Wei-N-Ning/monads

👻 Option, Result, and Either types for TypeScript; Inspired by Rust

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👻 Option, Result, and Either types for JavaScript

Inspired by Rust

Zero dependencies 💪

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Install

Node.js and the browser

npm install @sniptt/monads

Deno

import { Some } from 'https://deno.land/x/monads/mod.ts'

Some('air').unwrapOr('baloon') // "air"
None.unwrapOr('baloon') // "baloon"

Usage

Option<T>

Full documentation

import { Option, Some, None } from '@sniptt/monads';

const divide = (numerator: number, denominator: number): Option<number> => {
  if (denominator === 0) {
    return None;
  } else {
    return Some(numerator / denominator);
  }
};

// The return value of the function is an option
const result = divide(2.0, 3.0);

// Pattern match to retrieve the value
const message = result.match({
  some: res => `Result: ${res}`,
  none: 'Cannot divide by 0',
});

console.log(message); // "Result: 0.6666666666666666"

Result<T, E>

Full documentation

import { Result, Ok, Err } from "@sniptt/monads";

const getIndex = (values: string[], value: string): Result<number, string> => {
  const index = values.indexOf(value);

  switch (index) {
    case -1:
      return Err('Value not found');
    default:
      return Ok(index);
  }
};

const values = ['a', 'b', 'c'];

getIndex(values, 'b'); // Ok(1)
getIndex(values, 'z'); // Err("Value not found")

Either<L, R>

Full documentation

import { Either } from '@sniptt/monads';

const getLabel = (uncertainDate: Either<Date, string>): string => {
  return uncertainDate.match({
    left: date => date.toLocaleDateString(),
    right: text => `<abbr title="${text}">an uncertain date</abbr>`,
  });
};

API Docs

Full API Documentation.

License

See LICENSE