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nu_command/filters/
update.rs

1use nu_engine::{ClosureEval, ClosureEvalOnce, command_prelude::*};
2use nu_protocol::ast::PathMember;
3
4#[derive(Clone)]
5pub struct Update;
6
7impl Command for Update {
8    fn name(&self) -> &str {
9        "update"
10    }
11
12    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
13        Signature::build("update")
14            .input_output_types(vec![
15                (Type::record(), Type::record()),
16                (Type::table(), Type::table()),
17                (
18                    Type::List(Box::new(Type::Any)),
19                    Type::List(Box::new(Type::Any)),
20                ),
21            ])
22            .required(
23                "field",
24                SyntaxShape::CellPath,
25                "The name of the column to update.",
26            )
27            .required(
28                "replacement value",
29                SyntaxShape::Any,
30                "The new value to give the cell(s), or a closure to create the value.",
31            )
32            .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
33            .category(Category::Filters)
34    }
35
36    fn description(&self) -> &str {
37        "Update an existing column to have a new value."
38    }
39
40    fn extra_description(&self) -> &str {
41        "When updating a column, the closure will be run for each row, and the current row will be passed as the first argument. \
42Referencing `$in` inside the closure will provide the value at the column for the current row.
43
44When updating a specific index, the closure will instead be run once. The first argument to the closure and the `$in` value will both be the current value at the index."
45    }
46
47    fn run(
48        &self,
49        engine_state: &EngineState,
50        stack: &mut Stack,
51        call: &Call,
52        input: PipelineData,
53    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
54        update(engine_state, stack, call, input)
55    }
56
57    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example<'_>> {
58        vec![
59            Example {
60                description: "Update a column value.",
61                example: "{'name': 'nu', 'stars': 5} | update name 'Nushell'",
62                result: Some(Value::test_record(record! {
63                    "name" =>  Value::test_string("Nushell"),
64                    "stars" => Value::test_int(5),
65                })),
66            },
67            Example {
68                description: "Use a closure to alter each value in the 'authors' column to a single string.",
69                example: "[[project, authors]; ['nu', ['Andrés', 'JT', 'Yehuda']]] | update authors {|row| $row.authors | str join ',' }",
70                result: Some(Value::test_list(vec![Value::test_record(record! {
71                    "project" => Value::test_string("nu"),
72                    "authors" => Value::test_string("Andrés,JT,Yehuda"),
73                })])),
74            },
75            Example {
76                description: "Implicitly use the `$in` value in a closure to update 'authors'.",
77                example: "[[project, authors]; ['nu', ['Andrés', 'JT', 'Yehuda']]] | update authors { str join ',' }",
78                result: Some(Value::test_list(vec![Value::test_record(record! {
79                    "project" => Value::test_string("nu"),
80                    "authors" => Value::test_string("Andrés,JT,Yehuda"),
81                })])),
82            },
83            Example {
84                description: "Update a value at an index in a list.",
85                example: "[1 2 3] | update 1 4",
86                result: Some(Value::test_list(vec![
87                    Value::test_int(1),
88                    Value::test_int(4),
89                    Value::test_int(3),
90                ])),
91            },
92            Example {
93                description: "Use a closure to compute a new value at an index.",
94                example: "[1 2 3] | update 1 {|i| $i + 2 }",
95                result: Some(Value::test_list(vec![
96                    Value::test_int(1),
97                    Value::test_int(4),
98                    Value::test_int(3),
99                ])),
100            },
101        ]
102    }
103}
104
105fn update(
106    engine_state: &EngineState,
107    stack: &mut Stack,
108    call: &Call,
109    input: PipelineData,
110) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
111    let head = call.head;
112    let cell_path: CellPath = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
113    let replacement: Value = call.req(engine_state, stack, 1)?;
114    let input = match input.try_into_stream(engine_state) {
115        Ok(input) | Err(input) => input,
116    };
117
118    match input {
119        PipelineData::Value(mut value, metadata) => {
120            if let Value::Closure { val, .. } = replacement {
121                match (cell_path.members.first(), &mut value) {
122                    (Some(PathMember::String { .. }), Value::List { vals, .. }) => {
123                        let mut closure = ClosureEval::new(engine_state, stack, *val);
124                        for val in vals {
125                            update_value_by_closure(
126                                val,
127                                &mut closure,
128                                head,
129                                &cell_path.members,
130                                false,
131                            )?;
132                        }
133                    }
134                    (first, _) => {
135                        update_single_value_by_closure(
136                            &mut value,
137                            ClosureEvalOnce::new(engine_state, stack, *val),
138                            head,
139                            &cell_path.members,
140                            matches!(first, Some(PathMember::Int { .. })),
141                        )?;
142                    }
143                }
144            } else {
145                value.update_data_at_cell_path(&cell_path.members, replacement)?;
146            }
147            Ok(value.into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(metadata))
148        }
149        PipelineData::ListStream(stream, metadata) => {
150            if let Some((
151                &PathMember::Int {
152                    val,
153                    span: path_span,
154                    optional,
155                },
156                path,
157            )) = cell_path.members.split_first()
158            {
159                let mut stream = stream.into_iter();
160                let mut pre_elems = vec![];
161
162                for idx in 0..=val {
163                    if let Some(v) = stream.next() {
164                        pre_elems.push(v);
165                    } else if optional {
166                        return Ok(pre_elems
167                            .into_iter()
168                            .chain(stream)
169                            .into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(
170                                head,
171                                engine_state.signals().clone(),
172                                metadata,
173                            ));
174                    } else if idx == 0 {
175                        return Err(ShellError::AccessEmptyContent { span: path_span });
176                    } else {
177                        return Err(ShellError::AccessBeyondEnd {
178                            max_idx: idx - 1,
179                            span: path_span,
180                        });
181                    }
182                }
183
184                // cannot fail since loop above does at least one iteration or returns an error
185                let value = pre_elems.last_mut().expect("one element");
186
187                if let Value::Closure { val, .. } = replacement {
188                    update_single_value_by_closure(
189                        value,
190                        ClosureEvalOnce::new(engine_state, stack, *val),
191                        head,
192                        path,
193                        true,
194                    )?;
195                } else {
196                    value.update_data_at_cell_path(path, replacement)?;
197                }
198
199                Ok(pre_elems
200                    .into_iter()
201                    .chain(stream)
202                    .into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(
203                        head,
204                        engine_state.signals().clone(),
205                        metadata,
206                    ))
207            } else if let Value::Closure { val, .. } = replacement {
208                let mut closure = ClosureEval::new(engine_state, stack, *val);
209                let stream = stream.map(move |mut value| {
210                    let err = update_value_by_closure(
211                        &mut value,
212                        &mut closure,
213                        head,
214                        &cell_path.members,
215                        false,
216                    );
217
218                    if let Err(e) = err {
219                        Value::error(e, head)
220                    } else {
221                        value
222                    }
223                });
224
225                Ok(PipelineData::list_stream(stream, metadata))
226            } else {
227                let stream = stream.map(move |mut value| {
228                    if let Err(e) =
229                        value.update_data_at_cell_path(&cell_path.members, replacement.clone())
230                    {
231                        Value::error(e, head)
232                    } else {
233                        value
234                    }
235                });
236
237                Ok(PipelineData::list_stream(stream, metadata))
238            }
239        }
240        PipelineData::Empty => Err(ShellError::IncompatiblePathAccess {
241            type_name: "empty pipeline".to_string(),
242            span: head,
243        }),
244        PipelineData::ByteStream(stream, ..) => Err(ShellError::IncompatiblePathAccess {
245            type_name: stream.type_().describe().into(),
246            span: head,
247        }),
248    }
249}
250
251fn update_value_by_closure(
252    value: &mut Value,
253    closure: &mut ClosureEval,
254    span: Span,
255    cell_path: &[PathMember],
256    first_path_member_int: bool,
257) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
258    let value_at_path = value.follow_cell_path(cell_path)?;
259
260    // Don't run the closure for optional paths that don't exist
261    let is_optional = cell_path.iter().any(|member| match member {
262        PathMember::String { optional, .. } => *optional,
263        PathMember::Int { optional, .. } => *optional,
264    });
265    if is_optional && matches!(value_at_path.as_ref(), Value::Nothing { .. }) {
266        return Ok(());
267    }
268
269    let arg = if first_path_member_int {
270        value_at_path.as_ref()
271    } else {
272        &*value
273    };
274
275    let new_value = closure
276        .add_arg(arg.clone())
277        .run_with_input(value_at_path.into_owned().into_pipeline_data())?
278        .into_value(span)?;
279
280    value.update_data_at_cell_path(cell_path, new_value)
281}
282
283fn update_single_value_by_closure(
284    value: &mut Value,
285    closure: ClosureEvalOnce,
286    span: Span,
287    cell_path: &[PathMember],
288    first_path_member_int: bool,
289) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
290    let value_at_path = value.follow_cell_path(cell_path)?;
291
292    // Don't run the closure for optional paths that don't exist
293    let is_optional = cell_path.iter().any(|member| match member {
294        PathMember::String { optional, .. } => *optional,
295        PathMember::Int { optional, .. } => *optional,
296    });
297    if is_optional && matches!(value_at_path.as_ref(), Value::Nothing { .. }) {
298        return Ok(());
299    }
300
301    let arg = if first_path_member_int {
302        value_at_path.as_ref()
303    } else {
304        &*value
305    };
306
307    let new_value = closure
308        .add_arg(arg.clone())
309        .run_with_input(value_at_path.into_owned().into_pipeline_data())?
310        .into_value(span)?;
311
312    value.update_data_at_cell_path(cell_path, new_value)
313}
314
315#[cfg(test)]
316mod test {
317    use super::*;
318
319    #[test]
320    fn test_examples() {
321        use crate::test_examples;
322
323        test_examples(Update {})
324    }
325}