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NAME
Catmandu::Iterable - Base class for all iterable Catmandu classes
SYNOPSIS
# Create an example Iterable using the Catmandu::Importer::Mock class
my $it = Catmandu::Importer::Mock->new(size => 10);
my $array_ref = $it->to_array;
my $num = $it->count;
# Loop functions
$it->each(sub { print shift->{n} });
my $item = $it->first;
$it->rest
->each(sub { print shift->{n} });
$it->slice(3,2)
->each(sub { print shift->{n} });
$it->take(5)
->each(sub { print shift->{n} });
$it->group(5)
->each(sub { printf "group of %d items\n" , shift->count});
$it->tap(\&logme)->tap(\&printme)->tap(\&mailme)
->each(sub { print shift->{n} });
my $titles = $it->pluck('title')->to_array;
# Select and loop
my $item = $it->detect(sub { shift->{n} > 5 });
$it->select(sub { shift->{n} > 5})
->each(sub { print shift->{n} });
$it->reject(sub { shift->{n} > 5})
->each(sub { print shift->{n} });
# Boolean
if ($it->any(sub { shift->{n} > 5}) {
.. at least one n > 5 ..
}
if ($it->many(sub { shift->{n} > 5}) {
.. at least two n > 5 ..
}
if ($it->all(sub { shift->{n} > 5}) {
.. all n > 5 ..
}
# Modify and summary
my $it2 = $it->map(sub { shift->{n} * 2 });
my $sum = $it2->reduce(0,sub {
my ($prev,$this) = @_;
$prev + $this;
});
my $it3 = $it->group(2)->invoke('to_array');
# Calculate maximum of 'n' field
my $max = $it->max(sub {
shift->{n};
});
# Calculate minimum of 'n' field
my $in = $it->min(sub {
shift->{n};
});
DESCRIPTION
The Catmandu::Iterable class provides many list methods to Iterators such as Importers and
Exporters. Most of the methods are lazy if the underlying datastream supports it. Beware
of idempotence: many iterators contain state information and calls will give different
results on a second invocation.
METHODS
to_array
Return all the items in the Iterator as an ARRAY ref.
count
Return the count of all the items in the Iterator.
LOOPING
each(\&callback)
For each item in the Iterator execute the callback function with the item as first
argument. Returns the number of items in the Iterator.
first
Return the first item from the Iterator.
rest
Returns an Iterator containing everything except the first item.
slice(INDEX,LENGTH)
Returns an Iterator starting at the item at INDEX returning at most LENGTH results.
take(NUM)
Returns an Iterator with the first NUM results.
group(NUM)
Splitting the Iterator into NUM parts and returning an Iterator for each part.
interleave(@iterators)
Returns an Iterator which returns the first item of each iterator then the second of each
and so on.
contains($data)
Alias for "includes".
includes($data)
return true if any item in the collection is deeply equal to $data.
tap(\&callback)
Returns a copy of the Iterator and executing callback on each item. This method works like
the Unix tee command. Use this command to peek into an iterable while it is processing
results. E.g. you are writing code to process an iterable and wrote something like:
$it->each(sub {
# Very complicated routine
...
});
Now you would like to benchmark this piece of code (how fast are we processing). This can
be done by tapping into the iterator and calling a 'benchmark' subroutine in your program
that for instance counts the number of items divided by the execution time.
$it->tap(\&benchmark)->each(sub {
# Very complicated routine
...
});
sub benchmark {
my $item = shift;
$start ||= time;
$count++;
printf "%d recs/sec\n" , $count/(time - $start + 1) if $count % 100 == 0;
}
Note that the "benchmark" method already implements this common case.
detect(\&callback)
Returns the first item for which callback returns a true value.
detect(qr/..../)
If the iterator contains STRING values, then return the first item which matches the
regex.
detect($key => $val)
If the iterator contains HASH values, then return the first item where the value of $key
is equal to val.
detect($key => qr/..../)
If the iterator contains HASH values, then return the first item where the value of $key
matches the regex.
detect($key => [$val, ...])
If the iterator contains HASH values, then return the first item where the value of $key
is equal to any of the vals given.
pluck($key)
Return an Iterator that only contains the values of the given $key.
select(\&callback)
Returns an Iterator for each item for which callback returns a true value.
select(qr/..../)
If the iterator contains STRING values, then return each item which matches the regex.
select($key => $val)
If the iterator contains HASH values, then return each item where the value of $key is
equal to val.
select($key => qr/..../)
If the iterator contains HASH values, then return each item where the value of $key
matches the regex.
select($key => [$val, ...])
If the iterator contains HASH values, then return each item where the value of $key is
equal to any of the vals given.
grep( ... )
Alias for "select( ... )".
reject(\&callback)
Returns an Iterator for each item for which callback returns a false value.
reject(qr/..../)
If the iterator contains STRING values, then reject every item except those matching the
regex.
reject($key => qr/..../)
If the iterator contains HASH values, then reject every item for where the value of $key
DOESN'T match the regex.
reject($key => $val)
If the iterator contains HASH values, then return each item where the value of $key is NOT
equal to val.
reject($key => [$val, ...])
If the iterator contains HASH values, then return each item where the value of $key is NOT
equal to any of the vals given.
sorted
Returns an Iterator with items sorted lexically. Note that sorting requires memory because
all items are buffered in a Catmandu::ArrayIterator.
sorted(\&callback)
Returns an Iterator with items sorted by a callback. The callback is expected to returns
an integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0. The following code snippets result in
the equal arrays:
$iterator->sorted(\&callback)->to_array
[ sort \&callback @{ $iterator->to_array } ]
sorted($key)
Returns an Iterator with items lexically sorted by a key. This is equivalent to sorting
with the following callback:
$iterator->sorted(sub { $_[0]->{$key} cmp $_[1]->{$key} })
EXTERNAL ITERATOR
Catmandu::Iterable behaves like an internal iterator. "next" and "rewind" allow you to use
it like an external iterator.
next
Each call to "next" will return the next item until the iterator is exhausted, then it
will keep returning "undef".
while (my $data = $it->next) {
# do stuff
}
$it->next; # returns undef
rewind
Rewind the external iterator to the first item.
$it->next; # => {n => 1}
$it->next; # => {n => 2}
$it->next; # => {n => 3}
$it->rewind
$it->next; # => {n => 1}
Note the the iterator must support this behavior. Many importers are not rewindable.
BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS
any(\&callback)
Returns true if at least one item generates a true value when executing callback.
many(\&callback)
Alias for "many".
many(\&callback)
Returns true if at least two items generate a true value when executing callback.
all(\&callback)
Returns true if all the items generate a true value when executing callback.
MAP & REDUCE
map(\&callback)
Returns a new Iterator containing for each item the result of the callback.
reduce([START],\&callback)
Alias for "reduce".
reduce([START],\&callback)
For each item in the Iterator execute &callback($prev,$item) where $prev is the option
START value or the result of the previous call to callback. Returns the final result of
the callback function.
invoke(NAME)
Returns an interator were the method NAME is called on every object in the iterable. This
is a shortcut for $it->map(sub { $_[0]->NAME }).
max()
Returns the maximum of an iterator containing only numbers.
max(\&callback)
Returns the maximum of the numbers returned by executing callback.
min()
Returns the minimum of an iterator containing only numbers.
min(\&callback)
Returns the minimum of the numbers returned by executing callback.
benchmark()
Prints the number of records processed per second to STDERR.
format(cols => ['key', ...], col_sep => ' | ', header => 1|0)
Print the iterator data formatted as a spreadsheet like table. Note that this method will
load the whole dataset in memory to calculate column widths. See also
Catmandu::Exporter::Table for a more elaborated method of printing iterators in tabular
form.
stop_if(\&callback)
Returns a new iterator thats stops processing if the callback returns false.
# stop after encountering 3 frobnitzes
my $frobnitzes = 0;
$iterator->stop_if(sub {
my $rec = shift;
$frobnitzes++ if $rec->{title} =~ /frobnitz/;
$frobnitzes > 3;
})->each(sub {
my $rec = shift;
...
});
SEE ALSO
Catmandu::Iterator.