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Filter Expression

rascal-1.0-SNAPSHOT

Synopsis​

Filter values in a list comprehension, set comprehension or map comprehension, a Reducer, and in the conditions of For, While and If.

Syntax​

Exp

Types​

Exp
bool

Description​

A filter is a boolean-valued expression. If the evaluation of the filter gives true this indicates that the current combination of generated values up to this filter is still desired and execution continues with subsequent generators. If the evaluation gives false this indicates that the current combination of values is undesired, and that another combination should be tried by going back to the previous generator.

Examples​

Adding a filter to a comprehension, may restrict the values that are included in the result of the comprehension:

rascal>[ X * X | int X <- [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] ];
list[int]: [1,4,9,16,25,36]
rascal>[ X * X | int X <- [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], X % 3 == 0 ];
list[int]: [9,36]

Filters can also be applied to values produced by several generators:

rascal>[<X, Y> | int X <- [0 .. 10], int Y <- [0 .. 10], X + Y == 10]
lrel[int,int]: [
  <1,9>,
  <2,8>,
  <3,7>,
  <4,6>,
  <5,5>,
  <6,4>,
  <7,3>,
  <8,2>,
  <9,1>
]