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| * @param {string} str String passed to quux | ||
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| function quux(string) { return str; } |
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Could you remove all the foobar references please
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| #### Gleam | ||
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| Gleam's functions are declared using a syntax similar to Rust. Gleam's anonymous |
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| let mul = fn(x, y) { x * y } | ||
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This code implies you can have top level expressions as if Gleam were a scripting language, but this is not the case
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Although it's on the gleam tour already, I think it's worth repeating there is no explicit return, because many JS developers might not know other functional language.
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| let add2 = fn(x) { add(x, 2) } | ||
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| ### Referencing functions |
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I think we can remove this section as JS programmers wouldn't expect anything else
| ### Notes on operators | ||
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| - JavaScript operators are short-circuiting as in Gleam. | ||
| - Gleam's `/` operator always returns an integer. |
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| - Gleam's `/` operator always returns an integer. | |
| - Gleam's `/` operator always returns an int. |
| ### Tuples | ||
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| Tuples are very useful in Gleam as they're the only collection data type that | ||
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| #### Gleam | ||
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| Gleam has a "cons" operator that works for lists destructuring and pattern |
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We don't have a cons operator, we have a list-prepend syntax
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| dict.from_list([#("key1", "value1"), #("key2", "value2")]) | ||
| dict.from_list([#("key1", "value1"), #("key2", 2)]) // Type error! |
| "hello, world" | ||
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| |> string.repeat(2) // defaults to piping into the first argument | ||
| |> string.split(_, ",") // you can use _ to specify the argument to pipe into |
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Would be good to pipe into the second position as the first is the default
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I started adapting the Elixir cheatsheet for JavaScript/TypeScript. Still far from perfect, but it might be ready for a review 🤞