## How to use
### Creating queries
- query from iterable
```python
Query([1, 2, 3])
```
- from variadic arguments
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3)
```
- empty query
```python
Query.empty()
```
- infinite ordered query
```python
Query.iterate(0, lambda x: x + 1)
```
NB: in similar fashion you can create finite ordered query by providing a condition predicate
```python
Query.iterate(10, operation=lambda x: x + 1, condition=lambda x: x < 15).to_list()
# [10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
```
- infinite unordered query
```python
import random
Query.generate(lambda: random.random())
```
- infinite query with given value
```python
Query.constant(42)
```
- query from range
(from start (inclusive) to stop (exclusive) by an incremental step (defaults to 1))
```python
Query.from_range(0, 10).to_list()
Query.from_range(0, 10, 3).to_list()
Query.from_range(10, -1, -2).to_list()
```
(or from range object)
```python
range_obj = range(0, 10)
Query.from_range(range_obj).to_list()
```
- concat
(concatenate new queries/iterables with the current one)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3).concat(Query.of(4, 5)).to_list()
Query([1, 2, 3]).concat([5, 6]).to_list()
```
- prepend
(prepend new query/iterable to the current one)
```python
Query([2, 3, 4]).prepend(0, 1).to_list()
Query.of(3, 4, 5).prepend(Query.of([0, 1], 2)).to_list()
```
NB: creating new query from None raises error.
In cases when the iterable could potentially be None use the of_nullable() method instead;
it returns an empty query if None and a regular one otherwise
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### Intermediate operations
- filter
```python
Query([1, 2, 3]).filter(lambda x: x % 2 == 0)
```
- map
```python
Query([1, 2, 3]).map(str).to_list()
Query([1, 2, 3]).map(lambda x: x + 5).to_list()
```
- filter_map
(filter out all None or discard_falsy values (if discard_falsy=True) and applies mapper function to the elements of the query)
```python
Query.of(None, "foo", "", "bar", 0, []).filter_map(str.upper, discard_falsy=True).to_list()
# ["FOO", "BAR"]
```
- flat_map
(map each element of the query and yields the elements of the produced iterators)
```python
Query([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5]]).flat_map(lambda x: Query(x)).to_list()
# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
```
- flatten
```python
Query([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5]]).flatten().to_list()
# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
```
- reduce
(returns Optional)
```python
Query([1, 2, 3]).reduce(lambda acc, val: acc + val, identity=3).get()
```
- peek
(perform the provided operation on each element of the query without consuming it)
```python
(Query([1, 2, 3, 4])
.filter(lambda x: x > 2)
.peek(lambda x: print(f"{x} ", end=""))
.map(lambda x: x * 20)
.to_list())
```
- enumerate
(returns each element of the Query preceded by his corresponding index
(by default starting from 0 if not specified otherwise))
```python
iterable = ["x", "y", "z"]
Query(iterable).enumerate().to_list()
Query(iterable).enumerate(start=1).to_list()
# [(0, "x"), (1, "y"), (2, "z")]
# [(1, "x"), (2, "y"), (3, "z")]
```
- view
(provides access to a selected part of the query)
```python
Query([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]).view(start=1, stop=-3, step=2).to_list()
# [2, 4, 6]
```
- distinct
(returns a query with the distinct elements of the current one)
```python
Query([1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3]).distinct().to_list()
```
- skip
(discards the first n elements of the query and returns a new query with the remaining ones)
```python
Query.iterate(0, lambda x: x + 1).skip(5).limit(5).to_list()
```
- limit / head
(returns a query with the first n elements, or fewer if the underlying iterator ends sooner)
```python
Query([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]).limit(3).to_tuple()
Query([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]).head(3).to_tuple()
```
- tail
(returns a query with the last n elements, or fewer if the underlying iterator ends sooner)
```python
Query([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]).tail(3).to_tuple()
```
- take_while
(returns a query that yields elements based on a predicate)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3).take_while(lambda x: x < 5).to_list()
# [1, 2, 3, 4]
```
- drop_while
(returns a query that skips elements based on a predicate and yields the remaining ones)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 2).drop_while(lambda x: x < 5).to_list()
# [5, 6, 7, 2]
```
- sort
(sorts the elements of the current query according to natural order or based on the given comparator;
if 'reverse' flag is True, the elements are sorted in descending order)
```python
(Query.of((3, 30), (2, 30), (2, 20), (1, 20), (1, 10))
.sort(lambda x: (x[0], x[1]), reverse=True)
.to_list())
# [(3, 30), (2, 30), (2, 20), (1, 20), (1, 10)]
```
- reverse
(sorts the elements of the current query in reverse order;
alias for 'sort(collector, reverse=True)')
```python
(Query.of((3, 30), (2, 30), (2, 20), (1, 20), (1, 10))
.reverse(lambda x: (x[0], x[1]))
.to_list())
# [(3, 30), (2, 30), (2, 20), (1, 20), (1, 10)]
```
NB: in case of query of dicts all key-value pairs are represented internally as DictItem objects
(including recursively for nested Mapping structures)
to provide more convenient intermediate operations syntax e.g.
```python
first_dict = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
second_dict = {"x": 3, "y": 4}
(Query(first_dict).concat(second_dict)
.filter(lambda x: x.value % 2 == 0)
.map(lambda x: x.key)
.to_list())
```
- on_close
(returns an equivalent Query with an additional close handler to be invoked automatically by the terminal operation)
```python
(Query([1, 2, 3, 4])
.on_close(lambda: print("Sorry Montessori"))
.peek(lambda x: print(f"{'$' * x} ", end=""))
.map(lambda x: x * 2)
.to_list())
# "$ $$ $$$ $$$$ Sorry Montessori"
# [2, 4, 6, 8]
```
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### Terminal operations
#### Collectors
- collecting result into list, tuple, set
```python
Query([1, 2, 3]).to_list()
Query([1, 2, 3]).to_tuple()
Query([1, 2, 3]).to_set()
```
- into dict
```python
class Foo:
def __init__(self, name, num):
self.name = name
self.num = num
Query([Foo("fizz", 1), Foo("buzz", 2)]).to_dict(lambda x: (x.name, x.num))
# {"fizz": 1, "buzz": 2}
```
In the case of a collision (duplicate keys) the 'merger' functions indicates which entry should be kept
```python
collection = [Foo("fizz", 1), Foo("fizz", 2), Foo("buzz", 2)]
Query(collection).to_dict(collector=lambda x: (x.name, x.num), merger=lambda old, new: old)
# {"fizz": 1, "buzz": 2}
```
to_dict method also supports creating dictionaries from dict DictItem objects
```python
first_dict = {"x": 1, "y": 2}
second_dict = {"p": 33, "q": 44, "r": None}
Query(first_dict).concat(Query(second_dict)).to_dict(lambda x: DictItem(x.key, x.value or 0))
# {"x": 1, "y": 2, "p": 33, "q": 44, "r": 0}
```
e.g. you could combine queries of dicts by writing:
```python
Query(first_dict).concat(Query(second_dict)).to_dict()
```
(simplified from '.to_dict(lambda x: x)')
- into string
```python
Query({"a": 1, "b": [2, 3]}).to_string()
# "Query(DictItem(key=a, value=1), DictItem(key=b, value=[2, 3]))"
```
```python
Query({"a": 1, "b": [2, 3]}).map(lambda x: {x.key: x.value}).to_string(delimiter=" | ")
# "Query({'a': 1} | {'b': [2, 3]})"
```
- alternative for working with collectors is using the collect method
```python
Query([1, 2, 3]).collect(tuple)
Query.of(1, 2, 3).collect(list)
Query.of(1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3).collect(set)
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4).collect(dict, lambda x: (str(x), x * 10))
Query.of("x", "y", "z").collect(str, str_delimiter="->")
```
- grouping
```python
Query("AAAABBBCCD").group_by(collector=lambda key, grouper: (key, len(grouper)))
# {"A": 4, "B": 3, "C": 2, "D": 1}
```
```python
coll = [Foo("fizz", 1), Foo("fizz", 2), Foo("fizz", 3), Foo("buzz", 2), Foo("buzz", 3), Foo("buzz", 4), Foo("buzz", 5)]
Query(coll).group_by(
classifier=lambda obj: obj.name,
collector=lambda key, grouper: (key, [(obj.name, obj.num) for obj in list(grouper)]))
# {"fizz": [("fizz", 1), ("fizz", 2), ("fizz", 3)],
# "buzz": [("buzz", 2), ("buzz", 3), ("buzz", 4), ("buzz", 5)]}
```
#### Other terminal operations
- for_each
```python
Query([1, 2, 3, 4]).for_each(lambda x: print(f"{'#' * x} ", end=""))
```
- count
(returns the count of elements in the query)
```python
Query([1, 2, 3, 4]).filter(lambda x: x % 2 == 0).count()
```
- sum
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4).sum()
```
- min
(returns Optional with the minimum element of the query)
```python
Query.of(2, 1, 3, 4).min().get()
```
- max
(returns Optional with the maximum element of the query)
```python
Query.of(2, 1, 3, 4).max().get()
```
- average
(returns the average value of elements in the query)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5).average()
```
- find_first
(search for an element of the query that satisfies a predicate,
returns an Optional with the first found value, if any, or None)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4).filter(lambda x: x % 2 == 0).find_first().get()
```
- find_any
(search for an element of the query that satisfies a predicate,
returns an Optional with some of the found values, if any, or None)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4).filter(lambda x: x % 2 == 0).find_any().get()
```
- any_match
(returns whether any elements of the query match the given predicate)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4).any_match(lambda x: x > 2)
```
- all_match
(returns whether all elements of the query match the given predicate)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4).all_match(lambda x: x > 2)
```
- none_match
(returns whether no elements of the query match the given predicate)
```python
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4).none_match(lambda x: x < 0)
```
- take_first
(returns Optional with the first element of the query or a default value)
```python
Query({"a": 1, "b": 2}).take_first().get()
Query([]).take_first(default=33).get()
# DictItem(key="a", value=1)
# 33
```
- take_last
(returns Optional with the last element of the query or a default value)
```python
Query({"a": 1, "b": 2}).take_last().get()
Query([]).take_last(default=33).get()
```
- compare_with
(compares linearly the contents of two queries based on a given comparator)
```python
fizz = Foo("fizz", 1)
buzz = Foo("buzz", 2)
Query([buzz, fizz]).compare_with(Query([fizz, buzz]), lambda x, y: x.num == y.num)
```
- quantify
(count how many of the elements are Truthy or evaluate to True based on a given predicate)
```python
Query([2, 3, 4, 5, 6]).quantify(predicate=lambda x: x % 2 == 0)
```
NB: although the Query is closed automatically by the terminal operation
you can still close it by hand (if needed) invoking the close() method.
In turn that will trigger the close_handler (if such was provided)
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### Itertools integration
Invoke use method by passing the itertools function and it's arguments as **kwargs
```python
import itertools
import operator
Query([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]).use(itertools.islice, start=3, stop=8)
Query.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5).use(itertools.accumulate, func=operator.mul).to_list()
Query(range(3)).use(itertools.permutations, r=3).to_list()
```
#### Itertools 'recipes'
Invoke the 'recipes' described [here](https://docs.python.org/3/library/itertools.html#itertools-recipes) as query methods and pass required key-word arguments
```python
Query([1, 2, 3]).ncycles(count=2).to_list()
Query.of(2, 3, 4).take_nth(10, default=66).get()
Query(["ABC", "D", "EF"]).round_robin().to_list()
```
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### Intermezzo
As a truly self-respecting functional-style libary fumus supports
Option (modeled after Java) and Result patterns (inspired by Rust and Scala).
Feel free to explore those features as well...
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### How far can we actually push it?