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withFallback overview

Added in v0.5.0

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withFallback

Returns a clone of the given codec that always succeed using the given value a if the original codec fails

Signature

export function withFallback<C extends t.Any>(codec: C, a: t.TypeOf<C>, name = `withFallback(${codec.name})`): C { ... }

Example

import { withFallback } from 'io-ts-types/lib/withFallback'
import * as t from 'io-ts'
import { right } from 'fp-ts/lib/Either'

const T = withFallback(t.number, -1)

assert.deepStrictEqual(T.decode(1), right(1))
assert.deepStrictEqual(T.decode('a'), right(-1))

Added in v0.5.0