
	    break; 
	 }
      }
      if(newPile) piles.append(L(T(n,backPtr(piles.len()))));
   }
   reg r=L(),p=-1,n=0; 
   do{ n,p=piles[p][n]; r.write(n); p,n=p; }while(p!=-1);
   r.reverse()
}
foreach ns in (T(T(1),T(3,2,6,4,5,1),T(4,65,2,-31,0,99,83,782,1),
	       T(0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15),"foobar")){
   s:=longestSequence(ns);
   println(s.len(),": ",s," from ",ns);
}
Output:
1: L(1) from L(1)
3: L(2,4,5) from L(3,2,6,4,5,1)
4: L(-31,0,83,782) from L(4,65,2,-31,0,99,83,782,1)
6: L(0,1,3,9,11,15) from L(0,8,4,12,2,10,6,14,1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15)
4: L("f","o","o","r") from foobar
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