filters

Skip elements of the input while a predicate is true.

Signature

> skip while {flags} (predicate)

Parameters

• predicate: The predicate that skipped element must match.

Input/output types:

input	output
list<any>	list<any>
table	table

Examples

Skip while the element is negative

> [-2 0 2 -1] | skip while {|x| $x < 0 }
╭───┬────╮
│ 0 │  0 │
│ 1 │  2 │
│ 2 │ -1 │
╰───┴────╯

Skip while the element is negative using stored condition

> let cond = {|x| $x < 0 }; [-2 0 2 -1] | skip while $cond
╭───┬────╮
│ 0 │  0 │
│ 1 │  2 │
│ 2 │ -1 │
╰───┴────╯

Skip while the field value is negative

> [{a: -2} {a: 0} {a: 2} {a: -1}] | skip while {|x| $x.a < 0 }
╭───┬────╮
│ # │ a  │
├───┼────┤
│ 0 │  0 │
│ 1 │  2 │
│ 2 │ -1 │
╰───┴────╯