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combine predicate (bool returning) functions with propositional logic connectives (and, or, not)
combine predicate (bool returning) functions with propositional logic connectives (and, or, not)
$ npm install connective
var connective = require('connective')
var or = connective.or
var and = connective.and
var not = connective.and
function wearsFlannel (person) {
return person.wearing === 'flannel'
}
function ridesBikes (person) {
return person.rides === 'bikes'
}
var isSquare = not(or(wearsFlannel, ridesBikes))
var isHipster = and(wearsFlannel, ridesBikes)
var isLumberjack = and(wearsFlannel, not(ridesBikes))
var people = {
jon: { wearing: 'flannel', rides: 'nothing'}
kurt: { wearing: 'flannel', rides: 'bikes'}
bob: { wearing: 'hoodie', rides: 'scooters'}
}
for(var name in people) {
var person = people[name]
console.log(name, isSquare(person), isHipster(person), isLumberjack(person))
}
In propositional logic, boolean statements are joined together by connectives. Logicians would call them conjunctions, disjunctions, and negations, but programmers know them as &&
, ||
, and !
. The problem with using these language-level connective operators is that they apply at evaluation time, and thus aren't very composable.
Functions which take a value and return a boolean are known as predicates. They are useful, for example, in conditional branching, validation, and business rules.
The functions in connective
let you compose predicates into composite expressions which can be used as functions and evaluated later against other data.
In describing function signatures below, Predicate
is a function which takes any number of arguments and returns a boolean
: function(...) => boolean
connective.or: function (term1 : Predicate, ..., termN : Predicate) => Predicate
Returns a Predicate combining one or more Predicate terms with a logical or
(disjunction), roughly equivalent to writing
function (x) { return Predicate1(x) || Predicate2(x) }
The returned Predicate will pass through its this
context and arguments to each of the Predicate terms which are necessary to evaluate the expression.
connective.and: function (term1 : Predicate, ... termN : Predicate) => Predicate
Returns a Predicate combining one or more Predicate terms with a logical and
(conjunction), roughly equivalent to writing
function (x) { return Predicate1(x) && Predicate2(x) }
The returned Predicate will pass through its this
context and arguments to each of the Predicate terms.
connective.not: function (term : Predicate) => Predicate
Returns a Predicate negating term
, roughly equivalent to writing
function (x) { return !Predicate(x) }
The returned Predicate will pass through its this
context and arguments to term
$ npm install
$ npm test
jden jason@denizac.org
MIT. (c) 2013 Agile Diagnosis. See LICENSE.md
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combine predicate (bool returning) functions with propositional logic connectives (and, or, not)
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