ListSome

Used to iterate over a delimited list and test whether ANY items meet the test callback.

The function will be passed 3 arguments: the value, the index, and the list. You can alternatively pass a Java Predicate which will only receive the 1st arg. The function should return true if the item meets the test, and false otherwise.

Note: This operation is a short-circuit operation, meaning it will stop iterating as soon as it finds the first item that meets the test condition.

Parallel Execution

If the parallel argument is set to true, and no max_threads are sent, the filter will be executed in parallel using a ForkJoinPool with parallel streams. If max_threads is specified, it will create a new ForkJoinPool with the specified number of threads to run the filter in parallel, and destroy it after the operation is complete. Please note that this may not be the most efficient way to iterate, as it will create a new ForkJoinPool for each invocation of the BIF. You may want to consider using a shared ForkJoinPool for better performance.

Method Signature

ListSome(list=[string], callback=[function:Predicate], delimiter=[string], includeEmptyFields=[boolean], multiCharacterDelimiter=[boolean], parallel=[boolean], maxThreads=[integer], virtual=[boolean])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
list	string	true	string list to filter entries from
callback	function:Predicate	true
delimiter	string	false	string the list delimiter	,
includeEmptyFields	boolean	false	boolean whether to include empty fields in the returned result	false
multiCharacterDelimiter	boolean	false	boolean whether the delimiter is multi-character	false
parallel	boolean	false	Whether to run the filter in parallel. Defaults to false. If true, the filter will be run in parallel using a ForkJoinPool.	false
maxThreads	integer	false	The maximum number of threads to use when running the filter in parallel. If not passed it will use the default number of threads for the ForkJoinPool. If parallel is false, this argument is ignored. If a boolean is provided it will be assigned to the virtual argument instead.
virtual	boolean	false	( BoxLang only) If true, the function will be invoked using virtual threads. Defaults to false. Ignored if parallel is false.	false

Examples

List contains some.

Take a string list and see if some elements match a given predicate.

var fruitList = arrayToList( [ 
	"apple",
	"mango",
	"orange",
	"pear"
], "," );
writeOutput( listSome( fruitList, ( Any fruit ) => {
	return findNoCase( "n", fruit );
}, "," ) );

Result: true

Additional Examples

Run Example

list = ",,a,,b,c,,e,f";
// base test
res = ListSome( list, ( Any value ) => {
	return value == "a";
}, ",", false, true, true );
writeDump( res );
res = ListSome( list, ( Any value ) => {
	return value == "z";
}, ",", false, true, false );
writeDump( res );

Related

• GetToken

• ListAppend

• ListAvg

• ListChangeDelims

• ListCompact

• ListContains

• ListContainsNoCase

• ListDeleteAt

• ListEach

• ListEvery

• ListFilter

• ListFind

• ListFindNoCase

• ListFirst

• ListGetAt

• ListGetEndings

• ListIndexExists

• ListInsertAt

• ListItemTrim

• ListLast

• ListLen

• ListMap

• ListNone

• ListPrepend

• ListQualify

• ListReduceRight

• ListRemoveDuplicates

• ListRest

• ListSetAt

• ListSort

• ListToArray

• ListTrim

• ListValueCount

• ListValueCountNoCase