Module moses

Utility-belt library for functional programming in Lua (source)

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Table functions

clear (t) Clears a table.
each (t, f[, ...]) Iterates on key-value pairs, calling f (k, v) at every step.
eachi (t, f[, ...]) Iterates on integer key-value pairs, calling f(k, v) every step.
at (t, ...) Collects values at given keys and return them wrapped in an array.
count (t[, value]) Counts occurrences of a given value in a table.
countf (t, f[, ...]) Counts occurrences validating a predicate.
cycle (t, n) Loops n times through a table.
map (t, f[, ...]) Maps f (k, v) on key-value pairs, collects and returns the results.
reduce (t, f[, state]) Reduces a table, left-to-right.
reduceby (t, f, state, pred[, ...]) Reduces values in a table passing a given predicate.
reduceRight (t, f[, state]) Reduces a table, right-to-left.
mapReduce (t, f[, state]) Reduces a table while saving intermediate states.
mapReduceRight (t, f[, state]) Reduces a table while saving intermediate states.
include (t, value) Performs a linear search for a value in a table.
detect (t, value) Performs a linear search for a value in a table.
where (t, props) Returns all values having specified keys props.
findWhere (t, props) Returns the first value having specified keys props.
select (t, f[, ...]) Selects and returns values passing an iterator test.
reject (t, f[, ...]) Clones a table while dropping values passing an iterator test.
all (t, f[, ...]) Checks if all values in a table are passing an iterator test.
invoke (t, method[, ...]) Invokes a method on each value in a table.
pluck (t, key) Extracts values in a table having a given key.
max (t[, transform[, ...]]) Returns the max value in a collection.
min (t[, transform[, ...]]) Returns the min value in a collection.
shuffle (t[, seed]) Returns a shuffled copy of a given collection.
same (a, b) Checks if two tables are the same.
sort (t[, comp]) Sorts a table, in-place.
sortBy (t[, transform[, comp]]) Sorts a table in-place using a transform.
groupBy (t, iter[, ...]) Splits a table into subsets groups.
countBy (t, iter[, ...]) Groups values in a collection and counts them.
size ([...]) Counts the number of values in a collection.
containsKeys (t, other) Checks if all the keys of other table exists in table t.
sameKeys (tA, tB) Checks if both given tables have the same keys.

Array functions

sample (array[, n[, seed]]) Samples n random values from an array.
sampleProb (array, prob[, seed]) Return elements from a sequence with a given probability.
toArray (...) Converts a list of arguments to an array.
find (array, value[, from]) Looks for the first occurrence of a given value in an array.
reverse (array) Returns an array where values are in reverse order.
fill (array, value[, i[, j]]) Replaces elements in a given array with a given value.
selectWhile (array, f[, ...]) Collects values from a given array.
dropWhile (array, f[, ...]) Collects values from a given array.
sortedIndex (array, the[, comp[, sort]]) Returns the index at which a value should be inserted.
indexOf (array, value) Returns the index of the first occurence of value in an array.
lastIndexOf (array, value) Returns the index of the last occurrence of value in an array.
findIndex (array, predicate[, ...]) Returns the first index at which a predicate returns true.
findLastIndex (array, predicate[, ...]) Returns the last index at which a predicate returns true.
addTop (array, ...) Adds all passed-in values at the top of an array.
push (array, ...) Pushes all passed-in values at the end of an array.
pop (array[, n]) Removes and returns the values at the top of a given array.
unshift (array[, n]) Removes and returns the values at the end of a given array.
pull (array, ...) Removes all provided values in a given array.
removeRange (array[, start[, finish]]) Removes values at index within the range [start, finish].
chunk (array, f[, ...]) Chunks together consecutive values.
slice (array[, start[, finish]]) Slices values indexed within [start, finish] range.
first (array[, n]) Returns the first N values in an array.
initial (array[, n]) Returns all values in an array excluding the last N values.
last (array[, n]) Returns the last N values in an array.
rest (array[, index]) Removes all values before index.
nth (array, index) Returns the value at a given index.
compact (array) Removes all falsy (false and nil) values.
flatten (array[, shallow]) Flattens a nested array.
difference (array, another) Returns values from an array not present in all passed-in args.
union (...) Returns the duplicate-free union of all passed in arrays.
intersection (array, ...) Returns the intersection of all passed-in arrays.
symmetricDifference (array, array2) Performs a symmetric difference.
unique (array) Produces a duplicate-free version of a given array.
isunique (array) Checks if a given array contains distinct values.
zip (...) Merges values of each of the passed-in arrays in subsets.
append (array, other) Clones array and appends other values.
interleave (...) Interleaves arrays.
interpose (value, array) Interposes value in-between consecutive pair of values in array.
range ([from[, to[, step]]]) Produces a flexible list of numbers.
rep (value, n) Creates an array list of n values, repeated.
partition (array[, n[, pad]]) Iterator returning partitions of an array.
sliding. (array[, n[, pad]]) Iterator returning sliding partitions of an array.
permutation (array) Iterator returning the permutations of an array.
invert (array) Swaps keys with values.
concat (array[, sep[, i[, j]]]) Concatenates values in a given array.

Utility functions

noop () The no-operation function.
identity (value) Returns the passed-in value.
constant (value) Creates a constant function which returns the same output on every call.
memoize (f[, hash]) Memoizes a given function by caching the computed result.
once (f) Returns a version of f that runs only once.
before (f, count) Returns a version of f that will run no more than count times.
after (f, count) Returns a version of f that runs on the count-th call.
compose (...) Composes functions.
pipe (value, ...) Pipes a value through a series of functions.
complement (f) Returns the logical complement of a given function.
juxtapose (value, ...) Calls a sequence of passed-in functions with the same argument.
wrap (f, wrapper) Wraps f inside of the wrapper function.
times (n, iter, ...) Runs iter function n times.
bind (f, v) Binds v to be the first argument to f.
bind2 (f, v) Binds v to be the second argument to f.
bindn (f, ...) Binds … to be the N-first arguments to function f.
bindAll (obj, ...) Binds methods to object.
uniqueId ([template[, ...]]) Generates an unique ID for the current session.
iterator (f, x) Produces an iterator which repeatedly apply a function f onto an input.
array (...) Iterates an iterator and returns its values in an array.
flip (f) Creates a function of f with arguments flipped in reverse order.
over (...) Creates a function that runs transforms on all arguments it receives.
overEvery (...) Creates a validation function.
overSome (...) Creates a validation function.
overArgs (f, ...) Creates a function that invokes f with its arguments transformed.
partial (f, ...) Partially apply a function by filling in any number of its arguments.
partialRight (f, ...) Similar to partial, but from the right.
curry (f[, n_args]) Curries a function.
time (f[, ...]) Returns the execution time of f (…) and its returned values.

Object functions

keys (obj) Returns the keys of the object properties.
values (obj) Returns the values of the object properties.
kvpairs (obj) Converts keys and values a an array-list of [k, v].
toObj (kvpairs) Converts an array list of kvpairs to an object.
property (key) Returns a function that will return the key property of any passed-in object.
propertyOf (obj) Returns a function which will return the value of an object property.
toBoolean (value) Converts any given value to a boolean
extend (destObj, ...) Extends an object properties.
functions ([obj]) Returns a sorted list of all methods names found in an object.
clone (obj[, shallow]) Clones a given object properties.
tap (obj, f[, ...]) Invokes interceptor with the object, and then returns object.
has (obj, key) Checks if a given object implements a property.
pick (obj, ...) Returns an object copy having white-listed properties.
omit (obj, ...) Returns an object copy without black-listed properties.
template (obj[, template]) Applies a template to an object, preserving non-nil properties.
isEqual (objA, objB[, useMt]) Performs a deep comparison test between two objects.
result (obj, method[, ...]) Invokes an object method.
isTable (t) Checks if the given arg is a table.
isCallable (obj) Checks if the given argument is callable.
isArray (obj) Checks if the given argument is an array.
isIterable (obj) Checks if the given object is iterable with pairs (or ipairs).
isEmpty ([obj]) Checks if the given pbject is empty.
isString (obj) Checks if the given argument is a string.
isFunction (obj) Checks if the given argument is a function.
isNil (obj) Checks if the given argument is nil.
isNumber (obj) Checks if the given argument is a number.
isNaN (obj) Checks if the given argument is NaN (see Not-A-Number).
isFinite (obj) Checks if the given argument is a finite number.
isBoolean (obj) Checks if the given argument is a boolean.
isInteger (obj) Checks if the given argument is an integer.
chain (value) Returns a wrapped object.
obj:value () Extracts the value of a wrapped object.
import ([context[, noConflict]]) Imports all library functions into a context.


Table functions

clear (t)
Clears a table. All its values become nil.

Parameters:

  • t a table

Returns:

    the given table, cleared.
each (t, f[, ...])
Iterates on key-value pairs, calling f (k, v) at every step.
Aliased as forEach.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f a function, prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

See also:

eachi (t, f[, ...])
Iterates on integer key-value pairs, calling f(k, v) every step.
Only applies to values located at integer keys. The table can be a sparse array. Iteration will start from the lowest integer key found to the highest one.
Aliased as forEachi.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f a function, prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

See also:

at (t, ...)
Collects values at given keys and return them wrapped in an array.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • ... A variable number of keys to collect values

Returns:

    an array-list of values
count (t[, value])
Counts occurrences of a given value in a table. Uses isEqual to compare values.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • value a value to be searched in the table. If not given, the size of the table will be returned (optional)

Returns:

    the count of occurrences of the given value

See also:

countf (t, f[, ...])
Counts occurrences validating a predicate. Same as count, but uses an iterator. Returns the count for values passing the test f (k, v, …)

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    the count of values validating the predicate

See also:

cycle (t, n)
Loops n times through a table. In case n is omitted, it will loop forever. In case n is lower or equal to 0, it returns an empty function.
Aliased as loop.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • n the number of loops

Returns:

    an iterator function yielding key-value pairs from the passed-in table.
map (t, f[, ...])
Maps f (k, v) on key-value pairs, collects and returns the results.
Aliased as collect.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    a table of results
reduce (t, f[, state])
Reduces a table, left-to-right. Folds the table from the first element to the last element to a single value, using a given iterator and an initial state. The iterator takes a state and a value and returns a new state.
Aliased as inject, foldl.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (state, value)
  • state an initial state of reduction. Defaults to the first value in the table. (optional)

Returns:

    the final state of reduction

See also:

reduceby (t, f, state, pred[, ...])
Reduces values in a table passing a given predicate. Folds the table left-to-right, considering only values validating a given predicate.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (state, value)
  • state an initial state of reduction.
  • pred a predicate function pred (k, v, …) to select values to be considered for reduction
  • ... optional args to be passed to pred (optional)

Returns:

    the final state of reduction

See also:

reduceRight (t, f[, state])
Reduces a table, right-to-left. Folds the table from the last element to the first element to single value, using a given iterator and an initial state. The iterator takes a state and a value, and returns a new state.
Aliased as injectr, foldr.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (state, value)
  • state an initial state of reduction. Defaults to the last value in the table. (optional)

Returns:

    the final state of reduction

See also:

mapReduce (t, f[, state])
Reduces a table while saving intermediate states. Folds the table left-to-right using a given iterator and an initial state. The iterator takes a state and a value, and returns a new state. The result is an array of intermediate states.
Aliased as mapr

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (state, value)
  • state an initial state of reduction. Defaults to the first value in the table. (optional)

Returns:

    an array of states

See also:

mapReduceRight (t, f[, state])
Reduces a table while saving intermediate states. Folds the table right-to-left using a given iterator and an initial state. The iterator takes a state and a value, and returns a new state. The result is an array of intermediate states.
Aliased as maprr

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (state, value)
  • state an initial state of reduction. Defaults to the last value in the table. (optional)

Returns:

    an array of states

See also:

include (t, value)
Performs a linear search for a value in a table. It does not work for nested tables. The given value can be a function prototyped as f (v, value) which should return true when any v in the table equals the value being searched.
Aliased as any, some, contains

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • value a value to search for

Returns:

    a boolean : true when found, false otherwise

See also:

detect (t, value)
Performs a linear search for a value in a table. Returns the key of the value if found. The given value can be a function prototyped as f (v, value) which should return true when any v in the table equals the value being searched.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • value a value to search for

Returns:

    the key of the value when found or nil

See also:

where (t, props)
Returns all values having specified keys props.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • props a set of keys

Returns:

    an array of values from the passed-in table

See also:

findWhere (t, props)
Returns the first value having specified keys props.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • props a set of keys

Returns:

    a value from the passed-in table

See also:

select (t, f[, ...])
Selects and returns values passing an iterator test.
Aliased as filter.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    the selected values

See also:

reject (t, f[, ...])
Clones a table while dropping values passing an iterator test.
Aliased as discard

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    the remaining values

See also:

all (t, f[, ...])
Checks if all values in a table are passing an iterator test.
Aliased as every

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • f an iterator function, prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    true if all values passes the predicate, false otherwise
invoke (t, method[, ...])
Invokes a method on each value in a table.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • method a function, prototyped as f (v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to method (optional)

Returns:

    the result of the call f (v, …)

See also:

pluck (t, key)
Extracts values in a table having a given key.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • key a key, will be used to index in each value: value[key]

Returns:

    an array of values having the given key
max (t[, transform[, ...]])
Returns the max value in a collection. If an transformation function is passed, it will be used to evaluate values by which all objects will be sorted.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • transform a transformation function, prototyped as transform (v, …), defaults to identity (optional)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to transform (optional)

Returns:

    the max value found

See also:

min (t[, transform[, ...]])
Returns the min value in a collection. If an transformation function is passed, it will be used to evaluate values by which all objects will be sorted.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • transform a transformation function, prototyped as transform (v, …), defaults to identity (optional)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to transform (optional)

Returns:

    the min value found

See also:

shuffle (t[, seed])
Returns a shuffled copy of a given collection. If a seed is provided, it will be used to init the pseudo random number generator (using math.randomseed).

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • seed a seed (optional)

Returns:

    a shuffled copy of the given table
same (a, b)
Checks if two tables are the same. It compares if both tables features the same values, but not necessarily at the same keys.

Parameters:

  • a a table
  • b another table

Returns:

    true or false
sort (t[, comp])
Sorts a table, in-place. If a comparison function is given, it will be used to sort values.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • comp a comparison function prototyped as comp (a, b), defaults to < operator. (optional)

Returns:

    the initial table, sorted.

See also:

sortBy (t[, transform[, comp]])
Sorts a table in-place using a transform. Values are ranked in a custom order of the results of running transform (v) on all values. transform may also be a string name property sort by. comp is a comparison function.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • transform a transform function to sort elements prototyped as transform (v). Defaults to identity (optional)
  • comp a comparision function, defaults to the < operator (optional)

Returns:

    a new array of sorted values

See also:

groupBy (t, iter[, ...])
Splits a table into subsets groups.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • iter an iterator function, prototyped as iter (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to iter (optional)

Returns:

    a table of subsets groups
countBy (t, iter[, ...])
Groups values in a collection and counts them.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • iter an iterator function, prototyped as iter (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to iter (optional)

Returns:

    a table of subsets groups names paired with their count
size ([...])
Counts the number of values in a collection. If being passed more than one argument it will return the count of all passed-in arguments.

Parameters:

  • ... Optional variable number of arguments (optional)

Returns:

    a count

See also:

containsKeys (t, other)
Checks if all the keys of other table exists in table t. It does not compares values. The test is not commutative, i.e table t may contains keys not existing in other.

Parameters:

  • t a table
  • other another table

Returns:

    true or false

See also:

sameKeys (tA, tB)
Checks if both given tables have the same keys. It does not compares values.

Parameters:

  • tA a table
  • tB another table

Returns:

    true or false

See also:

Array functions

sample (array[, n[, seed]])
Samples n random values from an array. If n is not specified, returns a single element. It uses internally shuffle to shuffle the array before sampling values. If seed is passed, it will be used for shuffling.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • n a number of elements to be sampled. Defaults to 1. (optional)
  • seed an optional seed for shuffling (optional)

Returns:

    an array of selected values or a single value when n == 1

See also:

sampleProb (array, prob[, seed])
Return elements from a sequence with a given probability. It considers each value independently. Providing a seed will result in deterministic sampling. Given the same seed it will return the same sample every time.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • prob a probability for each element in array to be selected
  • seed an optional seed for deterministic sampling (optional)

Returns:

    an array of selected values

See also:

toArray (...)
Converts a list of arguments to an array.

Parameters:

  • ... a list of arguments

Returns:

    an array of all passed-in args
find (array, value[, from])
Looks for the first occurrence of a given value in an array. Returns the value index if found. Uses isEqual to compare values.

Parameters:

  • array an array of values
  • value a value to lookup for
  • from the index from where the search will start. Defaults to 1. (optional)

Returns:

    the index of the value if found in the array, nil otherwise.
reverse (array)
Returns an array where values are in reverse order. The passed-in array should not be sparse.

Parameters:

  • array an array

Returns:

    a reversed array
fill (array, value[, i[, j]])
Replaces elements in a given array with a given value. In case i and j are given it will only replaces values at indexes between [i,j]. In case j is greather than the array size, it will append new values, increasing the array.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • value a value
  • i the index from which to start replacing values. Defaults to 1. (optional)
  • j the index where to stop replacing values. Defaults to the array size. (optional)

Returns:

    the original array with values changed
selectWhile (array, f[, ...])
Collects values from a given array. The passed-in array should not be sparse. This function collects values as long as they satisfy a given predicate and returns on the first falsy test.
Aliased as takeWhile

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • f an iterator function prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    a new table containing all values collected

See also:

dropWhile (array, f[, ...])
Collects values from a given array. The passed-in array should not be sparse. This function collects values as long as they do not satisfy a given predicate and returns on the first truthy test.
Aliased as rejectWhile

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • f an iterator function prototyped as f (k,v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    a new table containing all values collected
sortedIndex (array, the[, comp[, sort]])
Returns the index at which a value should be inserted. This index is evaluated so that it maintains the sort. If a comparison function is passed, it will be used to sort values.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • the value to be inserted
  • comp an comparison function prototyped as f (a, b), defaults to < operator. (optional)
  • sort whether or not the passed-in array should be sorted (optional)

Returns:

    number the index at which the passed-in value should be inserted
indexOf (array, value)
Returns the index of the first occurence of value in an array.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • value the value to search for

Returns:

    the index of the passed-in value

See also:

lastIndexOf (array, value)
Returns the index of the last occurrence of value in an array.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • value the value to search for

Returns:

    the index of the last occurrence of the passed-in value or nil

See also:

findIndex (array, predicate[, ...])
Returns the first index at which a predicate returns true.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • predicate a predicate function prototyped as predicate (k, v, …)
  • ... optional arguments to pred (optional)

Returns:

    the index found or nil

See also:

findLastIndex (array, predicate[, ...])
Returns the last index at which a predicate returns true.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • predicate a predicate function prototyped as predicate (k, v, …)
  • ... optional arguments to pred (optional)

Returns:

    the index found or nil

See also:

addTop (array, ...)
Adds all passed-in values at the top of an array. The last elements will bubble to the top of the given array.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • ... a variable number of arguments

Returns:

    the passed-in array with new values added

See also:

push (array, ...)
Pushes all passed-in values at the end of an array.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • ... a variable number of arguments

Returns:

    the passed-in array with new added values

See also:

pop (array[, n])
Removes and returns the values at the top of a given array.
Aliased as shift

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • n the number of values to be popped. Defaults to 1. (optional)

Returns:

    the popped values

See also:

unshift (array[, n])
Removes and returns the values at the end of a given array.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • n the number of values to be unshifted. Defaults to 1. (optional)

Returns:

    the values

See also:

pull (array, ...)
Removes all provided values in a given array.
Aliased as remove

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • ... a variable number of values to be removed from the array

Returns:

    the passed-in array with values removed
removeRange (array[, start[, finish]])
Removes values at index within the range [start, finish].
Aliased as rmRange, chop

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • start the lower bound index, defaults to the first index in the array. (optional)
  • finish the upper bound index, defaults to the array length. (optional)

Returns:

    the passed-in array with values removed
chunk (array, f[, ...])
Chunks together consecutive values. Values are chunked on the basis of the return value of a provided predicate f (k, v, …). Consecutive elements which return the same value are chunked together. Leaves the first argument untouched if it is not an array.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • f an iterator function prototyped as f (k, v, …)
  • ... Optional args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    a table of chunks (arrays)

See also:

slice (array[, start[, finish]])
Slices values indexed within [start, finish] range.
Aliased as _.sub

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • start the lower bound index, defaults to the first index in the array. (optional)
  • finish the upper bound index, defaults to the array length. (optional)

Returns:

    a new array of sliced values
first (array[, n])
Returns the first N values in an array.
Aliased as head, take

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • n the number of values to be collected, defaults to 1. (optional)

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

initial (array[, n])
Returns all values in an array excluding the last N values.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • n the number of values to be left, defaults to the array length. (optional)

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

last (array[, n])
Returns the last N values in an array.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • n the number of values to be collected, defaults to the array length. (optional)

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

rest (array[, index])
Removes all values before index.
Aliased as tail

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • index an index, defaults to 1 (optional)

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

nth (array, index)
Returns the value at a given index.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • index an index

Returns:

    the value at the given index
compact (array)
Removes all falsy (false and nil) values.

Parameters:

  • array an array

Returns:

    a new array
flatten (array[, shallow])
Flattens a nested array. Passing shallow will only flatten at the first level.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • shallow specifies the flattening depth (optional)

Returns:

    a new array, flattened
difference (array, another)
Returns values from an array not present in all passed-in args.
Aliased as without and diff

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • another array

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

union (...)
Returns the duplicate-free union of all passed in arrays.

Parameters:

  • ... a variable number of arrays arguments

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

intersection (array, ...)
Returns the intersection of all passed-in arrays. Each value in the result is present in each of the passed-in arrays.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • ... a variable number of array arguments

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

symmetricDifference (array, array2)
Performs a symmetric difference. Returns values from array not present in array2 and also values from array2 not present in array.
Aliased as symdiff

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • array2 another array

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

unique (array)
Produces a duplicate-free version of a given array.
Aliased as uniq

Parameters:

  • array an array

Returns:

    a new array, duplicate-free

See also:

isunique (array)
Checks if a given array contains distinct values. Such an array is made of distinct elements, which only occur once in this array.
Aliased as isuniq

Parameters:

  • array an array

Returns:

    true if the given array is unique, false otherwise.

See also:

zip (...)
Merges values of each of the passed-in arrays in subsets. Only values indexed with the same key in the given arrays are merged in the same subset.
Aliased as transpose

Parameters:

  • ... a variable number of array arguments

Returns:

    a new array
append (array, other)
Clones array and appends other values.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • other an array

Returns:

    a new array
interleave (...)
Interleaves arrays. It returns a single array made of values from all passed in arrays in their given order, interleaved.

Parameters:

  • ... a variable list of arrays

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

interpose (value, array)
Interposes value in-between consecutive pair of values in array.

Parameters:

  • value a value
  • array an array

Returns:

    a new array

See also:

range ([from[, to[, step]]])
Produces a flexible list of numbers. If one positive value is passed, will count from 0 to that value, with a default step of 1. If two values are passed, will count from the first one to the second one, with the same default step of 1. A third value passed will be considered a step value.

Parameters:

  • from the initial value of the range (optional)
  • to the final value of the range (optional)
  • step the step of count (optional)

Returns:

    a new array of numbers
rep (value, n)
Creates an array list of n values, repeated.

Parameters:

  • value a value to be repeated
  • n the number of repetitions of value.

Returns:

    a new array of n values
partition (array[, n[, pad]])
Iterator returning partitions of an array. It returns arrays of length n made of values from the given array. If the last partition has lower elements than n and pad is supplied, it will be adjusted to n of elements with pad value.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • n the size of partitions. Should be greater than 0. Defaults to 1. (optional)
  • pad a value to adjust the last subsequence to the n elements (optional)

Returns:

    an iterator function
sliding. (array[, n[, pad]])
Iterator returning sliding partitions of an array. It returns overlapping subsequences of length n. If the last subsequence has lower elements than n and pad is supplied, it will be adjusted to n elements with pad value.

Parameters:

  • array an array
  • n the size of partitions. Should be greater than 1. Defaults to 2. (optional)
  • pad a value to adjust the last subsequence to the n elements (optional)

Returns:

    an iterator function
permutation (array)
Iterator returning the permutations of an array. It returns arrays made of all values from the passed-in array, with values permuted.

Parameters:

  • array an array

Returns:

    an iterator function
invert (array)
Swaps keys with values. Produces a new array where previous keys are now values, while previous values are now keys.
Aliased as mirror

Parameters:

  • array a given array

Returns:

    a new array
concat (array[, sep[, i[, j]]])
Concatenates values in a given array. Handles booleans as well. If sep string is passed, it will be used as a separator. Passing i and j will result in concatenating only values within [i, j] range.
Aliased as join

Parameters:

  • array a given array
  • sep a separator string, defaults to the empty string ''. (optional)
  • i the starting index, defaults to 1. (optional)
  • j the final index, defaults to the array length. (optional)

Returns:

    a string

Utility functions

noop ()
The no-operation function.

Returns:

    nothing
identity (value)
Returns the passed-in value. This function is used internally as a default iterator.

Parameters:

  • value a value

Returns:

    the passed-in value
constant (value)
Creates a constant function which returns the same output on every call.

Parameters:

  • value a constant value

Returns:

    a constant function
memoize (f[, hash])
Memoizes a given function by caching the computed result. Useful for speeding-up slow-running functions. If a hash function is passed, it will be used to compute hash keys for a set of input values for caching.
Aliased as cache

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • hash a hash function, defaults to identity (optional)

Returns:

    a new function
once (f)
Returns a version of f that runs only once. Successive calls to f will keep yielding the same output, no matter what the passed-in arguments are. It can be used to initialize variables.

Parameters:

  • f a function

Returns:

    a new function

See also:

before (f, count)
Returns a version of f that will run no more than count times. Next calls will keep yielding the results of the count-th call.

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • count a count

Returns:

    a new function

See also:

after (f, count)
Returns a version of f that runs on the count-th call. Useful when dealing with asynchronous tasks.

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • count the number of calls before f will start running.

Returns:

    a new function

See also:

compose (...)
Composes functions. Each passed-in function consumes the return value of the function that follows. In math terms, composing the functions f, g, and h produces the function f(g(h(…))).

Parameters:

  • ... a variable number of functions

Returns:

    a new function

See also:

pipe (value, ...)
Pipes a value through a series of functions. In math terms, given some functions f, g, and h in that order, it returns f(g(h(value))).

Parameters:

  • value a value
  • ... a variable number of functions

Returns:

    the result of the composition of function calls.

See also:

complement (f)
Returns the logical complement of a given function. For a given input, the returned function will output false if the original function would have returned true, and vice-versa.

Parameters:

  • f a function

Returns:

    the logical complement of the given function f.
juxtapose (value, ...)
Calls a sequence of passed-in functions with the same argument. Returns a sequence of results.
Aliased as juxt

Parameters:

  • value a value
  • ... a variable number of functions

Returns:

    a list of results
wrap (f, wrapper)
Wraps f inside of the wrapper function. It passes f as the first argument to wrapper. This allows the wrapper to execute code before and after f runs, adjust the arguments, and execute it conditionally.

Parameters:

  • f a function to be wrapped, prototyped as f (…)
  • wrapper a wrapper function, prototyped as wrapper (f, …)

Returns:

    the results
times (n, iter, ...)
Runs iter function n times. Collects the results of each run and returns them in an array.

Parameters:

  • n the number of times iter should be called
  • iter an iterator function, prototyped as iter (i, …)
  • ... args to be passed to iter function

Returns:

    table an array of results
bind (f, v)
Binds v to be the first argument to f. Calling f (…) will result to f (v, …).

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • v a value

Returns:

    a function

See also:

bind2 (f, v)
Binds v to be the second argument to f. Calling f (a, …) will result to f (a, v, …).

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • v a value

Returns:

    a function

See also:

bindn (f, ...)
Binds … to be the N-first arguments to function f.
Calling f (a1, a2, …, aN) will result to f (…, a1, a2, …,aN).

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • ... a variable number of arguments

Returns:

    a function

See also:

bindAll (obj, ...)
Binds methods to object. As such, whenever any of these methods is invoked, it always receives the object as its first argument.

Parameters:

  • obj an abject
  • ... a variable number of method names

Returns:

    the passed-in object with all methods bound to the object itself.

See also:

uniqueId ([template[, ...]])
Generates an unique ID for the current session. If given a string template, it will use this template for output formatting. Otherwise, if template is a function, it will evaluate template (id, …).
Aliased as uid.

Parameters:

  • template either a string or a function template to format the ID (optional)
  • ... a variable number of arguments to be passed to template, in case it is a function. (optional)

Returns:

    value an ID
iterator (f, x)
Produces an iterator which repeatedly apply a function f onto an input.
Yields x, then f(x), then f(f(x)), continuously.

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • x an initial input to f

Returns:

    an iterator fnction
    Aliased as iter.
array (...)
Iterates an iterator and returns its values in an array.

Parameters:

  • ... an iterator (a function, a table and a value)

Returns:

    an array of results
flip (f)
Creates a function of f with arguments flipped in reverse order.

Parameters:

  • f a function

Returns:

    a function
over (...)
Creates a function that runs transforms on all arguments it receives.

Parameters:

  • ... a set of functions which will receive all arguments to the returned function

Returns:

    a function

See also:

overEvery (...)
Creates a validation function. The returned function checks if all of the given predicates return truthy when invoked with the arguments it receives.

Parameters:

  • ... a list of predicate functions

Returns:

    a new function

See also:

overSome (...)
Creates a validation function. The return function checks if any of a given predicates return truthy when invoked with the arguments it receives.

Parameters:

  • ... a list of predicate functions

Returns:

    a new function

See also:

overArgs (f, ...)
Creates a function that invokes f with its arguments transformed. 1rst arguments will be passed to the 1rst transform, 2nd arg to the 2nd transform, etc. Remaining arguments will not be transformed.

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • ... a list of transforms funcs prototyped as f (v)

Returns:

    the result of running f with its transformed arguments

See also:

partial (f, ...)
Partially apply a function by filling in any number of its arguments.
One may pass a string '_' as a placeholder in the list of arguments to specify an argument that should not be pre-filled, but left open to be supplied at call-time.

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • ... a list of partial arguments to f

Returns:

    a new version of function f having some of it original arguments filled

See also:

partialRight (f, ...)
Similar to partial, but from the right.

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • ... a list of partial arguments to f

Returns:

    a new version of function f having some of it original arguments filled

See also:

curry (f[, n_args])
Curries a function. If the given function f takes multiple arguments, it returns another version of f that takes a single argument (the first of the arguments to the original function) and returns a new function that takes the remainder of the arguments and returns the result.

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • n_args the number of arguments expected for f. Defaults to 2. (optional)

Returns:

    a curried version of f

See also:

time (f[, ...])
Returns the execution time of f (…) and its returned values.

Parameters:

  • f a function
  • ... optional args to f (optional)

Returns:

    the execution time and the results of f (…)

Object functions

keys (obj)
Returns the keys of the object properties.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    an array
values (obj)
Returns the values of the object properties.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    an array
kvpairs (obj)
Converts keys and values a an array-list of [k, v].

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    an array list of key-values pairs

See also:

toObj (kvpairs)
Converts an array list of kvpairs to an object. Keys are taken from the 1rst column in the kvpairs sequence, associated with values in the 2nd column

Parameters:

Returns:

    an object

See also:

property (key)
Returns a function that will return the key property of any passed-in object.

Parameters:

  • key a key property name

Returns:

    a function which should accept an object as argument

See also:

propertyOf (obj)
Returns a function which will return the value of an object property.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    a function which should accept a key property argument

See also:

toBoolean (value)
Converts any given value to a boolean

Parameters:

  • value a value. Can be of any type

Returns:

    true if value is true, false otherwise (false or nil).
extend (destObj, ...)
Extends an object properties. It copies the properties of extra passed-in objects into the destination object, and returns the destination object. The last objects will override properties of the same name.

Parameters:

  • destObj a destination object
  • ... a list of objects

Returns:

    the destination object extended
functions ([obj])
Returns a sorted list of all methods names found in an object. If the given object has a metatable implementing an __index field pointing to another table, will also recurse on this table if recurseMt is provided. If obj is omitted, it defaults to the library functions.
Aliased as methods.

Parameters:

  • obj an object. Defaults to Moses library functions. (optional)

Returns:

    an array-list of methods names
clone (obj[, shallow])
Clones a given object properties. If shallow is passed will also clone nested array properties.

Parameters:

  • obj an object
  • shallow whether or not nested array-properties should be cloned, defaults to false. (optional)

Returns:

    a copy of the passed-in object
tap (obj, f[, ...])
Invokes interceptor with the object, and then returns object. The primary purpose of this method is to “tap into” a method chain, in order to perform operations on intermediate results within the chain.

Parameters:

  • obj an object
  • f an interceptor function, should be prototyped as f (obj, …)
  • ... args to be passed to f (optional)

Returns:

    the passed-in object
has (obj, key)
Checks if a given object implements a property.

Parameters:

  • obj an object
  • key a key property to be checked

Returns:

    true or false
pick (obj, ...)
Returns an object copy having white-listed properties.
Aliased as choose.

Parameters:

  • obj an object
  • ... a variable number of string keys

Returns:

    the filtered object
omit (obj, ...)
Returns an object copy without black-listed properties.
Aliased as drop.

Parameters:

  • obj an object
  • ... a variable number of string keys

Returns:

    the filtered object
template (obj[, template])
Applies a template to an object, preserving non-nil properties.
Aliased as defaults.

Parameters:

  • obj an object
  • template a template object. Defaults to an empty table {}. (optional)

Returns:

    the passed-in object filled
isEqual (objA, objB[, useMt])
Performs a deep comparison test between two objects. Can compare strings, functions (by reference), nil, booleans. Compares tables by reference or by values. If useMt is passed, the equality operator == will be used if one of the given objects has a metatable implementing __eq.
Aliased as _.compare

Parameters:

  • objA an object
  • objB another object
  • useMt whether or not __eq should be used, defaults to false. (optional)

Returns:

    true or false
result (obj, method[, ...])
Invokes an object method. It passes the object itself as the first argument. if method is not callable, will return obj[method].

Parameters:

  • obj an object
  • method a string key to index in object obj.
  • ... Optional args to be passed to method (optional)

Returns:

    the returned value of method (obj, …) call
isTable (t)
Checks if the given arg is a table.

Parameters:

  • t a value to be tested

Returns:

    true or false
isCallable (obj)
Checks if the given argument is callable. Assumes obj is callable if it is either a function or a table having a metatable implementing __call metamethod.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false
isArray (obj)
Checks if the given argument is an array. Assumes obj is an array if is a table with consecutive integer keys starting at 1.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false
isIterable (obj)
Checks if the given object is iterable with pairs (or ipairs).

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true if the object can be iterated with pairs (or ipairs), false otherwise
isEmpty ([obj])
Checks if the given pbject is empty. If obj is a string, will return true if #obj == 0. Otherwise, if obj is a table, will return whether or not this table is empty. If obj is nil, it will return true.

Parameters:

  • obj an object (optional)

Returns:

    true or false
isString (obj)
Checks if the given argument is a string.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false
isFunction (obj)
Checks if the given argument is a function.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false
isNil (obj)
Checks if the given argument is nil.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false
isNumber (obj)
Checks if the given argument is a number.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false

See also:

isNaN (obj)
Checks if the given argument is NaN (see Not-A-Number).

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false

See also:

isFinite (obj)
Checks if the given argument is a finite number.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false
isBoolean (obj)
Checks if the given argument is a boolean.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false
isInteger (obj)
Checks if the given argument is an integer.

Parameters:

  • obj an object

Returns:

    true or false
chain (value)
Returns a wrapped object. Calling library functions as methods on this object will continue to return wrapped objects until obj:value is used. Can be aliased as _(value).

Parameters:

  • value a value to be wrapped

Returns:

    a wrapped object
obj:value ()
Extracts the value of a wrapped object. Must be called on an chained object (see chain).

Returns:

    the value previously wrapped
import ([context[, noConflict]])
Imports all library functions into a context.

Parameters:

  • context a context. Defaults to _G (global environment) when not given. (optional)
  • noConflict if supplied, will not import functions having a key existing in the destination context. (optional)

Returns:

    the passed-in context
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