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<p>
It is common to want to call a series of functions, passing the result of one
to the next. With the regular function call syntax this can be a little
difficult to read as you have to read the code from the inside out.
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<p>
Gleam's pipe operator <code>|></code> helps with this problem by allowing you
to write code top-to-bottom.
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<p>
The pipe operator takes the result of the expression on its left and passes it
as an argument to the function on its right.
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It will first check to see if the left-hand value could be used as the first
argument to the call. For example, <code>a |> b(1, 2)</code> would become
<code>b(a, 1, 2)</code>. If not, it falls back to calling the result of the
right-hand side as a function, e.g., <code>b(1, 2)(a)</code>
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Gleam code is typically written with the "subject" of the function as the
first argument, to make it easier to pipe. If you wish to pipe to a different
position then a function capture can be used to insert the argument to the
desired position.
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