Add val to the proposal sutie

Author: TotalTechGeek

defaultMethods.js

@@ -203,6 +203,20 @@ const defaultMethods = {
       }
     }
   },
+  // Adding this to spec something out, not to merge it.
+  val: {
+    method: (args, context) => {
+      let result = context
+      for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+        if (args[i] === null) continue
+        if (result === null || result === undefined) return null
+        result = result[args[i]]
+      }
+      if (typeof result === 'undefined') return null
+      return result
+    },
+    deterministic: false
+  },
   var: (key, context, above, engine) => {
     let b
     if (Array.isArray(key)) {

suites/val.json

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+[
+    "Test Specification for val",
+    {
+        "description": "Fetches a value from an empty key",
+        "rule": { "val": "" },
+        "data": { "" : 1 },
+        "result": 1
+    },
+    {
+        "description": "Fetches a value from a nested empty key",
+        "rule": { "val": ["", ""] },
+        "data": { "" : { "": 2 } },
+        "result": 2
+    },
+    {
+        "description": "Fetches a value from a doubly nested empty key",
+        "rule": { "val": ["", "", ""] },
+        "data": { "" : { "": { "": 3 } } },
+        "result": 3
+    },
+    {
+        "description": "Fetches a value from a key that is purely a dot",
+        "rule": { "val": "." },
+        "data": { "." : 20 },
+        "result": 20
+    },
+    {
+        "description": "Fetches the entire context",
+        "rule": { "val": null },
+        "data": { "": 21 },
+        "result": { "": 21 }
+    },
+    {
+        "description": "Fetches the entire context for a nested key",
+        "rule": { "val": "" },
+        "data": { "": { "": 22 } },
+        "result": { "": 22 }
+    }
+]