cleave ( x seq -- )
Factor handbook » The language » Combinators » Dataflow combinators » Cleave combinators

Prev:	3tri ( x y z p q r -- )
Next:	2cleave ( x y seq -- )

Vocabulary
combinators

Inputs

x	an object
seq	a sequence of quotations with stack effect ( x -- ... )

Outputs
None

Word description
Applies each quotation to the object in turn.

Examples
The bi combinator takes one value and two quotations; the tri combinator takes one value and three quotations. The cleave combinator takes one value and any number of quotations, and is essentially equivalent to a chain of keep forms:

! Equivalent { [ p ] [ q ] [ r ] [ s ] } cleave [ p ] keep [ q ] keep [ r ] keep s

See also
bi, tri

Definition

USING: kernel sequences ;

IN: combinators

: cleave ( x seq -- ) [ call ] with each ;