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JavaScript unindent tagged template literal
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const unindent = (strings, ...values) => { | |
// Quick and not so dirty unindented template strings. | |
// Handles tabs very roughly if they are present. | |
// The very first line is always left as is if not entirely whitespace, | |
// and removed otherwise. | |
const matchLine = line => { | |
const {groups} = | |
/^(?<line>(?<indent>[\t ]*)(?<nonws>[^\n]*)\n?)(?<tail>.*)$/s.exec(line); | |
return { | |
line: groups.line, | |
indent: groups.indent.length, | |
hasNonWS: !!groups.nonws, | |
hasNewline: groups.line.endsWith('\n'), | |
tail: groups.tail, | |
}; | |
}; | |
const shortestIndent = (() => { | |
const [SKIP, LINE_START] = ['SKIP', 'LINE_START']; | |
let state = {tag: SKIP}; | |
let indent = Infinity; | |
for (let str of strings) { | |
if (state.tag === LINE_START) { | |
indent = Math.min(indent, state.indent); | |
state = {tag: SKIP}; | |
} | |
while (str) { | |
const match = matchLine(str); | |
switch (state.tag) { | |
case SKIP: | |
if (match.hasNewline) { | |
state = {tag: LINE_START, indent: 0}; | |
} | |
break; | |
case LINE_START: | |
// Known invariant here: state.indent === 0 | |
state = {tag: LINE_START, indent: match.indent}; | |
if (match.hasNonWS) { | |
indent = Math.min(indent, match.indent); | |
state = {tag: SKIP}; | |
} | |
if (match.hasNewline) { | |
state = {tag: LINE_START, indent: 0}; | |
} | |
break; | |
} | |
str = match.tail; | |
} | |
} | |
return indent === Infinity ? 0 : indent; | |
})(); | |
const fixedStrings = (() => { | |
const [START, SKIP, LINE_START] = ['START', 'SKIP', 'LINE_START']; | |
let state = START; | |
const result = []; | |
for (let str of strings) { | |
const builder = []; | |
while (str) { | |
const match = matchLine(str); | |
switch (state) { | |
case START: | |
if (!match.hasNewline || match.hasNonWS) { | |
builder.push(match.line); | |
} | |
state = match.hasNewline ? LINE_START : SKIP; | |
break; | |
case SKIP: | |
builder.push(match.line); | |
if (match.hasNewline) state = LINE_START; | |
break; | |
case LINE_START: | |
if (match.line.length <= shortestIndent && match.hasNewline) { | |
builder.push('\n'); | |
} else { | |
builder.push(match.line.substring(shortestIndent)); | |
} | |
if (!match.hasNewline) state = SKIP; | |
break; | |
} | |
str = match.tail; | |
} | |
result.push(builder.join('')); | |
} | |
return result; | |
})(); | |
return String.raw({raw: fixedStrings}, ...values); | |
}; | |
const example = vars => { | |
return unindent` | |
# ${vars.title} | |
This markdown was generated from a JS tagged template. Here is some | |
properly indented code: | |
\`\`\`html | |
<div id="${vars.divId}"> | |
<p class="${vars.paragraphClass}"> | |
${vars.paragraph} | |
</p> | |
</div> | |
\`\`\` | |
`; | |
}; |
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