README.md

@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ There are currently the following built-in modifiers:
 - `@tostr`: Converts json to a string. Wraps a json string.
 - `@fromstr`: Converts a string from json. Unwraps a json string.
 - `@group`: Groups arrays of objects. See [e4fc67c](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/e4fc67c92aeebf2089fabc7872f010e340d105db).
-- `@dig`: Search for a value without providing its entire path. See [e8e87f2](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/e8e87f2a00dc41f3aba5631094e21f59a8cf8cbf).
 
 ### Modifier arguments
 

SYNTAX.md

@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ There are currently the following built-in modifiers:
 - `@tostr`: Converts json to a string. Wraps a json string.
 - `@fromstr`: Converts a string from json. Unwraps a json string.
 - `@group`: Groups arrays of objects. See [e4fc67c](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/e4fc67c92aeebf2089fabc7872f010e340d105db).
-- `@dig`: Search for a value without providing its entire path. See [e8e87f2](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/e8e87f2a00dc41f3aba5631094e21f59a8cf8cbf).
 
 #### Modifier arguments
 

gjson.go

@@ -2754,7 +2754,6 @@ func execModifier(json, path string) (pathOut, res string, ok bool) {
 			var parsedArgs bool
 			switch pathOut[0] {
 			case '{', '[', '"':
-				// json arg
 				res := Parse(pathOut)
 				if res.Exists() {
 					args = squash(pathOut)
@@ -2763,20 +2762,14 @@ func execModifier(json, path string) (pathOut, res string, ok bool) {
 				}
 			}
 			if !parsedArgs {
-				// simple arg
-				i := 0
-				for ; i < len(pathOut); i++ {
-					if pathOut[i] == '|' {
-						break
-					}
-					switch pathOut[i] {
-					case '{', '[', '"', '(':
-						s := squash(pathOut[i:])
-						i += len(s) - 1
-					}
+				idx := strings.IndexByte(pathOut, '|')
+				if idx == -1 {
+					args = pathOut
+					pathOut = ""
+				} else {
+					args = pathOut[:idx]
+					pathOut = pathOut[idx:]
 				}
-				args = pathOut[:i]
-				pathOut = pathOut[i:]
 			}
 		}
 		return pathOut, fn(json, args), true
@@ -2796,24 +2789,19 @@ func unwrap(json string) string {
 // DisableModifiers will disable the modifier syntax
 var DisableModifiers = false
 
-var modifiers map[string]func(json, arg string) string
-
-func init() {
-	modifiers = map[string]func(json, arg string) string{
-		"pretty":  modPretty,
-		"ugly":    modUgly,
-		"reverse": modReverse,
-		"this":    modThis,
-		"flatten": modFlatten,
-		"join":    modJoin,
-		"valid":   modValid,
-		"keys":    modKeys,
-		"values":  modValues,
-		"tostr":   modToStr,
-		"fromstr": modFromStr,
-		"group":   modGroup,
-		"dig":     modDig,
-	}
+var modifiers = map[string]func(json, arg string) string{
+	"pretty":  modPretty,
+	"ugly":    modUgly,
+	"reverse": modReverse,
+	"this":    modThis,
+	"flatten": modFlatten,
+	"join":    modJoin,
+	"valid":   modValid,
+	"keys":    modKeys,
+	"values":  modValues,
+	"tostr":   modToStr,
+	"fromstr": modFromStr,
+	"group":   modGroup,
 }
 
 // AddModifier binds a custom modifier command to the GJSON syntax.
@@ -3447,30 +3435,3 @@ func escapeComp(comp string) string {
 	}
 	return comp
 }
-
-func parseRecursiveDescent(all []Result, parent Result, path string) []Result {
-	if res := parent.Get(path); res.Exists() {
-		all = append(all, res)
-	}
-	if parent.IsArray() || parent.IsObject() {
-		parent.ForEach(func(_, val Result) bool {
-			all = parseRecursiveDescent(all, val, path)
-			return true
-		})
-	}
-	return all
-}
-
-func modDig(json, arg string) string {
-	all := parseRecursiveDescent(nil, Parse(json), arg)
-	var out []byte
-	out = append(out, '[')
-	for i, res := range all {
-		if i > 0 {
-			out = append(out, ',')
-		}
-		out = append(out, res.Raw...)
-	}
-	out = append(out, ']')
-	return string(out)
-}

gjson_test.go

@@ -2636,68 +2636,3 @@ func TestIssue301(t *testing.T) {
 	assert(t, Get(json, `fav\.movie.[1]`).String() == "[]")
 
 }
-
-func TestModDig(t *testing.T) {
-	json := `
-		{
-
-			"group": {
-				"issues": [
-					{
-						"fields": {
-						"labels": [
-							"milestone_1",
-							"group:foo",
-							"plan:a",
-							"plan:b"
-						]
-						},
-						"refid": "123"
-					},{
-						"fields": {
-						"labels": [
-							"milestone_2",
-							"group:foo",
-							"plan:a",
-							"plan"
-						]
-						},
-						"refid": "456"
-					},[
-						{"extra_deep":[{
-							"fields": {
-							"labels": [
-								"milestone_3",
-								"group:foo",
-								"plan:a",
-								"plan"
-							]
-							},
-							"refid": "789"
-						}]
-					}]
-				]
-			}
-		}
-	`
-	assert(t, Get(json, "group.@dig:#(refid=123)|0.fields.labels.0").String() == "milestone_1")
-	assert(t, Get(json, "group.@dig:#(refid=456)|0.fields.labels.0").String() == "milestone_2")
-	assert(t, Get(json, "group.@dig:#(refid=789)|0.fields.labels.0").String() == "milestone_3")
-	json = `
-	{ "something": {
-		"anything": {
-		  "abcdefg": {
-			  "finally": {
-				"important": {
-					"secret": "password",
-					"name": "jake"
-				}
-			},
-			"name": "melinda"
-		  }
-		}
-	  }
-	}`
-	assert(t, Get(json, "@dig:name").String() == `["melinda","jake"]`)
-	assert(t, Get(json, "@dig:secret").String() == `["password"]`)
-}