ArraySome()

This function calls a given closure/function with every element in a given array and returns true, if one of the closure calls returns true.

ArraySome( array=array, closure=function, parallel=boolean, maxThreads=number );

Returns: Boolean

Argument Description Default
array
array, required

array to iterate

Alias: object
closure
function, required

function/closure that implements the following constructor [function(any value[, numeric index,array array]):boolean].

Alias: function, callback, udf
parallel
boolean, optional

execute closures parallel
maxThreads
number, optional

maximum number of threads executed, ignored when argument "parallel" is set to false

Alias: maxThreadCount

20

Examples

uses a closure to determine if an item or expression exists

newArray = ['a','b','c','b','d','b','e','f'];
	dump(newArray);
	hasSome1 = arraySome(newArray,function(item,idx,arr){
	    return item == 'b';
	});
	dump(hasSome1);
    // member function
	hasSome2 = newArray.some(function(item,idx,arr){
	    return item == 'k';
	});
	dump(hasSome2);

See also