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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