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Split Stream

Transform stream which splits streamed data.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/streams-node-split

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Usage

var splitStream = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-split' );

splitStream( [options] )

Creates a transform stream which splits streamed data.

var stdout = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-stdout' );

var stream = splitStream();

stream.pipe( stdout );
stream.write( '1\n2\n3' );

stream.end();

// prints: 1 => 2 => 3

The function accepts the following options:

• sep: separator used to split streamed data. Similar to String#split, a separator may be either a regular expression or a string. Default: /\r?\n/.
• objectMode: specifies whether a stream should operate in objectMode. Default: false.
• encoding: specifies how Buffer objects should be decoded to strings. Default: null.
• highWaterMark: specifies the Buffer level at which write() calls start returning false.
• allowHalfOpen: specifies whether a stream should remain open even if one side ends. Default: false.
• writableObjectMode: specifies whether the writable side should be in objectMode. Default: false.

To set stream options,

var opts = {
    'sep': ',',
    'objectMode': true,
    'encoding': 'utf8',
    'highWaterMark': 64,
    'allowHalfOpen': true,
    'writableObjectMode': false // overridden by `objectMode` option when `objectMode=true`
};

var stream = splitStream( opts );

splitStream.factory( [options] )

Returns a function for creating streams which are identically configured according to provided options.

var opts = {
    'sep': '\t',
    'objectMode': true,
    'encoding': 'utf8',
    'highWaterMark': 64
};

var factory = splitStream.factory( opts );

// Create 10 identically configured streams...
var streams = [];
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    streams.push( factory() );
}

This method accepts the same options as splitStream().

splitStream.objectMode( [options] )

This method is a convenience function to create streams which always operate in objectMode.

var stdout = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-stdout' );

var stream = splitStream.objectMode({
    'sep': ','
});

stream.pipe( stdout );
stream.write( 'a,b,c' );

stream.end();

// prints: a => b => c

This method accepts the same options as splitStream(); however, the method will always override the objectMode option in options.

Notes

• Similar to String#split, a separator which is a regular expression containing a matching group will result in the separator being retained in the output stream.

  var stdout = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-stdout' );
  
  var stream = splitStream({
      'sep': /(,)/
  });
  
  stream.pipe( stdout );
  stream.write( '1,2,3' );
  
  stream.end();
  
  // prints: 1 => , => 2 => , => 3

Examples

var transformStream = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-transform' );
var stdout = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-stdout' );
var splitStream = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-split' );

function append( chunk, enc, clbk ) {
    clbk( null, chunk.toString()+'\n' );
}

var newline;
var stream;
var i;

// Create a split stream to split tab delimited data:
stream = splitStream({
    'sep': /\t/
});

// Create a transform stream to make newline delimited data...
newline = transformStream({
    'transform': append,
    'objectMode': true
});

// Create a stream pipeline:
stream
    .pipe( newline )
    .pipe( stdout );

// Write data to the pipeline...
for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    stream.write( i+'\t', 'utf8' );
}
stream.end();

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See Also

• @stdlib/streams-node/join: transform stream which joins streamed data.

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Notice

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