functional.js

functional.js (λ)

functional.js is (go on, guess) a functional js library. It facilitates currying and point-free / tacit programming in JavaScript.

Grab the minified version here.

Basic λ.curry example

var concatenate = λ.curry(function(word1, word2) {
    return word1 + " " + word2;
});

var concatenateHello = concatenate("Hello");
var result = concatenateHello("World");

expect(result).toEqual("Hello World");

Another λ.curry example

var add = λ.curry(function(arg1, arg2, arg3) {
    return arg1 + arg2 + arg3;
}); 

var add3 = add(3),
    add5 = add3(2);

expect(add(3)(2)(1)).toEqual(6);
expect(add3(2, 1)).toEqual(6);
expect(add3(2)(1)).toEqual(6);
expect(add5(1)).toEqual(6);

Curried λ.each example

var result = [],
    items = ["f", "u", "n", "c"];

var addTo = function (item) {
    return result.push(item);
};

var addToResult = λ.each(addTo);
expect(typeof (addToResult)).toEqual("function");

addToResult(items);
expect(result).toEqual(["f", "u", "n", "c"]);

Curried λ.map example

var items = [1, 2, 3];

var doubleUp = function (number) {
    return number * 2;
};

var doubleMap = λ.map(doubleUp);
expect(typeof (doubleMap)).toEqual("function");

var result = doubleMap(items);
expect(result).toEqual([2, 4, 6]);

Curried λ.reduce example

var items = [1, 2, 3];

var multiply = function (arg1, arg2) {
    return arg1 * arg2;
};

var multiplyReduceFrom1 = λ.reduce(multiply, 1);
expect(typeof (multiplyReduceFrom1)).toEqual("function");

var result = multiplyReduceFrom1(items);
expect(result).toEqual(6);