ZSH higher order functions

You can look at yogsototh's blogpost for the idea of higher order functions in zsh.

Examples and usage

Here are some examples:

$ mapa '$1*2' {1..3}
2
4
6

$ folda '$1+$2' {1..5}
15

$ folda '$acc+$x' {1..5}
15

$ filter 'echo $1|grep a >/dev/null' ab cd ef ada
ab
ada

$ map 'X $1:t Y' ~/.zsh/functional/src/*
X each Y
X filter Y
X fold Y
X map Y

$ map 'result $1' $(mapa '$1+5' $(mapa '$1*2' {1..3}))
result 7
result 9
result 11

$ echo "1\n2\n3" | mapa '$1*2' | mapa '$1+5' | map 'result $1'
result 7
result 9
result 11

Here are some examples with named functions:

$ insideXY(){print -- "X $1 Y"}
$ eachf insideXY a b c d
X a Y
X b Y
X c Y
X d Y

$ add(){print -- $(($1+$2))}
$ foldf add {1..5}
15

Please refer to the tests for complete specifications. The advantages of the cram tests are that they are validated and readable.

Furthermore, the commands will print out their --help if they are provided no arguments.

Naming conventions

I found the lambda expression versions most useful hence they have the shortest (plain) name. Functions ending with an f are those taking in a named function and functions ending with an a will take an arithmetic lambda expression. The examples above should clarify the syntax.

map or each?

map is simply each with an implicit echo, it should feel somewhat intuitive for ruby developers. Note how mapa exists but not eacha, and the contrary for mapf and eachf.

Reading from standard input

All functions will read from stdin if no arguments are given to them. Please see tests/filter.t For a test that lazily generates the first 10 primes.

Contributing

Good idea! Just add a test and implement the new functionality and send away your pull request! :)

Running the tests

We test like antigen does testing.

Creds

Yann Esposito for the HoF idea and big thanks to Sterling's blogpost for discovering and starting implementing the anonymous function features.