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Apply tabular values to a template text

Say you have several lines of tab separated values. Each line will be split (tab character) into values. Ex:

af	Afghanistan

za	Afrique Du Sud

al	Albanie

dz	Algérie

de	Allemagne

//ad	Andorre

ao	Angola

ai	Anguilla

aq	Antarctique

ag	Antigua

[...]

fr	France	SELECTED

[...]

zw	Zimbabwe

Now write the template (it can be multiline). It must appear just after your values. Ex:

<option value="<1>" <3>><2></option>

The script will duplicate and fill automatically the template with your values. It is quite simple:

• "<0>" will be replaced by the line index,
• "<1>" by the first value,
• "<2>" by the second value,
• etc.

Carefully select the template (from top to bottom) and run the script. The generated text will be inserted after the template. Ex:

<option value="af" >Afghanistan</option>

<option value="za" >Afrique Du Sud</option>

<option value="al" >Albanie</option>

<option value="dz" >Algérie</option>

<option value="de" >Allemagne</option>

<option value="ao" >Angola</option>

<option value="ai" >Anguilla</option>

<option value="aq" >Antarctique</option>

<option value="ag" >Antigua,Et,Barbuda</option>

[...]

<option value="fr" SELECTED>France</option>

[...]

<option value="zw" >Zimbabwe</option>

If you find it usefull, here's the script :

-- we assume the template definition is the current selection

local template = editor:GetSelText()



-- now duplicate and fill the template

-- for each line before the template definition

local lastline = editor:LineFromPosition(editor.SelectionStart)-1

local res = ""

for index=0,lastline do

	local line = editor:GetLine(index)

	if string.len(line) > 2 and string.sub(line,1,2) ~= "//" then

		-- split tab separated columns

		local values = { ["<0>"] = index+1 }

		local i = 0

		for p in string.gfind(line, "[^\t\r\n]+") do

			i = i+1

			values["<"..i..">"] = p

		end

		-- fill template with values

		res = res..string.gsub(template, "(<%d+>)", function(p) return values[p] end)

	end

end



-- insert & select generated content

editor:insert(editor.SelectionEnd, res)

editor:SetSel(editor.SelectionEnd, -1)

I like to hit Alt+Shift+T to run the script:

command.name.33.*=Templatization!

command.mode.33.*=subsystem:lua,savebefore:no,groupundo

command.shortcut.33.*=Alt+Shift+T

command.33.*=dofile $(SciteDefaultHome)/lua/templatization.lua

--Philippe