Funcussion 0.1.1

Maintained by Unclaimed.

You want to add pod 'Funcussion', '~> 0.1' similar to the following to your Podfile:

target 'MyApp' do
  pod 'Funcussion', '~> 0.1'
end

Then run a pod install inside your terminal, or from CocoaPods.app.

Alternatively to give it a test run, run the command:

pod try Funcussion

Funcussion 0.1.1

By
Stephen Caudill

More functional than your standard concussion!

What is it?

Funcussion provides convenience methods on standard Objective-C objects that help you write Objective-C in a functional style. Operations performed on a collection always return a new collection. This is in stark opposition to the mutable approach encouraged by a lot of Objective-C builtin analogs to the methods provided here. Most common functional idioms for collecitons are supported and there's a bit of sugar thrown in for good measure.

NSArray Extensions

A bit of sugar to sweeten your common interactions with NSArray.

firstObject

Returns the first object in the array; a shortcut for [array objectAtIndex:0].

-(id)firstObject;

Example:

[@[@"Foo", @"Bar", @"Baz"]  firstObject]; // => @"Foo"

flatten

Recursively flattens array's into a single-dimensional array. Objects are inserted into the returned array as they're encountered.

-(NSArray*)flatten;

Example:

NSArray *simpleArray = @[@"one", @"two"];
NSArray *nestedArray = @[@"microphone", @"check", simpleArray, simpleArray];
[nestedArray flatten];
// => @[@"microphone", @"check", @"one", @"two", @"one", @"two"];

max:

Returns the "maximum" value for the array. Expects a block that returns an NSComparisonResult.

-(NSArray*)max:(ObjectArrayComparatorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

NSArray *numericArray = @[@42,@20,@22];
[numericArray max:^NSComparisonResult(id max, id obj) {
  return [max compare:obj];
}];

// => @42

min:

Returns the "minimum" value for the array. Expects a block that returns an NSComparisonResult.

-(NSArray*)min:(ObjectArrayComparatorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[numericArray min:^NSComparisonResult(id min, id obj) {
    return [min compare:obj];
}];

// => @20

NSArray functional operations

Core methods for applying functional approaches to handling instances of NSArray.

each:

Iterate every element in an NSArray with a supplied function.

-(void)each:(VoidArrayIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleArray each:^(id obj) {
  NSLog(@"element: %@",obj);
}];

eachWithIndex:

Iterate every element in an NSArray while yielding the element and an index to the supplied function.

-(void)eachWithIndex:(VoidArrayIteratorIndexedBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleArray eachWithIndex:^(id obj, NSUInteger index) {
  NSLog(@"element: %@ index: %d", obj, index);
}];

map:

Apply a function to every element of an NSArray. Returns a new array containing the result of the applied functions.

-(NSArray*)map:(ObjectArrayIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleArray map:^(id obj) {
  return [obj uppercaseString];
}];
// => @[@"ONE", @"TWO"]

mapWithIndex:

Apply a function to every element of an NSArray while additionally yielding an index to the function. Returns a new array containing the result of the applied functions.

-(NSArray*)mapWithIndex:(ObjectArrayIteratorIndexedBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleArray mapWithIndex:^(id obj, NSUInteger index) {
  return [[obj stringByAppendingFormat:@":%d", index] uppercaseString];
}];
// => @[@"ONE:0", @"TWO:1"]

filter:

Applies the supplied function and returns a new NSArray containing all elements the supplied function evaluates to true for.

-(NSArray*)filter:(BoolArrayIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[@[@0, @1, @"zero", @"one"] filter:^BOOL(id obj) {
  return [obj isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]];
}];
// => @[@0,@1]

reduceWithAccumulator:andBlock:

Applies the supplied function to reduce all values in the NSArray down to a single value. Initialize it with an accumulator of the same type you will reduce to.

-(id)reduceWithAccumulator:(id)accumulator andBlock:(ObjectArrayAccumulatorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

NSArray *numericArray = @[@22, @20];
[numericArray reduceWithAccumulator:@0 andBlock:^id(id acc, id obj) {
  return [NSNumber numberWithInt:[acc intValue] + [obj intValue]];
}]; // => @42

reduceWithAccumulator:andIndexedBlock:

Applies the supplied function to reduce all values in the NSArray down to a single value. Passes an index to the block. Initialize it with an accumulator of the same type you will reduce to.

-(id)reduceWithAccumulator:(id)accumulator andIndexedBlock:(ObjectArrayAccumulatorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

NSArray *numericArray = @[@22, @20];
[numericArray reduceWithAccumulator:@0 andIndexedBlock:^id(id acc, id obj, NSUInteger index) {
  return [NSNumber numberWithInt:[acc intValue] + [obj intValue] + index];
}]; // => @43

detect:

Returns the first element of the array that matches the BOOL function passed it.

-(id)detect:(BoolArrayIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

NSArray *mixedArray = @[@0, @1, @"zero", @"one"];
[mixedArray detect:^BOOL(id obj) {
  return [obj isKindOfClass:[NSString class]];
}]; // => @"zero"

every:

Applies the supplied BOOL function to every element in the array and returns a BOOL value indicating whether the function is true for all elements.

-(BOOL)every:(BoolArrayIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[mixedArray every:^BOOL(id obj) {
  return [obj isKindOfClass:[NSString class]];
}]; // => NO

[mixedArray every:^BOOL(id obj) {
  return [obj isKindOfClass:[NSObject class]];
}]; // => YES

any:

Applies the supplied BOOL function to every element in the array and returns a BOOL value indicating whether the function is true for any element.

-(BOOL)any:(BoolArrayIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[mixedArray any:^BOOL(id obj) {
  return [obj isKindOfClass:[NSString class]];
}]; // => YES

[mixedArray any:^BOOL(id obj) {
  return [obj isKindOfClass:[NSException class]];
}]; // => NO

NSDictionary functional operations

Core methods for applying functional approaches to handling instances of NSDictionary.

each:

Iterate every couplet in an NSDictionary with a supplied function.

-(void)each:(VoidDictIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

NSDictionary *simpleDict = @{@1: @"one", @2: @"two"}
[simpleDict each:^(id key, id value) {
  NSLog(@"couplet: %@ => %@", key, value);
}];

map:

Applies a function that returns an NSDictionary to every couplet of an NSDictionary. Returns a new dictionary containing the result of the applied functions.

-(NSDictionary*)map:(DictionaryDictIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleDict map:^(id key, id value) {
  return @{[key stringByAppendingFormat:@":%@",value]: [key uppercaseString]};
}];
// => @{@"ONE": @"one:1", @"TWO": @"two:2"};

mapValues:

Applies a function that returns an object to every couplet of an NSDictionary. Returns a new dictionary containing the result of the applied functions assigned as the value.

-(NSDictionary*)mapValues:(ObjectDictIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleDict mapValues:^id(id key, id value) {
  return [key stringByAppendingFormat:@":%@",value]
}];
// => @{@"one": @"one:1", @"two": @"two:2"};

mapToArray:

Applies a function that returns an object to every couplet of an NSDictionary. Returns an array containing the result of the applied functions.

-(NSArray*)mapToArray:(ObjectDictIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleDict mapToArray:^id(id key, id value) {
  return [key stringByAppendingFormat:@":%@",value]
}];
// => @[@"one:1", @"two:2"];

filter:

Applies the supplied function to every couplet of an NSDictionary and returns a new NSDictionary containing all couplets the supplied function evaluates to true for.

-(NSDictionary*)filter:(BoolDictIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

__block NSPredicate *containPred = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:
                                    @"SELF contains[cd] %@", @"one"];
[simpleDict filter:^BOOL(id key, id value) {
  return [containPred evaluateWithObject:key];
}]; // => @{@"one": @"one:1"};

reduceWithAccumulator:andBlock:

Applies the supplied function to reduce all couplets in the NSDictionary down to a single value. Initialize it with an accumulator of the same type you will reduce to.

-(id)reduceWithAccumulator:(id)accumulator andBlock:(ObjectAcumulatorDictBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleDict reduceWithAccumulator:@0 andBlock:^id(id acc, id key, id value) {
  return [NSNumber numberWithInt:[acc intValue] + [value intValue]];
}]; // => @3

every:

Applies the supplied BOOL function to every element in an NSDictionary and returns a BOOL value indicating whether the function is true for all elements.

-(BOOL)every:(BoolDictIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleDict every:^BOOL(id key, id value) {
  return [key isKindOfClass:[NSString class]];
}]; // => YES

[simpleDict every:^BOOL(id key, id value) {
  return [value intValue] < 2;
}]; // => NO

any:

Applies the supplied BOOL function to every element in an NSDictionary and returns a BOOL value indicating whether the function is true for any element.

-(BOOL)any:(BoolDictIteratorBlock)aBlock;

Example:

[simpleDict any:^BOOL(id key, id value) {
  return [key isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]];
}]; // => NO

[simpleDict any:^BOOL(id key, id value) {
  return [value intValue] < 2;
}]; // => YES

Contributing

Contributions are welcome, just fork the project make your changes and submit a pull request. Please ensure the SenTesting suite has coverage for any additions you make and that it still passes after you make any modifications.

License

As with all my software, Funcussion uses the WTFPL so you can just do what the fuck you want to with it.