Func#
Description#
The func
modules provides support for working with higher order
functions. It aims to bring more "functional" features to alisp.
Functions#
identity : (identity ARG)
Return ARG unchanged.
thread-first : (thread-first FORMS)
Thread FORMS elements as the first argument of their successor.
Example:
(thread-first 5 (+ 20) (/ 25) (-) (+ 40))
Is equivalent to: (+ (- (/ (+ 5 20) 25)) 40)
thread-last : (thread-last FORMS)
Thread FORMS elements as the last argument of their successor.
Example:
(thread-last 5 (+ 20) (/ 25) - (+ 40))
Is equivalent to: (+ 40 (- (/ 25 (+ 20 5))))
compose : (compose [FUNCTION]...)
Create a new function by composing several ones. The last function will be the innter most funciton in the composition.
Example:
((compose (lambda (x) (* 2 x)) (lambda (x) (* 3 x)) ) 10) ; -> 60
In the above example, the compose function will return a function that
is equivalent to (lambda (x) ((lambda (x_2) (* 2 x_2) ) ((lambda (x_1) (* 3 x_1)) x)))
.
This measns that the last function will be evalued first and then the
result of that will be used as input for the next function.
reduce : (reduce FUNCTION LIST)
Apply function of two arguments cumulatively to the items of LIST, from left to right, so as to reduce the iterable to a single value.The left argument is the accumulated value and the right argument is the update value from the list.
(reduce (lambda (x y) (+ x y)) '(1 2 3 4 5)) ; -> 15
ignore : (ignore [ANY]...)
Return nil and ignore all of the given arguments.
partial : (partial FUNCTION [ARGUMENT] ...)
Create a new function by partially applying arguments to a function. The return function can be called normally, either without arguments (if every argument was partially applied) or with the unapplied arguments.
Example:
((partial (lambda (x y) (x + y)) 5) 2) ; -> 7
In the example, (partial (lambda (x y) (x + y)) 5)
is equivalent to
(lambda (x) ((lambda (x y) (x + y)) x 5))
. This is a function that
takes a single argument and adds 5 to it.
Constants#
_ : Can be used as a placeholder object at certain places.