identity

Use identity to return the provided value.

Basic syntax

To return the provided value, use the following syntax:

(identity value)

Arguments

Use the following argument to specify the value you want to return using the identity Pact function.

Argument	Type	Description
value	any	Specifies the value to be returned.

Return value

The identity function returns the provided value.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the use of identity within a map function in the Pact REPL:

pact>(map (identity) [1 2 3])
[1 2 3]

This example applies the identity function to each element in the list [1, 2, 3], effectively returning the same list.