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filter

filter<T>(@StreamCapable items: Array<T>, criteria: (item: T, index: Number) -> Boolean): Array<T>

Iterates over an array and applies an expression that returns matching values.

The expression must return true or false. If the expression returns true for a value or index in the array, the value gets captured in the output array. If it returns false for a value or index in the array, that item gets filtered out of the output. If there are no matches, the output array will be empty.

Parameters

Name Description

items

The array to filter.

criteria

Boolean expression that selects an item and/or index.

Example

This example returns an array of values in the array that are greater than 2.

Source

[9,2,3,4,5] filter (value, index) -> (value > 2)

Output

[9,3,4,5]

Example

This example returns an array of all the users with age bigger or equal to 30. The script accesses data of each element from within the lambda expression.

Source

%dw 2.0
---
[{name: "Mariano", age: 37}, {name: "Shoki", age: 30}, {name: "Tomo", age: 25}, {name: "Ana", age: 29}]
          filter ((value, index) -> value.age >= 30)

Output

[
   {
     "name": "Mariano",
     "age": 37
   },
   {
     "name": "Shoki",
     "age": 30
   }
]

Example

This example returns an array of all items found at an index ($$) greater than 1 where the value of the element is less than 5. Notice that it is using anonymous parameters as selectors instead of using named parameters in an anonymous function.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
[9, 2, 3, 4, 5] filter (($$ > 1) and ($ < 5))

Output

[3,4]

Example

This example reads a JSON array that contains objects with user and error keys, and uses the filter function to return only the objects in which the value of the error key is null.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json

var users = [
   {
      "user": {
         "name": "123",
         "lastName": "Smith"
      },
      "error": "That name doesn't exists"
   },
   {
      "user": {
         "name": "John",
         "lastName": "Johnson"
      },
      "error": null
   }
]
---
users filter ((item, index) -> item.error == null)

Output

[
  {
    "user": {
      "name": "John",
      "lastName": "Johnson"
    },
    "error": null
  }
]

Example

This example reads a JSON array and uses the filter function to extract the phone numbers that are active.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
{
    id: payload.Id,
    markCode: payload.marketCode,
    languageCode: payload.languageCode,
    username: payload.profile.base.username,
    phoneNumber: (payload.profile.base.phone filter ($.activeInd == "Y" and $.primaryInd== "Y")).number default []
}

Input

{
  "Id": "1184001100000000517",
  "marketCode": "US",
  "languageCode": "en-US",
  "profile": {
  "base": {
     "username": "TheMule",
     "activeInd": "R",
     "phone": [
       {
          "activeInd": "Y",
          "type": "mobile",
          "primaryInd": "Y",
          "number": "230678123"
       },
       {
         "activeInd": "N",
         "type": "mobile",
         "primaryInd": "N",
         "number": ""
       },
       {
          "activeInd": "Y",
          "type": "mobile",
          "primaryInd": "Y",
          "number": "154896523"
       }
      ]
    }
  }
 }

Output

{
  "id": "1184001100000000517",
  "markCode": "US",
  "languageCode": "en-US",
  "username": "TheMule",
  "phoneNumber": [
    "230678123"
    "154896523"
  ]
}

filter(@StreamCapable text: String, criteria: (character: String, index: Number) -> Boolean): String

Iterates over a string and applies an expression that returns matching values.

The expression must return true or false. If the expression returns true for a character or index in the array, the character gets captured in the output string. If it returns false for a character or index in the array, that character gets filtered out of the output. If there are no matches, the output string will be empty.

Parameters

Name Description

text

The text to filter.

criteria

The criteria to use.

Example

This example shows how filter can be used to remove all characters in odd positions.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
"hello world" filter ($$ mod 2) == 0

Output

"hlowrd"

filter(@StreamCapable value: Null, criteria: (item: Nothing, index: Nothing) -> Any): Null

Helper function that enables filter to work with a null value.