@tmlmt/cooklang-parser / isGroupedItem

Function: isGroupedItem()

isGroupedItem(item): boolean

Check if an ingredient item is a grouped alternative (vs inline alternative).

Grouped alternatives are ingredients that share a group key (e.g., @|milk|...) and are distributed across multiple tokens in the recipe.

Parameters

item

IngredientItem

The ingredient item to check

Returns

boolean

true if this is a grouped alternative

Example

for (const item of step.items) {
  if (item.type === 'ingredient') {
    if (isGroupedItem(item)) {
      // Handle grouped alternative (e.g., show with strikethrough if not selected)
    } else {
      // Handle inline alternative (e.g., hide if not selected)
    }
  }
}