This library is a collection of functional idioms for ActionScript 3 based on Haskell and Coffeescript. Below are a couple example utilities from the library.
String Lambdas:
private function lambdaTest():void {
var data:Array = [1,2,3,4,5];
var data1:Array = lambdaMap(data, "+", 3);
// The result is: 4,5,6,7,8
trace(data1);
data1 = lambdaMap(data, "*", 3);
//lambdaMap *3: 3,6,9,12,15
trace("lambdaMap *3:", data1);
data1 = lambdaMap(data, "==", 3);
//lambdaMap ==3: false,false,true,false,false
trace("lambdaMap ==3:", data1);
data1 = lambdaMap([[1,2,3],[1,2]], "+", [4,5]);
//lambdaMap [[1,2,3],[1,2]] +[4,5]: [[1,2,3,4,5], [1,2,4,5]]
trace("lambdaMap [[1,2,3],[1,2]] +[4,5]:", "[["+data1[0]+"], ["+ data1[1]+"]");
data1 = lambdaFilter(data, "!=", 3);
//lambdaFilter !=3: 1,2,4,5
trace("lambdaFilter !=3:", data1);
data1 = lambdaFilter(data, ">", 3);
//lambdaFilter > 3: 4,5
trace("lambdaFilter > 3:", data1);
data1 = lambdaFilter(data, "<=", 3);
//lambdaFilter <= 3: 1,2,3
trace("lambdaFilter <= 3:", data1);
}
XML Comprehensions:
private function xmlParsing():void {
var raw:String = "<xml><game>Starcraft</game><game>Diablo</game><game>Warcraft</game></xml>";
var data:XML = new XML(raw);
var result:Array = xmlMap(data.game, mapXMLData);
//xmlMap: Game:Starcraft, Game:Diablo, Game:Warcraft
trace("xmlMap:", result);
// create a TextField for each node and add them to the display
xmlMap(data.game, mapXMLSprites).forEach(listCall(addChild));
}
// Used to transform an XML element into a constructed String with a prefix
private function mapXMLData(node:XML, index:int, xml:XMLList):String {
return " Game:" + node.toString();
}
// Used to transform an XML element into a TextField
private function mapXMLSprites(node:XML, index:int, xml:XMLList):TextField {
var field:TextField = new TextField();
field.text = " Game:" + node.toString();
field.y += index * field.textHeight;
return field;
}
For more information and examples: http://www.jadbox.com/2012/02/announcing-as3fp/