Option

type option('a) = None | Some('a)

RE
let someString: option(string) = Some("foo");

getExn

let getExn: option('a) => 'a;

Raises an Error in case None is provided. Use with care.

RE
Belt.Option.getExn(Some(3)); /* 3 */

Belt.Option.getExn(None); /* Raises an Error */

mapWithDefault

let mapWithDefault: (option('a), 'b, 'a => 'b) => 'b;

If optionValue is of Some(value), this function returns that value applied with f, in other words f(value).

If optionValue is None, the default is returned.

RE
let someValue = Some(3);
someValue->Belt.Option.mapWithDefault(0, x => x + 5); /* 8 */

let noneValue = None;
noneValue->Belt.Option.mapWithDefault(0, x => x + 5); /* 0 */

mapWithDefaultU

let mapWithDefaultU: (option('a), 'b, (.'a => 'b)) => 'b;

Uncurried version of mapWithDefault.

map

let map: (option('a), 'a => 'b) => option('b);

If optionValue is Some(value) this returns f(value), otherwise it returns None.

RE
Belt.Option.map(Some(3), x => x * x); /* Some(9) */

Belt.Option.map(None, x => x * x); /* None */

mapU

let mapU: (option('a), [@bs] ('a => 'b)) => option('b);

Uncurried version of map.

flatMap

let flatMap: (option('a), 'a => option('b)) => option('b);

If optionValue is Some(value), returns f(value), otherwise returns None.
The function f must have a return type of option('a).

RE
let addIfAboveOne = value =>
  if (value > 1) {
    Some(value + 1);
  } else {
    None;
  };

Belt.Option.flatMap(Some(2), addIfAboveOne); /* Some(3) */

Belt.Option.flatMap(Some(-4), addIfAboveOne); /* None */

Belt.Option.flatMap(None, addIfAboveOne); /* None */

flatMapU

let flatMapU: (option('a), [@bs] ('a => option('b))) => option('b);

Uncurried version of flatMap.

getWithDefault

let getWithDefault: (option('a), 'a) => 'a;

If optionalValue is Some(value), returns value, otherwise default.

RE
Belt.Option.getWithDefault(None, "Banana"); /* Banana */

Belt.Option.getWithDefault(Some("Apple"), "Banana"); /* Apple */

RE
let greet = (firstName: option(string)) =>
  Belt.Option.("Greetings " ++ firstName->getWithDefault("Anonymous"));

Some("Jane")->greet; /* "Greetings Jane" */

None->greet; /* "Greetings Anonymous" */

RE
Belt.Option.getWithDefault(Some(1812), 1066); /* 1812 */

Belt.Option.getWithDefault(None, 1066); /* 1066 */

isSome

let isSome: option('a) => bool;

Returns true if the argument is Some(value), false otherwise.

RE
Belt.Option.isSome(None); /* false */

Belt.Option.isSome(Some(1)); /* true */

isNone

let isNone: option('a) => bool;

Returns true if the argument is None, false otherwise.

RE
Belt.Option.isNone(None); /* true */

Belt.Option.isNone(Some(1)); /* false */

eq

let eq: (option('a), option('b), ('a, 'b) => bool) => bool;

Evaluates two optional values for equality with respect to a predicate function. If both optValue1 and optValue2 are None, returns true. If one of the arguments is Some(value) and the other is None, returns false.

If arguments are Some(value1) and Some(value2), returns the result of predicate(value1, value2); the predicate function must return a bool.

RE
let clockEqual = (a, b) => a mod 12 == b mod 12;

open Belt.Option;

eq(Some(3), Some(15), clockEqual); /* true */

eq(Some(3), None, clockEqual); /* false */

eq(None, Some(3), clockEqual); /* false */

eq(None, None, clockEqual); /* true */

eqU

let eqU: (option('a), option('b), (.'a, 'b) => bool) => bool;

Uncurried version of eq.

cmp

let cmp: (option('a), option('b), ('a, 'b) => int) => int;

cmp(optValue1, optValue2, comparisonFunction) compares two optional values with respect to given comparisonFunction.

If both optValue1 and optValue2 are None, it returns 0.

If the first argument is Some(value1) and the second is None, returns 1 (something is greater than nothing).

If the first argument is None and the second is Some(value2), returns -1 (nothing is less than something).

If the arguments are Some(value1) and Some(value2), returns the result of comparisonFunction(value1, value2); comparisonFunction takes two arguments and returns -1 if the first argument is less than the second, 0 if the arguments are equal, and 1 if the first argument is greater than the second.

RE
let clockCompare = (a, b) => compare(a mod 12, b mod 12);

open Belt.Option;

cmp(Some(3), Some(15), clockCompare); /* 0 */

cmp(Some(3), Some(14), clockCompare); /* 1 */

cmp(Some(2), Some(15), clockCompare); /* (-1) */

cmp(None, Some(15), clockCompare); /* (-1) */

cmp(Some(14), None, clockCompare); /* 1 */

cmp(None, None, clockCompare); /* 0 */

cmpU

let cmpU: (option('a), option('b), ((.'a, 'b) => int)) => int;

Uncurried version of cmp.