From 01f676041db158a87ad98ccd7443dce7a85757f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Santiago Lapresta <santiago.lapresta@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 00:45:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added `join` function

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
---
 builtin.c                        |  1 +
 docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builtin.c b/builtin.c
index 83d28dec..ad4145a5 100644
--- a/builtin.c
+++ b/builtin.c
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ static const char* const jq_builtins[] = {
   "def nulls: select(type == \"null\");",
   "def values: arrays, objects, booleans, numbers, strings;",
   "def scalars: select(. == null or . == true or . == false or type == \"number\" or type == \"string\");",
+  "def join(x): reduce .[] as $i (\"\"; . + (if . == \"\" then $i else x + $i end));",
 };
 #undef LIBM_DD
 
diff --git a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
index 801b4b21..e64de245 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
@@ -1075,6 +1075,20 @@ sections:
             input: '"a, b,c,d, e"'
             output: ['["a","b,c,d","e"]']
 
+      - title: `join`
+        body: |
+        
+          Joins the array of elements given as input, using the
+          argument as separator. It is the inverse of `split`: that is,
+          running `split("foo") | join("foo")` over any input string
+          returns said input string.
+          
+        examples:
+          - program: 'join(", ")'
+            input: '["a","b,c,d","e"]'
+            output: ['"a, b,c,d, e"']
+
+
       - title: `recurse`
         body: |