Expressions and LuaXP Functions
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SORTING AN ARRAY IN MSR EXPRESSIONS
I somehow doubt this will find much utility among most users' workflows, but here goes...
If you want to sort a particular 1-dimensional numerical array:a=[8,3,11,0,5], #unsorted array L=len(a)-1, each i in 0..L: #repeat for each value in a do b=a[0], #beginning with first value in array each j in 0..(L-i): #compare remaining values if min(b,num=a[j])<b then b=num else b endif, remove(a,indexOf(a,b)), #remove b from array b #was lowest number found in original array done
// result (array)
[ 0 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 11 ]
PRO TIP: To sort an array from another expression, simply edit the first line to something like this:
a = clone(otherExp),
UPDATE: As of release 21153, in which
min()
may take an array as its argument, the following expression works more cleanly:a=[8,3,11,0,5], each n in a: do b=min(a), remove(a,indexOf(a,b)), b done
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CREATING AN ARRAY OF STEPPED VALUES
In case you're looking for a numerical array containing evenly-spaced (linear)
DIM
values in the range0
to1
and back to0
, this expression should fill the bill:each s in split(join(0..10)+","+join(9..0),","): int(s)/10
// result (array) [0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9,1,0.9,0.8,0.7,0.6,0.5,0.4,0.3,0.2,0.1,0]
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Also works:
each n in -10..10: (10-abs(n))/10
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ARRAY OF RAMPED
DIM
VALUES USING SINE WAVE PATTERNpi=3.1415, steps=10; each step in 0..steps: round(sin(step*(pi/(2*steps))),2)
// result (array) [0,0.16,0.31,0.45,0.59,0.71,0.81,0.89,0.95,0.99,1]
NOTE: You can change the number of
steps
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ROTATE SET OF LIGHTS
Sometimes you might want a set of lights to swap "On"/"Off" states -- not "toggle" per se, just follow each other based on their starting status, which I'm calling "rotation." (I believe the technical term is "chasing.")
lites=["vera>device_8","vera>device_9","vera>device_110"], patt=each L in lites: getEntity(L).attributes.power_switch.state, new=slice(push(patt,patt[0]),1), each v,k in new: performAction(lites[k],"power_switch."+(v?"on":"off"),{})
USAGE
Edit the list inlites
based on which devices you want to participate in the rotation. Every time this expression evaluates, the on/off states will rotate by one: i.e.010
►100
►001
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lexpjs is missing some functions that LuaXP had and range from convenience to vital. Seems that date/time formatting is among them, as this should be a simpler operation, and we can take advantage of all the localization that the system itself offers in the process.
Among the functions I know are missing, or I'm pondering, are:
format( template, ...args )
- A C-style formatter for strings (likesprintf()
)
strftime( template, time )
- Also C-style, formatting specifically for date parts.
dateadd( time, yy, mm, dd, hh, MM, ss )
- Modify a timestamp; e.g.dateadd( time(), null, null, 1 )
would add one day to the current time (so the result time would have the same hour, minute, second just a day forward)
dateset( time, yy, mm, dd, hh, MM, ss )
- Another way to modify a timestamp, e.g.dateset( time(), null, null, null, 0, 0, 0 )
would result in midnight for the current date, whiledateset( time(), null, null, null, 24, 0, 0 )
would be exactly midnight tomorrow.
push
,pop
,shift
andunshift
- Array functions to move an element in or out.
concat
- Concatenate two arrays; function, or overload+
( e.g.[1,2,3] + [4,5,6] => [1,2,3,4,5,6]
)
slice
- Return a portion of arrray; pondering whether this should be done as a function, or with python-stylearray[start:end]
syntax (into the whole brevity thing);
splice
- Remove elements from, and insert into, and array;splice()
is the JavaScript function, and it's very powerful but not particularly user-friendly. Maybe better to have separateremove()
andinsert()
?The HubitatController also extends lexpjs with its own private
hsltorgb()
andrgbtohsl()
functions to convert between RGB and HS(L) as part of its entity mappings. I'm considering making these available everywhere (could be useful in some actions in particular on any platform).You may note that map/reduce functions are missing, but they are covered by the
each
operator (e.g.each val in numbers: val**2
produces a new array of the square of the values innumbers
, themap()
function, whilet=0, each val in squares: t=t+val
is a reduce that produces the sum of the squares); theselect()
function from LuaXP is covered by thefirst
option (e.g.first element in array-or-object with match-expression
). And filtering can also be done witheach
because any null result during iteration isn't added to the result array.@toggledbits any chance we'll see strftime function coming up "soon"? Or advice how to implement the same with lexpjs (when you have unix timestamp, RfV example below)?
strftime("%H:%M %d/%m/%y", <timestamp> )
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