objectscript-list-patterns

What problem does it solve?

ObjectScript list manipulation is verbose and error-prone. This Skill provides ready-made patterns to build, iterate, deduplicate, convert, and manage lists efficiently.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Build and accumulate lists using %ListOfDataTypes and $LISTBUILD, with final conversion to strings via $LISTTOSTRING.
• Iterate safely over lists using $LISTNEXT and the 1-based %List API, enabling robust processing even for empty lists.
• Deduplicate values using a local hash-like array pattern to achieve linear-time performance.
• Convert between raw lists and object wrappers and demonstrate common workflows such as CSV creation and element extraction.
• Use case: normalize a dataset by merging two lists with unique items and exporting to a delimited string for reporting.

Quick Start

Instruct the AI to build a sample list, deduplicate it, and output a comma-delimited string using the provided patterns.