Normalizing chains of .Skip() and .Take() calls

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I'm trying to normalize arbitrary chains of .Skip() and .Take() calls to a single .Skip() call followed by an optional single .Take() call.

Here are some examples of expected results, but I'm not sure if these are correct:

.Skip(5)                        => .Skip(5)
.Take(7)                        => .Skip(0).Take(7)

.Skip(5).Skip(7)                => .Skip(12)
.Skip(5).Take(7)                => .Skip(5).Take(7)
.Take(7).Skip(5)                => .Skip(5).Take(2)
.Take(5).Take(7)                => .Skip(0).Take(5)

.Skip(5).Skip(7).Skip(11)       => .Skip(23)
.Skip(5).Skip(7).Take(11)       => .Skip(12).Take(11)
.Skip(5).Take(7).Skip(3)        => .Skip(8).Take(4)
.Skip(5).Take(7).Take(3)        => .Skip(5).Take(4)
.Take(11).Skip(5).Skip(3)       => .Skip(8).Take(3)
.Take(11).Skip(5).Take(7)       => .Skip(5).Take(6)
.Take(11).Take(5).Skip(3)       => .Skip(3).Take(2)
.Take(11).Take(5).Take(3)       => .Skip(0).Take(3)

Can anyone confirm these are the correct results to be expected?


Here is the basic algorithm that I derived from the examples:

class Foo
{
    private int skip;
    private int? take;

    public Foo Skip(int value)
    {
        if (value < 0)
            value = 0;

        this.skip += value;

        if (this.take.HasValue)
            this.take -= value;

        return this;
    }

    public Foo Take(int value)
    {
        if (value < 0)
            value = 0;

        if (!this.take.HasValue || value < this.take)
            this.take = value;

        return this;
    }
}

Any idea how I can confirm if this is the correct algorithm?

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