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Type-lifting function

As explained in Functional Programming in JavaScript

A monadic constructor operation that lifts a plain value into a monadic context.

A type-lifting function places an ordinary value into a monadic context, then applies a function within that context. For example, lift turns a plain value into Maybe.fromNullable(value).map(f), so missing values remain safely represented instead of requiring separate checks. section 5.3

Lifting a database result

const lift = R.curry((f, value) => Maybe.fromNullable(value).map(f)); This lets lift(console.log, value) handle either a present value or a missing value through the same Maybe pipeline. section 5.3

const lift = R.curry((f, value) => {
   return Maybe.fromNullable(value).map(f);
});

Inspect the compact JavaScript definition of lift. section 5.3

How Functional Programming in JavaScript covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the operation with a short implementation and example, but does not derive its laws or generalize beyond Maybe.
Examples
Demonstrates lifting console.log and database lookup results into Maybe.
What you can do after
Apply it via JavaScript and Ramda to process nullable values without explicit branching.
How it connects
Connects lifting with monads, Maybe, functors, and function composition.

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