Manual [TRANSFORMER]
Thing to Know:
- This is where you put pTTL (Text Transform Language) commands
- Press “TRANSFORM” to format contents in the based textbox based on given commands here
- Commands are processed line by line.
- If you make mistake, you can redo by using Esc on the main textbox
- A sequence of formatting steps can be saved as “Formatter.” You can choose a formatter from a select box, and press “Insert” to paste content into the cursor point. You can click “Explore” to go to the storage folder.
Basic Terms
string: a text
number: an integer
pTTL Commands
| Operation | Command (pTTL cmd) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Replace | REPLACE [old string] WITH [new string] or REPLACE [old string] BY [new string] |
Replace strings in a given input |
| Add | ADD PREFIX [string] | For each line, add a given string at the beginning |
| ADD SUFFIX [string] | For each line, add a given string at the end | |
| Crop | CROP AFTER FIRST [string] | For each line, keep only contents after a given string (if > 1, remove from the first) |
| CROP BEFORE LAST [string] | For each line, keep only contents after a given string (if > 1, remove from the last) | |
| CROP FROM FIRST [string] | For each line, keep only contents starting the given string (if > 1, remove from the first) | |
| CROP UNTIL LAST [string] | For each line, keep only contents until the given string (if > 1, remove from the last) | |
| Remove | REMOVE BETWEEN [string1] AND [string2] | Remove contents between 2 given strings on all parts. e.g., removing all reference [..], removing all parentheses |
| Incrementing number | #toN FROM [number] | Increment One-by-One e.g., given # = 1, “Hello# World#, How# are# You#” → “Hello1 World2, How3 are4 You5” |
| #toN-L FROM [number] | Increment By Lines Similar to the above, but the number reset for each line. |
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| Screen lines | SCREEN REMOVE [string] | Make lines with a given string blank e.g., remove comments // in source code in programming |
| SCREEN KEEP [string] | Keep only lines with [string] | |
| Skip some lines | #SKIP GET [number] SKIP [number] | For example, given 1 and 2 >> keep line # 1, 4, 7, …. remove 2,3,5,6,… |
| Sort line | SORT | Sort lines in alphabetical order |
| Sort line | SORT DESC | Sort lines in descending alphabetical order |
| Sort line | SORT NUM | Sort line in numerical order (extracts the numeric part from each line) |
| Sort line | SORT NUM DESC |
Sort line in descending numerical order |
| Sort line | SORT REVERSE | Sort lines in an opposite direction |
| Sort line | SORT RANDOM |
Sort lines randomly |
Basic: basic formatting
- Format commands: no need to put variable.
Char: use special character, such as [Tab] and new [NewLine]
Right bottom is wrapped text, for reading
