Prolude.Lens

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(^.) :: s -> Getting a s a -> a infixl 8

View the value pointed to by a Getter or Lens or the result of folding over all the results of a Fold or Traversal that points at a monoidal values.

This is the same operation as view with the arguments flipped.

The fixity and semantics are such that subsequent field accesses can be performed with (.).

>>> (a,b)^._2
b

>>> ("hello","world")^._2
"world"

>>> import Data.Complex
>>> ((0, 1 :+ 2), 3)^._1._2.to magnitude
2.23606797749979

(^.) ::             s -> Getter s a     -> a
(^.) :: Monoid m => s -> Fold s m       -> m
(^.) ::             s -> Iso' s a       -> a
(^.) ::             s -> Lens' s a      -> a
(^.) :: Monoid m => s -> Traversal' s m -> m

view :: MonadReader s m => Getting a s a -> m a

View the value pointed to by a Getter, Iso or Lens or the result of folding over all the results of a Fold or Traversal that points at a monoidal value.

view . to ≡ id

>>> view (to f) a
f a

>>> view _2 (1,"hello")
"hello"

>>> view (to succ) 5
6

>>> view (_2._1) ("hello",("world","!!!"))
"world"

As view is commonly used to access the target of a Getter or obtain a monoidal summary of the targets of a Fold, It may be useful to think of it as having one of these more restricted signatures:

view ::             Getter s a     -> s -> a
view :: Monoid m => Fold s m       -> s -> m
view ::             Iso' s a       -> s -> a
view ::             Lens' s a      -> s -> a
view :: Monoid m => Traversal' s m -> s -> m

In a more general setting, such as when working with a Monad transformer stack you can use:

view :: MonadReader s m             => Getter s a     -> m a
view :: (MonadReader s m, Monoid a) => Fold s a       -> m a
view :: MonadReader s m             => Iso' s a       -> m a
view :: MonadReader s m             => Lens' s a      -> m a
view :: (MonadReader s m, Monoid a) => Traversal' s a -> m a

(.~) :: ASetter s t a b -> b -> s -> t infixr 4

Replace the target of a Lens or all of the targets of a Setter or Traversal with a constant value.

This is an infix version of set, provided for consistency with (.=).

f <$ a ≡ mapped .~ f $ a

>>> (a,b,c,d) & _4 .~ e
(a,b,c,e)

>>> (42,"world") & _1 .~ "hello"
("hello","world")

>>> (a,b) & both .~ c
(c,c)

(.~) :: Setter s t a b    -> b -> s -> t
(.~) :: Iso s t a b       -> b -> s -> t
(.~) :: Lens s t a b      -> b -> s -> t
(.~) :: Traversal s t a b -> b -> s -> t

set :: ASetter s t a b -> b -> s -> t

Replace the target of a Lens or all of the targets of a Setter or Traversal with a constant value.

(<$) ≡ set mapped

>>> set _2 "hello" (1,())
(1,"hello")

>>> set mapped () [1,2,3,4]
[(),(),(),()]

Note: Attempting to set a Fold or Getter will fail at compile time with an relatively nice error message.

set :: Setter s t a b    -> b -> s -> t
set :: Iso s t a b       -> b -> s -> t
set :: Lens s t a b      -> b -> s -> t
set :: Traversal s t a b -> b -> s -> t