humane_list

Combining arrays with kv structures. It is meant to act the way non-programmers (ie humans) expect lists to act (ie usability). Think of shopping lists: top to bottom.

• Default index is 1, not 0.
• This is no shift or unshift.
• .pop( 'top' ) and .push('top', vals) to attach before first element.
• .pop( 'bottom' ) and .push('bottom', vals) to pop/insert after last element.
• .top() and .bottom() instead of .first() and .last()
• Instead of index, you have positions.
  • Why?! Because non-programmers might confuse keys with indexes. Think of a book with an index.

Installation and Usage

On your shell:

npm install humane_list

In your script:

var hl = require('humane_list');
var empty   = new hl();
var w_array = new hl( [1,2,3] );
var w_obj   = new hl( { one: 1, two: 2, three: 3 } );

Usage: Inserting

stuff.push( "bottom", "red" );
stuff.push( "bottom", "blue" );
stuff.bottom(); 
// => "blue"

Remember, index starts with 1, not 0.

stuff.alias( 1, "favorite" );
stuff.alias( "favorite", "fire_color" );
stuff.at_key( "favorite" );
// => "red"

stuff.at_key( "fire_color" );
// => "red"

Usage: Inspect

stuff.has_key( "favorite" );
// => true

stuff.positions();
// => [ 1, 2 ]

stuff.keys();
// => [ ['favorite', 'fire_color'], [] ]

stuff.values();
// => [ 'red', 'blue' ]

Usage: Deleting

stuff.delete_at( "fire_color");
stuff.delete_at( 2 ); 
// This deletes value at index 2.

No shift or unshift.

stuff.pop('top');
// => "red"

stuff.push( 'top', "red" );
// => "red"