Underscore.go

Move Fast; Optimize Late

A useful collection of Go utilities. Designed for programmer happiness.

TL;DR Sort-of like underscore.js, but for Go

⚠️ Warning

This package is in heavy flux at the moment as I work to incorporate feedback from various sources.

:squirrel: Todo

• refactor to make functions first parameter (eg Each func(func(A), []A))
• godoc
• none
• all
• any
• contains
• indexOf
• pMap (parallel)
• handle maps collections

Each

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Each func([]A, func(A))

Applies the given function to each element of a slice,

  // Each func(interface{}, func(interface{}))

  var buffer bytes.Buffer

  s := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}

  fn := func(s interface{}) {
    buffer.WriteString(s.(string))
  }

  e := un.Each(s, fn)
  fmt.Println(e) //["abcde"]

Typed Each can be defined using a function type and the MakeEach helper.

  var sum int

  fn := func(i int) {
    sum += i
  }

  i := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
  EachInt(i, fn)

  fmt.Printf("%#v\n", sum) //15

Of note is the ability to close over variables within the calling scope.

Map

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Map func([]A, func(A) B) []B

Applies the given function to each element of a slice, returning a slice of results

The base Map function accepts interface{} types and returns []interface{}

  // Map func(interface{}, func(interface{}) interface{}) []interface{}

  s := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}

  fn := func(s interface{}) interface{} {
    return s.(string) + "!"
  }

  m := un.Map(ToI(s), fn)
  fmt.Println(m) //["a!", "b!", "c!", "d!"]

Typed Maps can be defined using a function type and the MakeMap helper.

  Map func([]A, func(A) B) []B

  var SMap func([]string, func(string) string) []string
  un.MakeMap(&SMap)

  m := un.SMap(s, fn)
  fmt.Println(m) //["a!", "b!", "c!", "d!"]

Of note is the return value of Map is a slice of the return type of the applied function.

Partition

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Partition func([]A, func(A) bool) ([]A []A)

Partition splits a slice or map based on the evaluation of the supplied function

The base Partition function accepts interface{} types and returns []interface{}

  // Partition func(interface{}, func(interface{}) bool) ([]interface{}, []interface{})

  s := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}

  fn := func(i interface{}) bool {
    return (i.(int) % 2) == 1
  }

  odd, even := un.Partition(s, fn)

  fmt.Println(odd)  //[1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
  fmt.Println(even) //[2, 4, 6, 8, 10]

Typed Partitions can be defined using a function type and the MakePartition helper.

  // Partition func([]A, func(A) bool) ([]A []A)

  var IPartition func([]int, func(int) bool) ([]int, []int)

  un.MakePartition(&IPartition)

  s := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}

  fn := func(i int) bool {
    return (i % 2) == 1
  }

  odd, even := un.IPartition(s, fn)

  fmt.Println(odd)  //[1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
  fmt.Println(even) //[2, 4, 6, 8, 10]

Contains returns true if an object is in a slice.

  o := "a"
  s := []string{"a", "b", "c"}

  b := un.Contains(s, o)
  fmt.Println(b) //true

ToI converts a slice of arbitrary type []T into a slice of []interfaces{}

  s := []int{1, 1, 3, 5, 8, 13}
  i := un.ToI(s)

Notes

I am aware that the whole idea is not particularly very TheGoWay™, but it is useful as a learning exercise, and it is useful for moving fast and optimising later.