From 151b494382e70a21501d23ad39e908476df7d5f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Langford Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:48:05 -0400 Subject: Add collect example with pipeline --- docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml index 5cde2857..7bf9639d 100644 --- a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml +++ b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml @@ -507,11 +507,11 @@ sections: As in JSON, `[]` is used to construct arrays, as in `[1,2,3]`. The elements of the arrays can be any jq - expression. All of the results produced by all of the - expressions are collected into one big array. You can use it - to construct an array out of a known quantity of values (as - in `[.foo, .bar, .baz]`) or to "collect" all the results of a - filter into an array (as in `[.items[].name]`) + expression, including a pipeline. All of the results produced + by all of the expressions are collected into one big array. + You can use it to construct an array out of a known quantity + of values (as in `[.foo, .bar, .baz]`) or to "collect" all the + results of a filter into an array (as in `[.items[].name]`) Once you understand the "," operator, you can look at jq's array syntax in a different light: the expression `[1,2,3]` is not using a @@ -527,6 +527,10 @@ sections: - program: "[.user, .projects[]]" input: '{"user":"stedolan", "projects": ["jq", "wikiflow"]}' output: ['["stedolan", "jq", "wikiflow"]'] + - program: "[ .[] | . * 2]" + input: '[1, 2, 3]' + output: ['[2, 4, 6]'] + - title: "Object Construction: `{}`" body: | -- cgit v1.2.3