Fixes inputs

src/components/DistBuilder2.re

@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ module Styles = {
 module DemoDist = {
   [@react.component]
   let make = (~guesstimatorString: string) => {
-    let (ys, xs) = DistEditor.getPdfFromUserInput(guesstimatorString);
+    let (ys, xs, isEmpty) =
+      DistEditor.getPdfFromUserInput(guesstimatorString);
     let continuous: DistTypes.xyShape = {xs, ys};
     <Antd.Card title={"Distribution" |> E.ste}>
       <div className=Styles.spacer />
-      <DistributionPlot continuous />
+      {isEmpty
+         ? "Nothing to show. Try to change the distribution description."
+           |> E.ste
+         : <DistributionPlot continuous />}
     </Antd.Card>;
   };
 };

src/components/charts/DistributionPlot/distPlotD3.js

@@ -68,14 +68,18 @@ export class CdfChartD3 {
    * @returns {CdfChartD3}
    */
   data(data) {
+    const continuousXs = _.get(data, 'continuous.xs', []);
+    const continuousYs = _.get(data, 'continuous.ys', []);
+    const discreteXs = _.get(data, 'discrete.xs', []);
+    const discreteYs = _.get(data, 'discrete.ys', []);
     this.attrs.data = data;
-    this.attrs.data.continuous = data.continuous || {
+    this.attrs.data.continuous = {
-      xs: [],
+      xs: continuousXs,
-      ys: [],
+      ys: continuousYs,
     };
-    this.attrs.data.discrete = data.discrete || {
+    this.attrs.data.discrete = {
-      xs: [],
+      xs: discreteXs,
-      ys: [],
+      ys: discreteYs,
     };
     return this;
   }

src/components/editor/DistEditor.re

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [@bs.module "./main.js"]
-external getPdfFromUserInput: string => (array(float), array(float)) =
+external getPdfFromUserInput: string => (array(float), array(float), bool) =
   "get_pdf_from_user_input";

src/components/editor/main.js

@@ -11,12 +11,22 @@ const bst = require("binary-search-tree");
 const NUM_MC_SAMPLES = 300;
 const OUTPUT_GRID_NUMEL = 300;
 
+/**
+ * @param start
+ * @param stop
+ * @param numel
+ * @returns {*[]}
+ */
 function evenly_spaced_grid(start, stop, numel) {
   return Array(numel)
     .fill(0)
     .map((_, idx) => start + (idx / numel) * (stop - start));
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param substrings
+ * @returns {*}
+ */
 function get_distributions(substrings) {
   // Takes an array of strings like "normal(0, 1)" and
   // returns the corresponding distribution objects
@@ -25,6 +35,19 @@ function get_distributions(substrings) {
   return pdfs;
 }
 
+// update the binary search tree with bin points of
+// deterministic_pdf transformed by tansform func
+// (transfrom func can be a stocahstic func with parameters
+// sampled from mc_distrs)
+/**
+ * @param transform_func
+ * @param deterministic_pdf
+ * @param mc_distrs
+ * @param track_idx
+ * @param num_mc_samples
+ * @param bst_pts_and_idxs
+ * @returns {(number)[]}
+ */
 function update_transformed_divider_points_bst(
   transform_func,
   deterministic_pdf,
@@ -33,10 +56,6 @@ function update_transformed_divider_points_bst(
   num_mc_samples,
   bst_pts_and_idxs
 ) {
-  // update the binary search tree with bin points of
-  // deterministic_pdf transformed by tansform func
-  // (transfrom func can be a stocahstic func with parameters
-  // sampled from mc_distrs)
   var transformed_pts = [];
   var pdf_inner_idxs = [];
   var factors = [];
@@ -97,10 +116,16 @@ function update_transformed_divider_points_bst(
   return [start_pt, end_pt];
 }
 
+// Take the binary search tree with transformed bin points,
+// and an array of pdf values associated with the bins,
+// and return a pdf over an evenly spaced grid
+/**
+ * @param pdf_vals
+ * @param bst_pts_and_idxs
+ * @param output_grid
+ * @returns {[]}
+ */
 function get_final_pdf(pdf_vals, bst_pts_and_idxs, output_grid) {
-  // Take the binary search tree with transformed bin points,
-  // and an array of pdf values associated with the bins,
-  // and return a pdf over an evenly spaced grid
   var offset = output_grid[1] / 2 - output_grid[0] / 2;
   var active_intervals = new Map();
   var active_endpoints = new bst.AVLTree();
@@ -152,16 +177,24 @@ function get_final_pdf(pdf_vals, bst_pts_and_idxs, output_grid) {
   return final_pdf_vals;
 }
 
+// Entrypoint. Pass user input strings to this function,
+// get the corresponding pdf values and input points back.
+// If the pdf requires monte carlo (it contains a between-distr function)
+// we first determing which distr to have deterministic
+// and which to sample from. This is decided based on which
+// choice gives the least variance.
+/**
+ * @param user_input_string
+ * @returns {([]|*[])[]}
+ */
 function get_pdf_from_user_input(user_input_string) {
-  // Entrypoint. Pass user input strings to this function,
+  try{
-  // get the corresponding pdf values and input points back.
-  // If the pdf requires monte carlo (it contains a between-distr function)
-  // we first determing which distr to have deterministic
-  // and whih to sample from. This is decided based on which
-  // choice gives the least variance.
     let parsed = parse.parse_initial_string(user_input_string);
     let mm_args = parse.separate_mm_args(parsed.mm_args_string);
+
     const is_mm = mm_args.distrs.length > 0;
+    if (!parsed.outer_string) return [[], [], true];
+
     let tree = new bst.AVLTree();
     let possible_start_pts = [];
     let possible_end_pts = [];
@@ -170,6 +203,7 @@ function get_pdf_from_user_input(user_input_string) {
     let weights_sum = weights.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
     weights = weights.map(x => x / weights_sum);
     let n_iters = is_mm ? mm_args.distrs.length : 1;
+
     for (let i = 0; i < n_iters; ++i) {
       let distr_string = is_mm ? mm_args.distrs[i] : parsed.outer_string;
       var [deterministic_pdf, mc_distrs] = choose_pdf_func(distr_string);
@@ -186,13 +220,22 @@ function get_pdf_from_user_input(user_input_string) {
       possible_end_pts.push(end_pt);
       all_vals.push(deterministic_pdf.pdf_vals.map(x => x * weights[i]));
     }
+
     start_pt = Math.min(...possible_start_pts);
     end_pt = Math.max(...possible_end_pts);
+
     let output_grid = evenly_spaced_grid(start_pt, end_pt, OUTPUT_GRID_NUMEL);
     let final_pdf_vals = get_final_pdf(all_vals, tree, output_grid);
-  return [final_pdf_vals, output_grid];
+    return [final_pdf_vals, output_grid, false];
+  } catch (e) {
+    return [[], [], true];
+  }
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param vals
+ * @returns {number}
+ */
 function variance(vals) {
   var vari = 0;
   for (let i = 0; i < vals[0].length; ++i) {
@@ -209,14 +252,23 @@ function variance(vals) {
   return vari;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param array
+ * @param idx
+ * @returns {*[]}
+ */
 function pluck_from_array(array, idx) {
   return [array[idx], array.slice(0, idx).concat(array.slice(idx + 1))];
 }
 
+// If distr_string requires MC, try all possible
+// choices for the deterministic distribution,
+// and pick the one with the least variance.
+/**
+ * @param distr_string
+ * @returns {(*|*[])[]|*[]}
+ */
 function choose_pdf_func(distr_string) {
-  // If distr_string requires MC, try all possible
-  // choices for the deterministic distribution,
-  // and pick the one with the least variance.
   var variances = [];
   let transform_func = get_grid_transform(distr_string);
   let substrings = parse.get_distr_substrings(distr_string);
@@ -259,6 +311,10 @@ function choose_pdf_func(distr_string) {
   return [pdfs[best_idx], mc_distrs];
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param distr_string
+ * @returns {function(*): *}
+ */
 function get_grid_transform(distr_string) {
   let substrings = parse.get_distr_substrings(distr_string);
   let arg_strings = [];