autobox::Transform - Autobox methods to transform Arrays and Hashes
# These are equivalent ways to transform arrays and arrayrefs ### map_by my @genres = map { $_->genre() } @$books; my @genres = $books->map_by("genre"); my $genres = [ map { $_->genre() } @$books ]; my $genres = $books->map_by("genre"); # With sum from autobox::Core / List::AllUtils my $book_order_total = sum( map { $_->price_with_tax($tax_pct) } @{$order->books} ); my $book_order_total = $order->books ->map_by(price_with_tax => [$tax_pct])->sum; ### grep_by my $sold_out_books = [ grep { $_->is_sold_out } @$books ]; my $sold_out_books = $books->grep_by("is_sold_out"); my $books_in_library = [ grep { $_->is_in_library($library) } @$books ]; my $books_in_library = $books->grep_by(is_in_library => [$library]); ### group_by $books->group_by("title"), # { # "Leviathan Wakes" => $books->[0], # "Caliban's War" => $books->[1], # "The Tree-Body Problem" => $books->[2], # "The Name of the Wind" => $books->[3], # }, $authors->group_by(publisher_affiliation => ["with"]), # { # 'James A. Corey with Orbit' => $authors->[0], # 'Cixin Liu with Head of Zeus' => $authors->[1], # 'Patrick Rothfuss with Gollanz' => $authors->[2], # }, $books->group_by_count("genre"), # { # "Sci-fi" => 3, # "Fantasy" => 1, # }, my $genre_books = $books->group_by_array("genre"); # { # "Sci-fi" => [ $sf_book_1, $sf_book_2, $sf_book_3 ], # "Fantasy" => [ $fantasy_book_1 ], # }, #### flat my $prolific_author_books = [ map { @{$_->books} } @$authors ] my $prolific_author_books = $authors->map_by("books")->flat
Note: This module supercedes autobox::Array::Transform which was unfortunately named.
High level autobox methods you can call on arrays, arrayrefs, hashes and hashrefs e.g. map_by(), grep_by(), group_by()
autobox::Core is awesome, for a variety of reasons.
It cuts down on dereferencing punctuation clutter.
It makes map and grep transforms read in the same direction it's executed.
It makes it easier to write those things in a natural order. No need to move the cursor around a lot just to fix dereferencing, order of operations etc.
autobox::Transform provides a few higher level methods for mapping, greping and sorting common cases which are easier to read and write.
Since they are at a slightly higher semantic level, once you know them they also provide a more specific meaning than just "map" or "grep".
(Compare the difference between seeing a "map" and seeing a "foreach" loop. Just seeing the word "map" hints at what type of thing is going on here: transforming a list into another list).
The methods of autobox::Transform are not suitable for all cases, but when used appropriately they will lead to much more clear, succinct and direct code, especially in conjunction with autobox::Core.
my $total_order_amount = $order->books ->map_by(price_with_tax => [ $tax_pct ]) ->sum; my $order_authors = $order->books ->map_by("author") ->map_by("name")->uniq->sort->join(", ");
All of the methods below are context sensitive, i.e. they return a list in list context and an arrayref in scalar context, just like autobox::Core.
When in doubt, assume they work like map and grep, and convert the return value to references where you might have an unobvious list context. E.g.
map
grep
$self->my_method( # Wrong, this is list context and wouldn't return an arrayref books => $books->grep_by("is_published"), ), $self->my_method( # Correct, convert the list to an arrayref books => [ $books->grep_by("is_published") ], ), $self->my_method( # Correct, ensure scalar context i.e. an array ref books => scalar $books->grep_by("is_published"), ),
Call the $method on each item in the list. Like:
map { $_->$method() }
Examples:
my @ahthor_names = $authors->map_by("name"); my $author_names = @publishers->map_by("authors")->map_by("name");
Optionally pass in @$args in the method call. Like:
map { $_->$method(@$args) }
my @prices_including_tax = $books->map_by("price_with_tax", [ $tax_pct ]); my $prices_including_tax = $books->map_by(price_with_tax => [ $tax_pct ]);
grep { $_->$method() }
my @prolific_authors = $authors->grep_by("is_prolific");
grep { $_->$method(@$args) }
my @books_to_charge_for = $books->grep_by("price_with_tax", [ $tax_pct ]);
Call ->$method(@$args) on each object in the array (just like ->map_by) and group the return values as keys in a hashref.
The default $value_sub gives the count of each value as the values of the hashref.
Example:
my $genre_count = $books->group_by("genre"); # { # "Sci-fi" => 3, # "Fantasy" => 1, # },
This is a bit tricky to use, so the most common thing would probably be to use canned utility subs which do common things (see below).
The hash key is whatever is returned from $object->$method(@$args).
The hash value is whatever is returned from
my $new_value = $value_sub->($current_value, $object, $key);
where:
$current value is the current hash value for this key (or undef if the first one).
$object is the current item in the list. The current $_ is also set to this.
$key is the key returned by $object->$method(@$args)
Return a flattened array, assuming the array items themselves are array refs. I.e.
[ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ "a", "b" ], ]->flat
returns
[ 1, 2, 3, "a", "b "]
This is useful if e.g. a map_by("some_method") returns arrayrefs of objects which you want to do further method calls on. Example:
# ->books returns an arrayref of Book objects with a ->title $authors->map_by("books")->flat->map_by("title")
Note: This is different from autobox::Core's ->flatten, which reurns a list rather than an array and therefore can't be used in this way.
Johan Lindstrom, <johanl [AT] cpan.org>
<johanl [AT] cpan.org>
https://github.com/jplindstrom/p5-autobox-Transform
Please report any bugs or feature requests on GitHub:
https://github.com/jplindstrom/p5-autobox-Transform/issues.
Copyright 2016- Johan Lindstrom, All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install autobox::Transform, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm autobox::Transform
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install autobox::Transform
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.