https://github.com/shuckster/match-iz
A tiny pattern-matching library in the style of the TC39 proposal.
https://github.com/shuckster/match-iz
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A tiny pattern-matching library in the style of the TC39 proposal.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/shuckster/match-iz
- Owner: shuckster
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-07-18T00:14:35.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-07-18T13:19:45.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-24T16:47:11.730Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: declarative-conditionals, javascript, match-when, pattern-matching, switch-case
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 842 KB
- Stars: 165
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
match-iz 🔥
A tiny functional, declarative [pattern-matching](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-pattern-matching) library.
- 👋 [Introduction](#introduction)
- 👩🏫 [Before / After Examples](#before--after-examples)
- 🏁 [Benchmarks](#benchmarks)
- 📀 [Install / Use](#install--use)
- 📖 [Documentation](https://github.com/shuckster/match-iz/wiki)
- ✍️ [Credits](#credits)
- 📃 [License](#license)
## Introduction
Pattern-matching is a declarative version of `if` and `switch`, where you describe the expected shape of your data using "patterns".
```javascript
import { match, when, otherwise } from 'match-iz'
let result = match(data)(
when(pattern, result || handler),
when(pattern, result || handler),
otherwise(result || handler)
)
```
Patterns are a combination of both functions and data, and because of this certain assumptions can be made by `match-iz` to help reduce the amount of boilerplate normally required to check that your data looks a certain way:
```javascript
// Imperative:
if (typeof res?.statusCode === 'number') {
if (res.statusCode >= 200 && res.statusCode < 300) {
return res.body
}
}
// Declarative:
return match(res)(
when({ statusCode: inRange(200, 299) }, () => res.body),
otherwise(() => {})
)
```
1. `match-iz` will check that `statusCode` is a key of `res` by implication of the `when()` being passed an object-literal `{ ... }`.
2. The `inRange()` pattern-helper guards against non-numbers before trying to determine if its input is within a certain range.
Many [pattern-helpers](https://github.com/shuckster/match-iz/wiki) are provided to permit you to express terse, declarative, and reusable (just pop them into variables/constants) patterns.
Here are some of the date ones:
```javascript
const isLastSundayOfMarch = allOf(nthSun(-1), isMar)
const isTheWeekend = anyOf(allOf(isFri, isEvening), isSat, isSun)
match(new Date())(
when(isLastSundayOfMarch, () => 'Last Sunday of March: Clocks go forward'),
when(isTheWeekend, () => 'Ladies and Gentlemen; The Weekend'),
otherwise(dateObj => {
return `The clock is ticking: ${dateObj.toString()}`
})
)
```
[rest](https://github.com/shuckster/match-iz/wiki/Core-Library#rest) was introduced in `v5`:
```javascript
// For objects, use ...rest()
match({ one: 1, two: 2, three: 3 })(
when({ one: 1, ...rest(isNumber) }, (_, rest) => {
console.log(rest);
// { two: 2, three: 3 }
}),
)
// For arrays, use rest()
match([1, 2, 3])(
when([1, rest(isNumber)], (_, rest) => {
console.log(rest);
// [2, 3]
}),
)
```
You can browse a few more [examples below](#before--after-examples), and full [documentation is over on the Github Wiki](https://github.com/shuckster/match-iz/wiki).
## Before / After Examples:
- [getResponse()](#getresponse--testing-status-codes)
- [performSearch()](#performsearch--overloaded-function-call)
- [AccountPage()](#accountpage--react-component)
- [calculateExpr()](#calculateexpr--regular-expressions)
#### `getResponse` | Testing status-codes:
See imperative equivalent
```text
function getResponse(res) {
if (res && typeof res.statusCode === 'number') {
if (res.statusCode >= 200 && res.statusCode < 300) {
return res.body
} else if (res.statusCode === 404) {
return 'Not found'
}
}
throw new Error('Invalid response')
}
```
```javascript
function getResponse(res) {
return match(res)(
when({ statusCode: inRange(200, 299) }, () => res.body),
when({ statusCode: 404 }, () => 'Not found'),
otherwise(res => {
throw new Error(`Invalid response: ${res}`)
})
)
}
```
#### `performSearch` | "Overloaded" function call:
See imperative equivalent
```text
function performSearch(...args) {
const [firstArg, secondArg] = args
if (args.length === 1) {
if (isString(firstArg)) {
return find({ pattern: firstArg })
}
if (isPojo(firstArg)) {
return find(firstArg)
}
}
if (args.length === 2 && isString(firstArg) && isPojo(secondArg)) {
return find({ pattern: firstArg, ...secondArg })
}
throw new Error('Invalid arguments')
}
```
```javascript
function performSearch(...args) {
return match(args)(
when(eq([isString]), ([pattern]) => find({ pattern })),
when(eq([isPojo]), ([options]) => find(options)),
when(eq([isString, isPojo]), ([pattern, options]) =>
find({ pattern, ...options })
),
otherwise(() => {
throw new Error('Invalid arguments')
})
)
}
```
#### `AccountPage` | React Component:
See imperative equivalent
```text
function AccountPage(props) {
const { loading, error, data } = props || {}
const logout = !loading && !error && !data
return (
<>
{loading && }
{error && }
{data && }
{logout && }
>
)
}
```
```javascript
function AccountPage(props) {
return match(props)(
when({ loading: defined }, ),
when({ error: defined }, ),
when({ data: defined }, ),
otherwise()
)
}
```
#### `calculateExpr` | Regular Expressions:
See imperative equivalent
```text
function calculateExpr(expr) {
const rxAdd = /(?\d+) \+ (?\d+)/
const rxSub = /(?\d+) \- (?\d+)/
if (typeof expr === 'string') {
const addMatch = expr.match(rxAdd)
if (addMatch) {
const { left, right } = addMatch.groups
return add(left, right)
}
const subMatch = expr.match(rxAdd)
if (subMatch) {
const { left, right } = subMatch.groups
return subtract(left, right)
}
}
throw new Error("I couldn't parse that!")
}
```
```javascript
function calculateExpr(expr) {
return match(expr)(
when(/(?\d+) \+ (?\d+)/, groups =>
add(groups.left, groups.right)
),
when(/(?\d+) \- (?\d+)/, groups =>
subtract(groups.left, groups.right)
),
otherwise("I couldn't parse that!")
)
}
```
## Benchmarks
There is a very small benchmarking suite that you can run yourself with:
```sh
pnpm run bench
```
Here's a run to give you an example without needing to go anywhere else:
```sh
calculateExpr_vanilla 165.63 ns/iter 163.72 ns █
(160.47 ns … 194.63 ns) 187.64 ns █
(603.13 kb … 608.66 kb) 512.93 kb ▄█▇▂▂▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▂▂▁▁
calculateExpr_matchiz_match 436.82 ns/iter 441.31 ns █
(418.42 ns … 689.60 ns) 479.57 ns ▅ █▃
( 2.65 mb … 2.86 mb) 879.46 kb ▆█▃▂▁▂▇██▄▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁
calculateExpr_matchiz_against 380.36 ns/iter 389.14 ns █▅
(368.65 ns … 409.00 ns) 398.41 ns ██▅ ██
( 1.71 mb … 1.73 mb) 987.37 kb ▄███▇▄▃▁▁▂▂▁▅████▃▃▃▁
calculateExpr_tspattern 803.26 ns/iter 878.30 ns ▄ █
(632.93 ns … 1.24 µs) 995.19 ns █ ██
( 2.32 mb … 2.34 mb) 810.93 kb ▇█▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▁▆██▃▂▁▁▂▂
┌ ┐
calculateExpr_vanilla ┤ 165.63 ns
calculateExpr_matchiz_match ┤■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 436.82 ns
calculateExpr_matchiz_against ┤■■■■■■■■■■■ 380.36 ns
calculateExpr_tspattern ┤■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 803.26 ns
└ ┘
```
This compares `match-iz` with `ts-pattern`.
Of course, when considering a library performance isn't the only thing that
might concern you. `ts-pattern` can calculate static-types for the patterns
described, while `match-iz` was written with JavaScripts dynamism in mind,
and its TypeScript support is very basic and incomplete.
# Install / Use:
```
$ pnpm i match-iz
```
```javascript
// ESM
import { match, ...etc } from 'match-iz'
import { isSat, ...etc } from 'match-iz/dates'
import { isSat, ...etc } from 'match-iz/dates/utc'
// CJS
const { match, ...etc } = require('match-iz')
```
Browser/UMD:
```html
const { match, ...etc } = matchiz
const { isSat, ...etc } = matchiz
const { isSat, ...etc } = matchiz.utc
```
## Documentation
Check out the [Github Wiki for complete documentation](https://github.com/shuckster/match-iz/wiki) of the library.
## Credits
`match-iz` was written by [Conan Theobald](https://github.com/shuckster/).
I hope you found it useful! If so, I like [coffee ☕️](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/shuckster) :)
## License
MIT licensed: See [LICENSE](LICENSE)