array-filter-inplace

Remove non-matching elements from a dense array.

API

This module exports one function:

filter(array, test[, offset])

Test array's items, starting at offset (default = 0) by calling the test function with arguments (value, index, array). If the test result isn't truthy, the item is removed¹ from the array.

Returns array.

¹ "Remove" means it's either replaced with the next value that passes the test, or cut off by setting array.length.

Usage

from test.usage.js:

var filter = require('array-filter-inplace'), a, b, offset,
  files = [ '.', '..', '.git', 'bin', 'README.md', 'package.json' ];

function notDotFile(s) { return (s.slice(0, 1) !== '.'); }
a = files.slice();
b = filter(a, notDotFile);
equal(a, [ 'bin', 'README.md', 'package.json' ]);
equal(a, b);

a = files.slice();
offset = 2;   // skip the first two items
b = filter(a, notDotFile, offset);
equal(a, [ '.', '..', 'bin', 'README.md', 'package.json' ]);
equal(a, b);

function isLower(s) { return (/[a-z]/.test(s) && (!/[A-Z]/.test(s))); }
a = files.slice();
b = filter(a, isLower);
equal(a, [ '.git', 'bin', 'package.json' ]);
equal(a, b);

License

ISC