stdlib 41.2.4 Reference

# Module `std.operator`

Functional forms of Lua operators.

## Functions

concat (a, b) | Stringify and concatenate arguments.
conj (a, b) | Return the logical conjunction of the arguments.
diff (a, b) | Return the difference of the arguments.
disj (a, b) | Return the logical disjunction of the arguments.
eq (a, b) | Return the equality of the arguments.
get (t, k) | Dereference a table.
gt (a, b) | Return whether the arguments are in descending order.
gte (a, b) | Return whether the arguments are not in ascending order.
lt (a, b) | Return whether the arguments are in ascending order.
lte (a, b) | Return whether the arguments are not in descending order.
mod (a, b) | Return the modulus of the arguments.
neg (a) | Return the logical negation of the arguments.
neq (a, b) | Return the inequality of the arguments.
pow (a, b) | Return the exponent of the arguments.
prod (a, b) | Return the product of the arguments.
quot (a, b) | Return the quotient of the arguments.
set (t, k, v) | Set a table element, honoring metamethods.
sum (a, b) | Return the sum of the arguments.

## Functions

Methods

concat (a, b)
  Stringify and concatenate arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  concatenation of stringified arguments.

  ### Usage:

      --> "=> 1000010010"
      functional.foldl (concat, "=> ", {10000, 100, 10})

conj (a, b)
  Return the logical conjunction of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  logical a and b

  ### Usage:

      --> true
      functional.foldl (conj, {true, 1, "false"})

diff (a, b)
  Return the difference of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  the difference between a and b

  ### Usage:

      --> 890
      functional.foldl (diff, {10000, 100, 10})

disj (a, b)
  Return the logical disjunction of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  logical a or b

  ### Usage:

      --> true
      functional.foldl (disj, {true, 1, false})

eq (a, b)
  Return the equality of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  `true` if a is b, otherwise `false`
get (t, k)
  Dereference a table.

  ### Parameters:

  - t table a table
  - k a key to lookup in t

  ### Returns:

  value stored at t[k] if any, otherwise `nil`

  ### Usage:

      --> 4
      functional.foldl (get, {1, {{2, 3, 4}, 5}}, {2, 1, 3})

gt (a, b)
  Return whether the arguments are in descending order.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  `true` if a is greater then b, otherwise `false`
gte (a, b)
  Return whether the arguments are not in ascending order.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  `true` if a is not greater then b, otherwise `false`
lt (a, b)
  Return whether the arguments are in ascending order.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  `true` if a is less then b, otherwise `false`
lte (a, b)
  Return whether the arguments are not in descending order.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  `true` if a is not greater then b, otherwise `false`
mod (a, b)
  Return the modulus of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  the modulus of a and b

  ### Usage:

      --> 3
      functional.foldl (mod, {65536, 100, 11})

neg (a)
  Return the logical negation of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument

  ### Returns:

  not a

  ### Usage:

      --> {true, false, false, false}
      functional.bind (functional.map, {std.ielems, neg}) {false, true, 1, 0}

neq (a, b)
  Return the inequality of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  `false` if a is b, otherwise `true`

  ### Usage:

      --> true
      local f = require "std.functional"
      table.empty (f.filter (f.bind (neq, {6}), std.ielems, {6, 6, 6})

pow (a, b)
  Return the exponent of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  the a to the power of b

  ### Usage:

      --> 4096
      functional.foldl (pow, {2, 3, 4})

prod (a, b)
  Return the product of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  the product of a and b

  ### Usage:

      --> 10000000
      functional.foldl (prod, {10000, 100, 10})

quot (a, b)
  Return the quotient of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  the quotient a and b

  ### Usage:

      --> 1000
      functional.foldr (quot, {10000, 100, 10})

set (t, k, v)
  Set a table element, honoring metamethods.

  ### Parameters:

  - t table a table
  - k a key to lookup in t
  - v a value to set for k

  ### Returns:

  table t

  ### Usage:

      -- destructive table merge:
      --> {"one", bar="baz", two=5}
      functional.reduce (set, {"foo", bar="baz"}, {"one", two=5})

sum (a, b)
  Return the sum of the arguments.

  ### Parameters:

  - a an argument
  - b another argument

  ### Returns:

  the sum of the a and b

  ### Usage:

      --> 10110
      functional.foldl (sum, {10000, 100, 10})

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