Several operators can be applied to objects of any type.
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In the node pico engine, the target types for the
The following coercions are valid:
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as()
The as() operators coerces objects of one type to be an object of another. The target type is given as a string argument to the operator. The following types are available in KRL:
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For example, the following constructs a string and then turns it into a regular expression that can be used by the replace() operator:
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("re/q=" + q + "/i").as("regexp") |
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The isnull() operator returns true of the object is null (undefined) and false otherwise.
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doesnotexist.isnull(); // returns true |
klog()
The klog() operator writes an optional message, given as a string argument, and the value of the object to the debug log.
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x = some_arr.filter(function(x){x == 5}).klog("Value after filter: ").head(); |
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The typeof()operator returns the type of the object to which it is applied. For example:
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nums = [1, 2, 3] nums_type = nums.typeof() // nums_type = "array" |
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