jq exercises are done

Author: ZabihollahNamazi

jq/script-01.sh

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # The input for this script is the person.json file.
 # TODO: Write a command to output the name of the person.
 # Your output should be exactly the string "Selma", but should not contain any quote characters.
+jq -r '.name' person.json  #we use '-r' to print the name without quotations

jq/script-02.sh

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # The input for this script is the person.json file.
 # TODO: Write a command to output the address of the person, all on one line, with a comma between each line.
 # Your output should be exactly the string "35 Fashion Street, London, E1 6PX", but should not contain any quote characters.
+jq -r '.address | join(", ")' person.json  # first it returns an array but we use join to add them toghether with a comma and a space

jq/script-03.sh

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # The input for this script is the person.json file.
 # TODO: Write a command to output the name of the person, then a comma, then their profession.
 # Your output should be exactly the string "Selma, Software Engineer", but should not contain any quote characters.
+jq -r '[.name, .profession] | join(", ")' person.json # join works on arrays thats why we need to to put values of name and profession in a array to be able to use join

jq/script-04.sh

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player, one per line.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with just one word on it.
 # Your output should not contain any quote characters.
+jq -r '.[].name' scores.json  # we get the "name" from each object in the array and print it  '.[].name'

jq/script-05.sh

@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # The input for this script is the scores.json file.
 # TODO: Write a command to output the names of each player, as well as their city.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with two words on it.
+jq -r '.[] | [.name, .city] | join(", ")' scores.json  
+# .[] goes through each object   [.name, .city] = creates a temporary array for name and city  and then we use join to join name and city

jq/script-06.sh

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the score from their first attempt.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it.
 # The first line should be "Ahmed 1" with no quotes.
+jq -r '.[] | [.name, .scores[0]] | join(" ")' scores.json  # .scores[index 1]

jq/script-07.sh

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the score from their last attempt.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it.
 # The first line should be "Ahmed 4" with no quotes.
+jq -r '.[] | [.name, .scores[-1]] | join(" ")' scores.json # .scores[-1] = last index

jq/script-08.sh

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the number of times they've played the game.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it.
 # The first line should be "Ahmed 3" with no quotes.
+jq -r '.[] | [.name, (.scores | length)] | join(" ")' scores.json  # (.scores | length) = length of array

jq/script-09.sh

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the total scores from all of their games added together.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it.
 # The first line should be "Ahmed 15" with no quotes.
+jq -r '.[] | [.name, (.scores | add)] | join(" ")' scores.json  # (.scores | add) = adding each index of this array

jq/script-10.sh

@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # The input for this script is the scores.json file.
 # TODO: Write a command to output the total of adding together all players' first scores.
 # Your output should be exactly the number 54.
+jq -r 'map(.scores[0]) | add' scores.json
+
+# map(.scores[0]) => a list of first scores of each player 
+# then we use add to add each number of that array