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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:40:53 -0700
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Subject: Re: The sum function (used in reduce)
From: Adam Wolff <awolff@gmail.com>
To: user@couchdb.apache.org
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It'd be great to make it so that _design docs can define helper
functions too, so that two views can share a helper.

A

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Zachary Zolton
<zachary.zolton@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've also expressed interest in both:
>
> =A01) Adding/devising more helper functions
>
> =A02) Upgrading SpiderMonkey to JavaScript version 1.8
>
> This would add a LOT features useful for succinct JavaScript Map/reduce c=
ode:
> =A0* More functional methods on Array objects, such as reduce()
> =A0* Destructuring assignments
> =A0* Short-cut Lambda notation (ooh la la!)
>
> Of course, SpiderMonkey 1.8 is still in RC1, however anyone who's been
> using Firefox 3 has been exposed to it!
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Thomas Heller <th.heller@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>> Hey,
>>
>> you can find it in COUCH_HOME/share/server/main.js
>>
>> sum =3D function(values) {
>> =A0var rv =3D 0;
>> =A0for (var i in values) {
>> =A0 =A0rv +=3D values[i];
>> =A0}
>> =A0return rv;
>> }
>>
>> And no, its the only "helper" function.
>>
>> Regards,
>> /thomas
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Rangachari Anand <rxanand@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>>
>>> I searched all over the wiki and did not see any description of the
>>> sum function that can be called in the reduce method of
>>> a view. I can guess what it does but a pointer to more
>>> concrete information would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> There is only a passing reference to it in the page
>>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Introduction_to_CouchDB_views
>>>
>>> Are there any other handy functions that could be called from inside
>>> map or reduce?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Rangachari Anand
>>>
>>
>