Examples for the Motoko Base library

harish007 · July 7, 2021, 5:30pm

I want examples for the Motoko base library. I really don’t know how to use some of the functions. Where can I get examples for the Motoko base library?. Can anyone help me?

matthewhammer · July 7, 2021, 6:07pm

There are tests that show how to call most of the functions in certain modules. Not every module has a good test, but that’s the eventual goal:

These examples just show the language and some uses of the base library throughout:

And CanCan uses the base library quite a bit:

github.com

dfinity/cancan/blob/main/service/CanCan.mo

import Access "../backend/Access";
import Array "mo:base/Array";
import Hash "mo:base/Hash";
import Base "../backend/Base";
import Buffer "mo:base/Buffer";
import Debug "mo:base/Debug";
import Demo "../backend/Demo";
import DemoCan30 "Demo/Can30_VideoRecommendations";
import DemoCan32 "Demo/Can32_ViralEvent";
import HashMap "mo:base/HashMap";
import Int "mo:base/Int";
import Iter "mo:base/Iter";
import List "mo:base/List";
import Nat "mo:base/Nat";
import Option "mo:base/Option";
import P "mo:base/Prelude";
import Param "../backend/Param";
import Prelude "mo:base/Prelude";
import Principal "mo:base/Principal";
import Rel "../backend/Rel";

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Especially in the utility modules here:

Ori · July 7, 2021, 7:14pm

You might also find it handy to explore the actual files on your local machine too (open them in your IDE and search etc), see here:

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Examples for the Motoko Base library

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