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Allow variable refs as object keys {$key:value}
Users are often surprised by the requirement to parenthesize any non-trivial object key expressions in object constructors. E.g., {"a"+"b":1}. This commit adds one more kind of key expression besides literals and idents: variable references. A common use case for this is jq programs as JSON templates to fill in with variables computed from inputs or passed in on the command-line. E.g., {some_key:$value}. Now users can also use, e.g., {$key:$value}. This and the restrictions on key and value expressions in object constructors are now clarified a bit in the documentation.
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@ -549,13 +549,16 @@ sections:
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dictionaries or hashes), as in: `{"a": 42, "b": 17}`.
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If the keys are "identifier-like", then the quotes can be left
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off, as in `{a:42, b:17}`. Keys generated by expressions need
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to be parenthesized, e.g., `{("a"+"b"):59}`.
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off, as in `{a:42, b:17}`. Variable references as key
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expressions use the value of the variable as the key. Key
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expressions other than constant literals, identifiers, or
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variable references, need to be parenthesized, e.g.,
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`{("a"+"b"):59}`.
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The value can be any expression (although you may need to
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wrap it in parentheses if it's a complicated one), which gets
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applied to the {} expression's input (remember, all filters
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have an input and an output).
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The value can be any expression (although you may need to wrap
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it in parentheses if, for example, it contains colons), which
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gets applied to the {} expression's input (remember, all
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filters have an input and an output).
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{foo: .bar}
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@ -593,6 +596,16 @@ sections:
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{"stedolan": ["JQ Primer", "More JQ"]}
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Variable references as keys use the value of the variable as
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the key. Without a value then the variable's name becomes the
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key and its value becomes the value,
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"f o o" as $foo | "b a r" as $bar | {$foo, $bar:$foo}
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produces
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{"f o o":"f o o","b a r":"f o o"}
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examples:
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- program: '{user, title: .titles[]}'
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input: '{"user":"stedolan","titles":["JQ Primer", "More JQ"]}'
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$$ = gen_dictpair($1, BLOCK(gen_op_simple(POP), gen_op_simple(DUP2),
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gen_op_simple(DUP2), gen_op_simple(INDEX)));
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}
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| '$' IDENT ':' ExpD {
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$$ = gen_dictpair(gen_location(@$, locations, gen_op_unbound(LOADV, jv_string_value($2))),
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$4);
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}
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$$ = gen_dictpair(gen_const($2),
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gen_location(@$, locations, gen_op_unbound(LOADV, jv_string_value($2))));
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