mech-math

Mechanisms are plugins for open source.

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Documentation

Supported Mechanisms in this Library

• add - add primitives and mechanisms in the number domain. Same as + operator in Javascript for numerics.
• addS - add primitives and mechanisms in the string domain. Same as + operator in Javascript for strings.
• div - divide primitives and mechanisms. Same as / operator in Javascript.
• dualArg - mechanism to support operations that require two arguments.
• eqlNum - check's for strict (===) equality of two numeric values (non-deep equals).
• eqlStr - check's for strict (===) equality of two string values (non-deep equals).
• join - Joins an array separated by an optional token.
• max - mechanism to find maximum value in an array. Same as Math.max(a, b, ..., n) function in Javascript.
• min - mechanism to find minimum value in an array. Same as Math.min(a, b, ..., n) function in Javascript.
• modulus - mechanism to modulus primitives and mechanisms. Same as % operator in Javascript.
• mul - mechanism to multiply primitives and mechanisms. Same as * operator in Javascript.
• sub - mechanism to subtract primitives and mechanisms. Same as - operator in Javascript.
• pow - raises a base to an exponent power. Same as Math.pow(base,power) function in Javascript.

Arithmetic Operators

The ++ and -- operator are currently not supported by mechanisms.

String Operators

See addS to add strings.

dualArg Mechanism

Base mechanism for mechanisms that require two arguments (such as add, sub, mul, div, etc.).

Provides a l (left) and r (right) argument.

eqlNum and eqlStr Mechanism

eqlNum and eqlStr use string equality (===) fo two numeric or string values.

l,r (left and right) can be:

• a primitive value
  • "hello"
  • 0
• another mechanism or policy
  • m.str("hello")
  • m.num(3)
  • m.writeLn(5)

Examples

m.eqlNum(2, 2).go; // true
m.eqlNum(6, -7).go; // false
m.eqlNum("4", "2").go; // false
m.eqlNum("3", "3").go; // true
m.eqlNum(NaN, NaN).go; // false (WARNING: may change this to true in the future)

m.eqlStr(2, 2).go; // true
m.eqlStr(6, -7).go; // false
m.eqlStr("4", "2").go; // false
m.eqlStr("3", "3").go; // true

m.eqlStr(m.num(4), m.num(4)).go; // true
m.eqlStr(m.str("4"), m.str("not equal")).go; // false

Add, sub, mul, div and modulus

add, sub, mul, div and modulus will run the appropriate operation on the two arguments provided.

l,r (left and right) can be:

• a primitive value
  • "hello"
  • 0
• another mechanism or policy
  • m.str("hello")
  • m.num(3)
  • m.writeLn(5)

Examples

Add, Sub, Mul and Div two primitives:

m.add(1, 2).go;
m.sub(6, -7).go;
m.div(4, 2).go;
m.mul(3, 1.5).go;

Add, Sub, Mul and Div primitives and mechanisms:

m.add(m.sub(4, 5), 2).go;
m.add(m.div(4, 5), m.mul(5, 6)).go;

Add (inject) any mechanism in the calculation. Let's write the result to the left side of the addition to the console.

m.add(
  m.writeLn(
    m.div(10, 5)
  ),
  m.mul(5, 6)
).go;

would output:

2

Min and Max Mechanisms

Min and max return the minimum/maximum value from a parameter list. Here is an example:

m.min(3,5,12,11).go; // 3
m.max(3,5,12,11).go; // 11

We can also pass a mechanism as a parameter like:

m.min(3,m.max(3,5,4),12,11).go; // still 3

We don't support min or max of arrays so we can't do this: yet. TODO: Implement this.

// NOT SUPPORTED YET
m.min([3, m.max(3,5,4), 12, 11]).go; // still 3

Join Mechanism

Join lets you join an array. You can pass a mechanism to join but it must return an array.

m.join([3,4,5]).go; // 3,4,5
m.join([3,4,5]," : ").go; // 3 : 4 : 5
m.join(m.loop(m.emitFromArr([1,2,3,5]),4)," : ").go; // 3 : 4 : 5

Power Mechanism

Raises a value to a given power.

m.pow(2,3).go; // 2^3 = 8
m.pow(2, m.pow(3, 4)).goNum; // 2^3^4 = 2.4178516392292583e+24
m.pow(2, m.pow(3, 4)).goStr; // (2 ^ (3 ^ 4))

Using In Your Projects

Change directory to your node project.

$ npm install mech-math --save

Development

Get Involved!

There are a lot of core mechanisms just waiting to be created. Many of them can be created in a few hours including in-depth tests. Clone mech-library to get started!

Setup

Install:

$ npm install

Continuous test:

$ gulp

Test:

$ gulp webtests

Test Server

Read documentation in gulpfile.js to see how to setup automated web testing.

$ gulp webserver