getter

Return an accessor function for retrieving an element from an indexed array-like object.

Usage

var getter = require( '@stdlib/array/base/getter' );

getter( dtype )

Returns an accessor function for retrieving an element from an indexed array-like object.

var arr = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ];

var get = getter( 'generic' );
var v = get( arr, 2 );
// returns 3

The returned accessor function accepts the following arguments:

arr: input array.
idx: element index.

Notes

If provided an unsupported dtype, the function returns a default accessor function for accessing elements from any indexed array-like object; otherwise, the function returns an accessor function which should only be provided an array instance corresponding to dtype (e.g., if dtype is 'float64', the returned accessor function should only be provided instances of Float64Array).
Accessor functions do not verify that provided input arrays are array instances corresponding to dtype, as doing so would introduce performance overhead. If array instances corresponding to other data types are provided to an accessor function, JavaScript runtimes will consider the function polymorphic, potentially triggering de-optimization. In order to ensure maximum performance, always ensure that an accessor function is monomorphic.
Accessor functions do not perform bounds checking.
An indexed array-like object is a data structure in which one retrieves elements via integer indices using bracket [] notation (e.g., Float64Array, Int32Array, Array, etc). This is in contrast to an accessor array-like object in which one retrieves elements using get and set methods (e.g., Complex64Array and Complex128Array).

Examples

var filled = require( '@stdlib/array/filled' );
var dtype = require( '@stdlib/array/dtype' );
var getter = require( '@stdlib/array/base/getter' );

var arr = filled( 1.0, 10, 'float64' );
var v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 1.0

arr = filled( 2.0, 10, 'float32' );
v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 2.0

arr = filled( 3, 10, 'int32' );
v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 3

arr = filled( 4, 10, 'int16' );
v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 4

arr = filled( 5, 10, 'int8' );
v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 5

arr = filled( 6, 10, 'uint32' );
v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 6

arr = filled( 7, 10, 'uint16' );
v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 7

arr = filled( 8, 10, 'uint8' );
v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 8

arr = filled( 9, 10, 'uint8c' );
v = getter( dtype( arr ) )( arr, 2 );
// returns 9