filter ( ... seq quot: ( ... elt -- ... ? ) -- ... subseq )

filter ( ... seq quot: ( ... elt -- ... ? ) -- ... subseq )
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Vocabulary
sequences

Inputs

seq	a sequence
quot	a quotation with stack effect ( ... elt -- ... ? )

Outputs

subseq

a new sequence

Word description
Applies the quotation to each element in turn, and outputs a new sequence containing the elements of the original sequence for which the quotation output a true value.

See also
filter-as, filter!, reject, reject-as, reject!, sift, harvest

Definition

USING: kernel ;

IN: sequences

: filter
( ... seq quot: ( ... elt -- ... ? ) -- ... subseq )
over filter-as ; inline