LINQ To TypeScript

• Implementation of LINQ for TypeScript
• Targets TypeScript 5.6.X and ES 2022

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await from([bing, google, quackQuackGo])
    .asParallel()
    .selectAsync(downloadHtml)
    .select(getTitle)
    .toArray()

Getting Started

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npm i linq-to-typescript

tsconfig.json

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"compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2022",
    "lib": [
      "es2022"
    ]
}

• The strict TS option is recommended.

Node.js

Node.js 17 or higher is required.

Note: This package is ESM-only. If your project uses CommonJS (require), you'll need a bundler or interop shim.

Using the Library

With Wrappers

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// 0. Import Module
import { from } from "linq-to-typescript"

// To Use With Wrappers
const evenNumbers = from([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]).where((x) => x % 2 === 0).toArray()

Without Wrappers

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// 0. Import Module
import { initializeLinq, IEnumerable } from "linq-to-typescript"
// 1. Declare that the JS types implement the IEnumerable interface
declare global {
    interface Array<T> extends IEnumerable<T> { }
    interface Uint8Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Uint8ClampedArray extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Uint16Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Uint32Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Int8Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Int16Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Int32Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Float32Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Float64Array extends IEnumerable<number> { }
    interface Map<K, V> extends IEnumerable<[K, V]> { }
    interface Set<T> extends IEnumerable<T> { }
    interface String extends IEnumerable<string> { }
}
// 2. Bind Linq Functions to Array, Map, etc
initializeLinq()
// 3. Use without a wrapper type
const evenNumbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9].where((x) => x % 2 === 0).toArray()

Examples

The examples folder contains runnable demos:

• primenumbers.ts — find primes using range().where().all()
• digitsofpi.ts — approximate π via the Nilakantha series with range().select().aggregate()
• paralleldownload.ts — download URLs in parallel with asParallel().selectAsync()

ES6 Modules (ESM)

To use library with ES6 modules make sure that you specify "type": "module" in package.json

API

TypeDoc API Surface Documentation

LinqToTypeScript implements the functionality of the IEnumerable interface

• IEnumerable, IAsyncEnumerable, and IParallelEnumerable interfaces are based on,
• IEnumerable<T> Interface
• Some changes made due to conflicts with existing method names
• Some changes made due to limitations of JavaScript

IEnumerable

• Inspired by LINQ API Surface
• Has Async methods that return Promise or IAsyncEnumerable
• Implements Iterable<T>
• Use from to wrap your arrays

IAsyncEnumerable

• Inspired by LINQ API Surface
• Has Async methods that return Promise or IAsyncEnumerable
• For asynchronous iteration
• Implements AsyncIterable<T> interface
• Use fromAsync to wrap your AsyncIterable type

IParallelEnumerable

• Inspired by LINQ API Surface
• Has Async methods that return Promise or IParallelEnumerable
• For asynchronous iteration in parallel (where possible)
• Implements AsyncIterable<T> interface
• Use fromParallel to create a parallel enumeration

Shared Instance Methods

Method	Async*	Tests Coverage	Notes
aggregate	No	Sync
all	Yes	Sync, Async
any	Yes	Sync, Async
append	No	Sync
average	Yes	Sync, Async
chunk	No	Sync
concatenate	No	Sync	Equivalent to .Concat but renamed to avoid conflict with JS
contains	Yes	Sync, Async
count	Yes	Sync, Async
defaultIfEmpty	No	Sync
distinct	Yes	Sync, Async
elementAt	No	Sync
elementAtOrDefault	No	Sync
except	Yes	Sync, Async
first	Yes	Sync, Async
firstOrDefault	Yes	Sync, Async
each	Yes	Sync, Async	From List<T>.ForEach
groupBy	Yes	Sync, Async
groupByWithSel	No	Sync
groupJoin	Yes	Sync, Async
intersect	Yes	Sync, Async
joinByKey	No	Sync
last	Yes	Sync, Async
lastOrDefault	Yes	Sync, Async
max	Yes	Sync, Async
maxBy	Yes	Sync, Async
min	Yes	Sync, Async
minBy	Yes	Sync, Async
ofType	No	Sync
order	No	Sync
orderBy	Yes	Sync, Async
orderByDescending	Yes	Sync, Async
orderDescending	No	Sync
partition	Yes	Sync, Async
prepend	No	Sync
reverse	No	Sync
select	Yes	Sync, Async
selectMany	Yes	Sync, Async
sequenceEquals	Yes	Sync, Async
single	Yes	Sync, Async
singleOrDefault	Yes	Sync, Async
skip	No	Sync
skipWhile	Yes	Sync, Async
sum	Yes	Sync, Async
take	No	Sync
takeWhile	Yes	Sync, Async
toArray	No	Sync
toMap	Yes	Sync, Async	Equivalent to ToDictionary
toObject	Yes	Sync, Async
toSet	No	Sync	Equivalent to ToHashSet. No comparer overload for JS.
union	Yes	Sync
where	Yes	Sync, Async
zip	Yes	Sync, Async

* Async methods take an async function

Static Methods

Method	Description	Async	Parallel	Tests Coverage
empty	Returns an empty enumerable	emptyAsync	emptyParallel	Test
enumerateObject	Yields [key, value] pairs from a plain object	enumerateObjectAsync	N/A	Test
flatten	Flattens a nested iterable one level deep	flattenAsync	flattenParallel	Test
range	Generates a sequence of integers from start to start+count	rangeAsync	rangeParallel	Test
repeat	Repeats a value N times	repeatAsync	repeatParallel	Test

Index Methods

Method	Notes
bindArray	Binds IEnumerable methods to an ArrayLike Iterable type
bindLinq	Binds IEnumerable methods to an Iterable type
bindLinqAsync	Binds IAsyncEnumerable methods to an AsyncIterable type
isEnumerable	Determines if source implements IEnumerable
isAsyncEnumerable	Determines if source implements IAsyncEnumerable
isParallelEnumerable	Determines if source implements IParallelEnumerable
initializeLinq	Binds to IEnumerable to Array Types, Map, Set, & String

Exception Types

Exception	Notes
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown when a passed in argument is invalid
InvalidOperationException	Thrown when no elements or no predicate match

Comparers

Built-in comparers can be passed to methods like distinct, contains, sequenceEquals, except, intersect, and union.

Export	Purpose
EqualityComparer	Loose equality (==)
StrictEqualityComparer	Strict equality (===)
NumberComparer	Numeric ordering (for use with orderBy)
StringifyComparer	Equality via JSON.stringify

Design

Binding new APIs to Array Types

JavaScript doesn't have extension methods like in C#, therefore we extend the class itself with new methods.
Call initializeLinq to bind library functions to default Array methods,

The following collections support IEnumerable,

• Array
• Map
• Set
• String
• Int8Array
• Int16Array
• Int32Array
• Uint8Array
• Uint8ClampedArray
• Uint16Array
• Uint32Array
• Float32Array
• Float64Array

Using Wrappers

NOTE: Wrappers are safer as they won't interfere with other libraries.

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// To Create an IEnumerable<T>
import { from } from "linq-to-typescript"
from(iterableIteratorOrArray)

// To Create an IAsyncEnumerable<T>
import { fromAsync } from "linq-to-typescript"
fromAsync(asyncIterableIteratorOrPromiseArray)

// To Create an IParallelEnumerable<T>
// You have to specify the parallel generator function type
import { fromParallel, ParallelGeneratorType } from "linq-to-typescript"
fromParallel(ParallelGeneratorType.PromiseToArray, asyncFuncThatReturnsAnArray)

Issues and Questions

Q1: How does this compare to other LINQ libraries?

Other libraries tend to use eager evaluation and work with arrays instead of iterables.

Q2: Can I use your code?

With attribution; the code is licensed under MIT.

Q3: Why should I use this instead of lodash or something similar?

The whole library is written in TypeScript first and avoids typechecking done by TypeScript Language Service.

Lazy evaluation. Not much happens until you iterate over the enumerable or conver it to an Array, Map, etc.

Q4: Is IE11 supported?

No.

Q5: Can I contribute?

Please do!