A library of Javascript utility functions with an emphasis on Functional Programming.
npm install cintA Javascript utility belt with an emphasis on Functional Programming.
- No direct overlap with lodash
- No dependencies
``sh`
npm install cint --save
`js`
import cint from 'cint'
`js
/* Returns a function that returns the inverse of the given boolean function. /
not(f)
/** Returns a new function that inserts the given curried arguments to the inner function at the specified index of its runtime arguments.
i.e. _.partial(f, args...) is equivalent to partialAt(f, 0, args) and _.partialRight(f, args...) is equivalent to partialAt(f, n, args) where n is the arity of the function.
*/
partialAt(f, index, curriedArgs)
/* Returns a new function that calls the given function with a limit on the number of arguments. /
aritize(f, n)
/* Recursively invokes the given function with no parameters until it returns a non-functional value. /
callTillValue(value)
/* Calls the given function as normal, then passes its inputs and output to the spier (defaults to console.log) /
spy(f, spier)
/* Converts the given synchronous function into an asynchronous function that applies its arguments to the original function and invokes callback(error, result) /
toAsync(f)
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`js
/** Performs variable substitution on the string, replacing items in {curly braces}.
Based on supplant by Douglas Crockford http://javascript.crockford.com/remedial.html
*/
supplant(str, o)
/* Returns true if the string starts with the given substring. /
startsWith(str, sub)
/* Returns the substring before the first instance of the given delimiter. /
before(str, delim)
/* Returns the substring after the first instance of the given delimiter. Returns the whole string if the delimiter is not found. /
after(str, delim)
/* Returns the substring between the given delimiters. /
betweenstr, left, right)
/* Wraps a string with a left and right /
bookend(middle, left, right)
/* Returns a single string that repeats the string n times. /
repeatString(str, n, delim)
/* Capitalizes the first letter of each word in the given string. /
toTitleCase(str)
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`js
/* Returns the ordinal value (like '1st' or '2nd') of the given integer. /
ordinal(n)
/* Invokes the given function n times, passing the index for each invocation, and returns an array of the results. /
mapNumber(n, f)
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`js
/* Returns a list of values plucked from the property from the given array. If the values are functions, they wll be bound to the array item. /
pluck(arr, property)
/* Group the array of objects by one of the object's properties or mappable function. Returns a dictionary containing the original array's items indexed by the property value. /
group(arr, propOrFunc)
/* Group the array of objects by one of the object's properties or mappable function. Returns an array of { key: ___, items: ___ } objects which represent all the items in the original array grouped by the value of the specified grouping key. /
orderedGroup(arr, propOrFunc)
/* Returns a dictionary whose keys are the values of the array and values are the number of instances of that value within the array. /
tally(arr)
/** Tally the property values of an array of object, grouping the counts for each property under its value.
e.g.
[
{
ideal: 4,
past: 3,
present: 7
},
{
ideal: 5,
past: 7,
present: 7
}
]
=>
{
"4": {
ideal: 1
},
"3": {
past: 1
}
"5": {
ideal: 1
}
"7": {
present: 2,
past: 1
}
}
*/
tallyProps(arr)
/* Returns the unique values in the array. /
unique(arr)
/* Returns the reverse of the given array. Unlike the native reverse, does not modify the original array. /
reversed(arr)
/* Indexes into an array, supports negative indices. /
index(arr, i)
/* Returns a new array containing the elements of the given array shifted n spaces to the left, wrapping around the end. /
rotate(arr, n)
/* Creates an object with a property for each element of the given array, determined by a function that returns the property as a { key: value }. /
toObject(arr, f)
/* Returns the first item in the given array that returns true for the given function. If no item is found, returns null. /
find(arr, f)
/* Returns the first item in the given array whose specified property matches the given value. /
findByProperty(arr, prop, value)
/* Functional, nondestructive version of Array.prototype.splice. /
spliced(arr, index, howMany/, elements/
/* Returns an array of sequential integers from start to end (inclusive). If only one parameter is specified, start is 1. /
range(start, end)
/* Returns a new array that only includes items with a specific value of a given property. /
filterBy(arr, prop, value)
/** Breaks up the array into n evenly-sized chunks.
Solution from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8188548/splitting-a-js-array-into-n-arrays
*/
chunk(a, n)
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`js
/* Returns an array of the object's values. /
values(o)
/* Returns a new object with the given key and value. /
keyValue(key, value)
/* Gets the value of a key of the given object. /
getValue(o, key)
/* Sets the value of the given key and returns the object. /
setValue(o, key, value)
/* Creates a mapping function that applies the given function to the value of the specified key. /
mapOverKey(f, originalKey, newKey)
/* Join the object into a single string with the given separators separating properties from each other as well as values. /
joinObject(obj, propSeparator, valueSeparator)
/** Returns true if the object has no non-undefined properties.
@author Douglas Crockford http://javascript.crockford.com/remedial.html
*/
isEmpty(o)
/* Returns the number of properties on the given object. /
numProperties(o)
/* Returns an array whose items are the result of calling f(key, value) on each property of the given object. If f is undefined, returns a list of { key: ___, value: ___ } objects. /
toArray(obj, f)
/* Returns a new object that only includes the properties of the given obj for which f(key, value) is true. /
filterObject(obj, f)
/** Changes the specified keys in an object.
@example changeKeys(
{ fname: 'Raine', lname: 'Revere', specialty: 'Javascript' },
{ fname: 'first', lname: 'last' }
)
*/
changeKeys(obj, changedKeys)
/* Calls a function on an object and returns the object (for chaining purposes). /
tap(f, o)
/ console.log's the given object and returns the object (for chaining purposes). /
look(o)
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`js
/* Adds two numbers. /
addTwo(x, y)
/* Adds all given arguments. /
add(/x,y,z,.../)
/* Compares two items lexigraphically. Returns 1 if a>b, 0 if a==b, or -1 if a
compare(a,b)
/* Returns a function that compares the given property of two items. /
compareProperty(property)
/* Create a new instance of the given constructor with the given constructor arguments. Useful for higher order programmer where the new keyword won't work. /
createNew(C, args)
/** Returns a compare function that can be passed to Array.sort to sort in the order of the given array of properties. A property can also be appended with ' ASC' or ' DESC' to control the sort order.
*/
dynamicCompare(props)
/* Returns true if all the items in a are equal to all the items in b, recursively. /
equals(a,b)
/* in operator as a function. /
hasKey(creamFilling, donut)
/* Returns true if the given value is not undefined, null, or an empty string. /
hasValue(x)
/* Returns a string representation of the given scalar, array, or dictionary. /
hash(o)
/* Converts the given value to a string by calling its toString method. /
intoString(value)
/** Generates a pseudo-random string that can be assumed to be unique.
@remarks untestable
*/
guid()
/** Returns a string representing the type of the object, with special handling for null and arrays.
@author Douglas Crockford http://javascript.crockford.com/remedial.html
*/
typeOf(value)
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