tpl/math: Add log function

It might be very useful for building tag clouds.

3 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tpl/math/init.go b/tpl/math/init.go
index 3faf0e3a6..4d740c537 100644
--- a/tpl/math/init.go
+++ b/tpl/math/init.go
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ func init() {
 			},
 		)
 
+		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Log,
+			nil,
+			[][2]string{
+				{"{{math.Log 1}}", "0"},
+			},
+		)
+
 		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Mod,
 			[]string{"mod"},
 			[][2]string{
diff --git a/tpl/math/math.go b/tpl/math/math.go
index 57e7baf12..303f029af 100644
--- a/tpl/math/math.go
+++ b/tpl/math/math.go
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ package math
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"math"
 	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
 
 // New returns a new instance of the math-namespaced template functions.
@@ -34,6 +37,16 @@ func (ns *Namespace) Div(a, b interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	return DoArithmetic(a, b, '/')
 }
 
+func (ns *Namespace) Log(a interface{}) (float64, error) {
+	af, err := cast.ToFloat64E(a)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.New("Log operator can't be used with non integer or float value")
+	}
+
+	return math.Log(af), nil
+}
+
 // Mod returns a % b.
 func (ns *Namespace) Mod(a, b interface{}) (int64, error) {
 	av := reflect.ValueOf(a)
diff --git a/tpl/math/math_test.go b/tpl/math/math_test.go
index 40bed5539..49ac053fd 100644
--- a/tpl/math/math_test.go
+++ b/tpl/math/math_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package math
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -142,6 +143,42 @@ func TestDoArithmetic(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLog(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ns := New()
+
+	for i, test := range []struct {
+		a      interface{}
+		expect interface{}
+	}{
+		{1, float64(0)},
+		{3, float64(1.0986)},
+		{0, float64(math.Inf(-1))},
+		{1.0, float64(0)},
+		{3.1, float64(1.1314)},
+		{"abc", false},
+	} {
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %v", i, test)
+
+		result, err := ns.Log(test.a)
+
+		if b, ok := test.expect.(bool); ok && !b {
+			require.Error(t, err, errMsg)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// we compare only 4 digits behind point if its a real float
+		// otherwise we usually get different float values on the last positions
+		if result != math.Inf(-1) {
+			result = float64(int(result*10000)) / 10000
+		}
+
+		require.NoError(t, err, errMsg)
+		assert.Equal(t, test.expect, result, errMsg)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMod(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()