%%%------------------------------------------------------------------- %%% @copyright (C) 2011, Erlware LLC %%% @doc %%% Provides useful functionionality on standard lists that are %%% not provided in the standard library. %%% @end %%%------------------------------------------------------------------- -module(ec_lists). %% API -export([find/2, fetch/2]). %%%=================================================================== %%% API %%%=================================================================== %% @doc Find a value in the list with the specified function. If the %% function returns the atom true, the value is returned as {ok, %% term()} and processing is aborted, if the function returns false, %% processing continues until the end of the list. If the end is found %% and the function never returns true the atom error is returned. -spec find(fun(), list()) -> {ok, term()} | error. find(Fun, [Head|Tail]) when is_function(Fun) -> case Fun(Head) of true -> {ok, Head}; false -> find(Fun, Tail) end; find(_Fun, []) -> error. %% @doc Fetch a value from the list. If the function returns true the %% value is returend. If processing reaches the end of the list and %% the function has never returned true an exception not_found is %% thrown. -spec fetch(fun(), list()) -> term(). fetch(Fun, List) when is_list(List), is_function(Fun) -> case find(Fun, List) of {ok, Head} -> Head; error -> throw(not_found) end. %%%=================================================================== %%% Test Functions %%%=================================================================== -ifndef(NOTEST). -include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl"). find1_test() -> TestData = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], Result = find(fun(5) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch({ok, 5}, Result), Result2 = find(fun(37) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch(error, Result2). find2_test() -> TestData = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six"], Result = find(fun("five") -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch({ok, "five"}, Result), Result2 = find(fun(super_duper) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch(error, Result2). find3_test() -> TestData = [{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}, {"three", 3}, {"four", 5}, {"five", 5}, {"six", 6}], Result = find(fun({"one", 1}) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch({ok, {"one", 1}}, Result), Result2 = find(fun([fo, bar, baz]) -> true; ({"onehundred", 100}) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch(error, Result2). fetch1_test() -> TestData = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], Result = fetch(fun(5) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch(5, Result), ?assertThrow(not_found, fetch(fun(37) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData)). fetch2_test() -> TestData = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six"], Result = fetch(fun("five") -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch("five", Result), ?assertThrow(not_found, fetch(fun(super_duper) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData)). fetch3_test() -> TestData = [{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}, {"three", 3}, {"four", 5}, {"five", 5}, {"six", 6}], Result = fetch(fun({"one", 1}) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData), ?assertMatch({"one", 1}, Result), ?assertThrow(not_found, fetch(fun([fo, bar, baz]) -> true; ({"onehundred", 100}) -> true; (_) -> false end, TestData)). -endif.