@stdlib/iter-pipeline-thunk NPM

iterThunk

Create an iterator "thunk".

Installation

npm install @stdlib/iter-pipeline-thunk

Usage

var iterThunk = require( '@stdlib/iter-pipeline-thunk' );

iterThunk( iterFcn[, ...args] )

Returns an iterator "thunk".

var array2iterator = require( '@stdlib/array-to-iterator' );
var iterSome = require( '@stdlib/iter-some' );

var thunk = iterThunk( iterSome, 3 );

var arr = array2iterator( [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 1 ] );
var bool = thunk( arr );
// returns true

arr = array2iterator( [ 0, 0, 1, 0, 1 ] );
bool = thunk( arr );
// returns false

A provided iterator function should have the following function signature:

function iterFcn( iterator[, ...args] ) {...}

where

iterator: an iterator
...args: additional iterator function arguments

The returned function expects a single argument

iterator: an iterator

and invokes iterFcn with the provided iterator and any previously provided args.

Accordingly, this function implements left-to-right partial application with special consideration for functions which act upon iterator sequences.

Notes

This function is useful within the context of iterator pipelines as a means to defer execution until a pipeline is ready for data flow.
The function evaluation context is always null.

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-iter-randu' );
var iterHead = require( '@stdlib/iter-head' );
var iterMap = require( '@stdlib/iter-map' );
var iterSome = require( '@stdlib/iter-some' );
var iterPipeline = require( '@stdlib/iter-pipeline' );
var iterThunk = require( '@stdlib/iter-pipeline-thunk' );

function threshold( r ) {
    return ( r > 0.95 );
}

// Create a pipeline which tests whether at least 5% of values exceed a threshold:
var p = iterPipeline(
    // Apply a threshold to iterated values:
    iterThunk( iterMap, threshold ),

    // Limit the sequence to 100 values:
    iterThunk( iterHead, 100 ),

    // Test whether at least 5 values exceed the threshold:
    iterThunk( iterSome, 5 )
);

// Define the number of random number sequences to analyze:
var N = 100;

// Initialize a counter for sequences satisfying the 5% threshold:
var count = 0;

// Perform analysis...
var bool;
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
    bool = p( randu() );
    if ( bool ) {
        count += 1;
    }
    console.log( bool );
}
console.log( '%d of %d', count, N );

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.