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Add example for pattern matching on options (#17120)
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# distribution, for details about the copyright.
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#
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## This module implements types which encapsulate an optional value.
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##
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## A value of type `Option[T]` either contains a value `x` (represented as
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## `some(x)`) or is empty (`none(T)`).
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##
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## This can be useful when you have a value that can be present or not. The
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## absence of a value is often represented by `nil`, but that is not always
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## available, nor is it always a good solution.
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##
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##
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## Basic usage
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## ===========
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##
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## Let's start with an example: a procedure that finds the index of a character
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## in a string.
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##
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##[
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This module implements types which encapsulate an optional value.
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A value of type `Option[T]` either contains a value `x` (represented as
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`some(x)`) or is empty (`none(T)`).
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This can be useful when you have a value that can be present or not. The
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absence of a value is often represented by `nil`, but that is not always
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available, nor is it always a good solution.
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Basic usage
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===========
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Let's start with an example: a procedure that finds the index of a character
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in a string.
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]##
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runnableExamples:
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proc find(haystack: string, needle: char): Option[int] =
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for i, c in haystack:
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let found = "abc".find('c')
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assert found.isSome and found.get() == 2
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## The `get` operation demonstrated above returns the underlying value, or
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## raises `UnpackDefect` if there is no value. Note that `UnpackDefect`
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## inherits from `system.Defect` and should therefore never be caught.
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## Instead, rely on checking if the option contains a value with the
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## `isSome <#isSome,Option[T]>`_ and `isNone <#isNone,Option[T]>`_ procs.
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##[
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The `get` operation demonstrated above returns the underlying value, or
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raises `UnpackDefect` if there is no value. Note that `UnpackDefect`
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inherits from `system.Defect` and should therefore never be caught.
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Instead, rely on checking if the option contains a value with the
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`isSome <#isSome,Option[T]>`_ and `isNone <#isNone,Option[T]>`_ procs.
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Pattern matching
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================
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.. note:: This requires the [fusion](https://github.com/nim-lang/fusion) package.
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[fusion/matching](https://nim-lang.github.io/fusion/src/fusion/matching.html)
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supports pattern matching on `Option`s, with the `Some(<pattern>)` and
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`None()` patterns.
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.. code-block:: nim
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{.experimental: "caseStmtMacros".}
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import fusion/matching
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case some(42)
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of Some(@a):
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assert a == 42
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of None():
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assert false
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assertMatch(some(some(none(int))), Some(Some(None())))
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]##
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# xxx pending https://github.com/timotheecour/Nim/issues/376 use `runnableExamples` and `whichModule`
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import std/typetraits
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