Class: Rinda::Tuple

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/rinda/rinda.rb

Overview

A tuple is the elementary object in Rinda programming. Tuples may be matched against templates if the tuple and the template are the same size.

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Constructor Details

- (Tuple) initialize(ary_or_hash)

Creates a new Tuple from ary_or_hash which must be an Array or Hash.



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# File 'lib/rinda/rinda.rb', line 51

def initialize(ary_or_hash)
  if hash?(ary_or_hash)
    init_with_hash(ary_or_hash)
  else
    init_with_ary(ary_or_hash)
  end
end

Instance Method Details

- (Object) [](k)

Accessor method for elements of the tuple.



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# File 'lib/rinda/rinda.rb', line 69

def [](k)
  @tuple[k]
end

- (Object) each

Iterate through the tuple, yielding the index or key, and the value, thus ensuring arrays are iterated similarly to hashes.



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# File 'lib/rinda/rinda.rb', line 84

def each # FIXME
  if Hash === @tuple
    @tuple.each { |k, v| yield(k, v) }
  else
    @tuple.each_with_index { |v, k| yield(k, v) }
  end
end

- (Object) fetch(k)

Fetches item k from the tuple.



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# File 'lib/rinda/rinda.rb', line 76

def fetch(k)
  @tuple.fetch(k)
end

- (Object) size

The number of elements in the tuple.



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# File 'lib/rinda/rinda.rb', line 62

def size
  @tuple.size
end

- (Object) value

Return the tuple itself



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# File 'lib/rinda/rinda.rb', line 94

def value
  @tuple
end