List

bind

Lifts a block/proc and runs it against each member of the list. The block must return a value coercible to a list. As in other monads if no block given the first argument will be treated as callable and used instead.

require 'dry/monads/list'

M = Dry::Monads

M::List[1, 2].bind { |x| [x + 1] } # => List[2, 3]
M::List[1, 2].bind(-> x { [x, x + 1] }) # => List[1, 2, 2, 3]

M::List[1, nil].bind { |x| [x + 1] } # => error

fmap

Maps a block over the list. Acts as Array#map. As in other monads, if no block given the first argument will be treated as callable and used instead.

require 'dry/monads/list'

M = Dry::Monads

M::List[1, 2].fmap { |x| x + 1 } # => List[2, 3]

value

You always can unwrap the result by calling value.

require 'dry/monads/list'

M = Dry::Monads

M::List[1, 2].value # => [1, 2]

Concatenation

require 'dry/monads/list'

M = Dry::Monads

M::List[1, 2] + M::List[3, 4] # => List[1, 2, 3, 4]

head and tail

head returns the first element wrapped with a Maybe.

require 'dry/monads/list'

M = Dry::Monads

M::List[1, 2, 3, 4].head # => Some(1)
M::List[1, 2, 3, 4].tail # => List[2, 3, 4]

traverse

Traverses the list with a block (or without it). This method "flips" List structure with the given monad (obtained from the type).

Note that traversing requires the list to be typed.

require 'dry/monads/list'

M = Dry::Monads

M::List[M::Success(1), M::Success(2)].typed(M::Result).traverse # => Success([1, 2])
M::List[M::Maybe(1), M::Maybe(nil), M::Maybe(3)].typed(M::Maybe).traverse # => None

# also, you can use fmap with #traverse

M::List[1, 2].fmap { |x| M::Success(x) }.typed(M::Result).traverse # => Success([1, 2])
M::List[1, nil, 3].fmap { |x| M::Maybe(x) }.typed(M::Maybe).traverse # => None

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