tap

A JavaScript implementation of Laravel's tap helper.

Installing

using npm

npm install @devlop/tap

Usage

import tap from '@devlop/tap';

tap accepts two arguments, a value and a callback. The callback will get the value as the first argument, any return value of the callback will be ignored and the original value will be returned.

Examples

let someVariable = true;

let anotherValue = tap(someVariable, function () {
    console.log(someVariable); // true
});

console.log(anotherValue); // true

let someVariable = true;

let anotherValue = tap(someVariable, function () {
    console.log(someVariable); // true
    
    // re-assignments have no effect
    someVariable = false;
    
    // return values are ignored
    return false;
});

console.log(anotherValue); // still true 

let someObject = {
    team: 'Mora IK',
};

tap(someVariable, function () {
    // objects are passed by reference in JavaScript and can be modified
    someObject.name = 'Chicago Blackhawks';
});

console.log(someObject.name); // Chicago Blackhawks