hugo/tpl/collections/complement.go

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package collections

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
)

// Complement gives the elements in the last element of seqs that are not in
// any of the others.
// All elements of seqs must be slices or arrays of comparable types.
//
// The reasoning behind this rather clumsy API is so we can do this in the templates:
//    {{ $c := .Pages | complement $last4 }}
func (ns *Namespace) Complement(seqs ...any) (any, error) {
	if len(seqs) < 2 {
		return nil, errors.New("complement needs at least two arguments")
	}

	universe := seqs[len(seqs)-1]
	as := seqs[:len(seqs)-1]

	aset, err := collectIdentities(as...)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	v := reflect.ValueOf(universe)
	switch v.Kind() {
	case reflect.Array, reflect.Slice:
		sl := reflect.MakeSlice(v.Type(), 0, 0)
		for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
			ev, _ := indirectInterface(v.Index(i))
			if _, found := aset[normalize(ev)]; !found {
				sl = reflect.Append(sl, ev)
			}
		}
		return sl.Interface(), nil
	default:
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("arguments to complement must be slices or arrays")
	}
}