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I cannot implement variable support

I am trying to implement 'variable declaration future' to my parsed language.
PEG.js source:
start
=begin line (pl)+ end
pl
=varx" " left:identifier" "to" "middle:integer line { left=middle;}
/
print"(" middle:identifier ")" line {alert(middle);}
line
="\n"
begin
="start"
print
="print"
if
="if"
equals
="equals"
gth
="greater than"
identifier
=[a-zA-Z]+ {return text();}
to
="to"
varx
="set"
end
="end"
integer "integer"
= digits:[0-9]+ { return Number(parseInt(digits.join(""), 10)); }
My custom input source:
start
set a to 5
print(a)
end
What output I got:
[
"start",
"
",
[
undefined,
undefined
],
"end"
]
And as alert I got only the variable name a no the value...

try this
all
= "start" nl _ ptp:putThenPrint+ _ "end"
{
var all = [];
ptp.forEach(it => {
all.push(it);
});
var r = []
all.forEach(tp => {
tp.toPrint.forEach(p => {
r.push(tp.values[p])
});
});
return "\n" + r.join("\n") + "\n";
}
putThenPrint
= _ mn:multiPutN _ pn:multiPrintN _
{
return {values:mn,toPrint:pn};
}
multiPrintN
= _ mp:printN+ _
{
var r = [];
mp.forEach(it => {
r.push(it);
});
return r;
}
multiPutN
= _ mp:putN+ _
{
var r = {};
mp.forEach(it => {
r[it[0]]=it[1];
});
return r;
}
putN
= _ "set " _ vn:varName _ "to " _ vv:n _ nl+ { return [vn, vv]}
printN
= _ "print(" _ n:varName _ ")" _ nl+ {return n;}
varName
= [a-zA-Z]+ {return text();}
n "integer number"
= _ [0-9]+ { return parseInt(text(), 10); }
nl "new line"
= [\n]
_ "whitespace"
= [ \t]*
this grammar does not support "if" and some other things you are trying to do in your grammar but it will give you a start up idea.
You need to elaborate more of what you want in text with more example and expected output

Adding numeric values in a string together

I have a string returned from an endpoint in which I need to add certain parts of the string together in order to produce two different values.
Example response:
149,226;147,226;146,224
Now I know I can use the unary plus operator to force the string to be treated as a number like so.
var num1 = '20',
num2 = '22';
var total = (+num1) + (+num2);
or I could do some conversion like so
var number1 = parseInt(num1);
var number2 = parseInt(num2);
var total = number1 + number2;
either of these work fine however this is not what I am looking for exactly.
I want to take this result
149,226;147,226;146,224
Then add all the numbers before the first comer together so that would be (149, 147, 146) to produce one result and then add all the number after the second comer together (226, 226, 224).
I know I probably need some sort of reg expression for this I just dont know what.

You can just use string.split, twice, one for the ; and then again for the ,. And put this through array.reduce.
eg.
var str = '149,226;147,226;146,224';
var result = str.split(';')
.reduce((a,v) => {
var vv = v.split(',');
a[0] += vv[0] | 0;
a[1] += vv[1] | 0;
return a;
}, [0, 0]);
console.log(result);
For a more generic solution, that could handle any number of sub strings, eg. 1,2,3;4,5,6, and also handle alternative split types, and cope with extra , or ;.
function sumStrings(str, outerSplit, innerSplit) {
return str.split(outerSplit || ';')
.filter(Boolean)
.reduce((a,v) => {
v.split(innerSplit || ',')
.filter(Boolean)
.forEach((v,ix) => {
a[ix] = (a[ix] | 0) + (v | 0);
});
return a;
}, []);
}
console.log(sumStrings(
'149,226;147,226;146,224'
));
console.log(sumStrings(
'149.226.201|147.226.112.|146.224.300|',
'|','.'));
//how about total of totals?
console.log(sumStrings(
'149,226;147,226;146,224'
).reduce((a,v) => a + v));
.as-console-wrapper {
min-height: 100%
}

You could do:
const myString = '149,226;147,226;146,224';
/*
* 1. you split the string by ';' to obtain an array of string couples
* then you split each couple by ','. In this way you end up with an array like this:
* [['149', '266'], ['147', '266'], ['146', '264']]
*/
const myNumbers = myString.split(';').map(numCouple => numCouple.split(','));
/*
* 2. you use Array.prototype.reduce() to calculate the sums
*/
const sum1 = myNumbers.reduce((sum, item) => {
return sum += parseInt(item[0]);
}, 0);
const sum2 = myNumbers.reduce((sum, item) => {
return sum += parseInt(item[1]);
}, 0);
// or, as an alternative:
const sumsObj = myNumbers.reduce((obj, item) => {
obj.sum1 += parseInt(item[0]);
obj.sum2 += parseInt(item[1]);
return obj;
}, { sum1: 0, sum2: 0 });
// or also:
const sumsArr = myNumbers.reduce((acc, item) => {
acc[0] += parseInt(item[0]);
acc[1] += parseInt(item[1]);
return acc;
}, [0, 0]);
// test
console.log('sum1:', sum1);
console.log('sum2:', sum2);
console.log('--------------');
console.log('sum1:', sumsObj.sum1);
console.log('sum2:', sumsObj.sum2);
console.log('--------------');
console.log('sum1:', sumsArr[0]);
console.log('sum2:', sumsArr[1]);

without using regex, one possible solution:
var c = '149,226;147,226;146,224'
var d = c.split(";")
var first = d.map(x=>Number(x.split(",")[0]))
var second= d.map(x=>Number(x.split(",")[1]))
console.log(first)
console.log(second)
let resultFirst = first.reduce((a,b) => a + b, 0);
let resultSecond = second.reduce((a,b) => a + b, 0);
console.log(resultFirst)
console.log(resultSecond)

Below supplies regex to String's .split to get the numbers by themselves. Then you could add every other number but I don't see why not just add them all in order.
const str = '149,226;147,226;146,224'
const total = str.split(/[;,]/).map(Number).reduce((a, b) => a + b)
console.log('total', total)

I got this one running:
const nums = ('149,226;147,226;146,224');
var firstNums = nums.match(/(?<=[0-9]*)[0-9]+(?=,)/gs);
var secondNums = nums.match(/(?<=[0-9]*)[0-9]+(?=;|$)/gs);
console.log(firstNums, secondNums);
let sumFirstNums = 0,
sumSecondNums = 0;
firstNums.map(x => {
sumFirstNums += +x;
})
console.log(sumFirstNums)
secondNums.map(x => {
sumSecondNums += +x;
})
console.log(sumSecondNums)
//If you want the result in the same format:
const finalResult = `${sumFirstNums}, ${sumSecondNums};`
console.log(finalResult)
;)

For that string format, you could use a single pattern with 2 capturing groups matching 1+ more digits between a comma, and asserting a ; or the end of the string at the right.
You refer to the group values by indexing into the match of every iteration.
(\d+),(\d+)(?=;|$)
The pattern matches
(\d+) Capture group 1, match 1+ digits
, Match a comma
(\d+) Capture group 2, match 1+ digits
(?=;|$) Positive lookahead, assert directly to the right a ; or end of the string
See a regex demo.
let result1 = 0;
let result2 = 0
for (const match of "149,226;147,226;146,224".matchAll(/(\d+),(\d+)(?=;|$)/g)) {
result1 += +match[1]
result2 += +match[2]
}
console.log(result1, result2);

Math operations from string using Javascript

I am trying to find a simple way to perform a set of javascript math operations without using eval() function. Example: 1+2x3x400+32/2+3 and it must follow the PEMDAS math principle. This is what I have, but it doesn't work exactly it should.
function mdas(equation) {
let operations = ["*", "/", "+", "-"];
for (let outerCount = 0; outerCount < operations.length; outerCount++) {
for (let innerCount = 0; innerCount < equation.length; ) {
if (equation[innerCount] == operations[outerCount]) {
let operationResult = runOperation(equation[innerCount - 1], operations[outerCount], equation[innerCount + 1]);
var leftSideOfEquation = equation.substr(0, equation.indexOf(innerCount - 1));
var rightSideOfEquation = equation.substr(equation.indexOf(innerCount), equation.length);
var rightSideOfEquation = rightSideOfEquation.replace(rightSideOfEquation[0],String(operationResult));
equation = leftSideOfEquation + rightSideOfEquation;
innerCount = 0;
}
else {
innerCount++;
}
}
}
return "Here is it: " + equation; //result of the equation
}

If you don't want to use a complete library like mathjs - and you don't want to tackle creating your own script which would involve: lexical analysis, tokenization, syntax analysis, recursive tree parsing, compiling and output...
the simplest banal suggestion: Function
const calc = s => Function(`return(${s})`)();
console.log( calc("1+2*3*400+32/2+3") ); // 2420
console.log( calc("-3*-2") ); // 6
console.log( calc("-3 * + 1") ); // -3
console.log( calc("-3 + -1") ); // -4
console.log( calc("2 * (3 + 1)") ); // 8
My take at a custom MDAS
Here I created a Regex to retrieve operands and operators, accounting for negative values: /(-?[\d.]+)([*\/+-])?/g.
Firstly we need to remove any whitespace from our string using str.replace(/ /g , "")
Using JavaScript's String.prototype.matchAll() we can get a 2D array with all the matches as [[fullMatch, operand, operator], [.. ] we can than further flatten it using Array.prototype.flat()
Having that flattened array, we can now filter it using Array.prototype.filter() to remove the fullMatch -es returned by the regular expression and remove the last undefined value.
Define a calc Object with the needed operation functions
Iterate over the MDAS groups */ and than +- as regular expressions /\/*/ and /+-/
Consume finally the array of matches until only one array key is left
let str = "-1+2 * 3*+400+-32 /2+3.1"; // 2386.1
str = str.replace(/ +/g, ""); // Remove all spaces!
// Get operands and operators as array.
// Remove full matches and undefined values.
const m = [...str.matchAll(/(-?[\d.]+)([*\/+-])?/g)].flat().filter((x, i) => x && i % 3);
const calc = {
"*": (a, b) => a * b,
"/": (a, b) => a / b,
"+": (a, b) => a + b,
"-": (a, b) => a - b,
};
// Iterate by MDAS groups order (first */ and than +-)
[/[*\/]/, /[+-]/].forEach(expr => {
for (let i = 0; i < m.length; i += 2) {
let [a, x, b] = [m[i], m[i + 1], m[i + 2]];
x = expr.exec(x);
if (!x) continue;
m[i] = calc[x.input](parseFloat(a), parseFloat(b)); // calculate and insert
m.splice(i + 1, 2); // remove operator and operand
i -= 2; // rewind loop
}
});
// Get the last standing result
console.log(m[0]); // 2386.1

It's a little hacky, but you can try something like this:
var eqs = [
'1+2*3*4+1+1+3',
'1+2*3*400+32/2+3',
'-5+2',
'3*-2',
];
for(var eq in eqs) { console.log(mdas(eqs[eq])); }
function mdas(equation) {
console.log(equation);
var failsafe = 100;
var num = '(((?<=[*+-])-|^-)?[0-9.]+)';
var reg = new RegExp(num + '([*/])' + num);
while(m = reg.exec(equation)) {
var n = (m[3] == "*") ? m[1]*m[4] : m[1]/m[4];
equation = equation.replace(m[0], n);
if(failsafe--<0) { return 'failsafe'; }
}
var reg = new RegExp(num + '([+-])' + num);
while(m = reg.exec(equation)) {
var n = (m[3] == "+") ? 1*m[1] + 1*m[4] : m[1]-m[4];
equation = equation.replace(m[0], n);
if(failsafe--<0) { return 'failsafe'; }
}
return equation;
}

print integer in a string javascript [duplicate]

I'm looking for a good JavaScript equivalent of the C/PHP printf() or for C#/Java programmers, String.Format() (IFormatProvider for .NET).
My basic requirement is a thousand separator format for numbers for now, but something that handles lots of combinations (including dates) would be good.
I realize Microsoft's Ajax library provides a version of String.Format(), but we don't want the entire overhead of that framework.

Current JavaScript
From ES6 on you could use template strings:
let soMany = 10;
console.log(`This is ${soMany} times easier!`);
// "This is 10 times easier!"
See Kim's answer below for details.
Older answer
Try sprintf() for JavaScript.
If you really want to do a simple format method on your own, don’t do the replacements successively but do them simultaneously.
Because most of the other proposals that are mentioned fail when a replace string of previous replacement does also contain a format sequence like this:
"{0}{1}".format("{1}", "{0}")
Normally you would expect the output to be {1}{0} but the actual output is {1}{1}. So do a simultaneous replacement instead like in fearphage’s suggestion.

Building on the previously suggested solutions:
// First, checks if it isn't implemented yet.
if (!String.prototype.format) {
String.prototype.format = function() {
var args = arguments;
return this.replace(/{(\d+)}/g, function(match, number) {
return typeof args[number] != 'undefined'
? args[number]
: match
;
});
};
}
"{0} is dead, but {1} is alive! {0} {2}".format("ASP", "ASP.NET")
outputs
ASP is dead, but ASP.NET is alive! ASP {2}
If you prefer not to modify String's prototype:
if (!String.format) {
String.format = function(format) {
var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
return format.replace(/{(\d+)}/g, function(match, number) {
return typeof args[number] != 'undefined'
? args[number]
: match
;
});
};
}
Gives you the much more familiar:
String.format('{0} is dead, but {1} is alive! {0} {2}', 'ASP', 'ASP.NET');
with the same result:
ASP is dead, but ASP.NET is alive! ASP {2}

It's funny because Stack Overflow actually has their own formatting function for the String prototype called formatUnicorn. Try it! Go into the console and type something like:
"Hello, {name}, are you feeling {adjective}?".formatUnicorn({name:"Gabriel", adjective: "OK"});
You get this output:
Hello, Gabriel, are you feeling OK?
You can use objects, arrays, and strings as arguments! I got its code and reworked it to produce a new version of String.prototype.format:
String.prototype.formatUnicorn = String.prototype.formatUnicorn ||
function () {
"use strict";
var str = this.toString();
if (arguments.length) {
var t = typeof arguments[0];
var key;
var args = ("string" === t || "number" === t) ?
Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments)
: arguments[0];
for (key in args) {
str = str.replace(new RegExp("\\{" + key + "\\}", "gi"), args[key]);
}
}
return str;
};
Note the clever Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments) call -- that means if you throw in arguments that are strings or numbers, not a single JSON-style object, you get C#'s String.Format behavior almost exactly.
"a{0}bcd{1}ef".formatUnicorn("FOO", "BAR"); // yields "aFOObcdBARef"
That's because Array's slice will force whatever's in arguments into an Array, whether it was originally or not, and the key will be the index (0, 1, 2...) of each array element coerced into a string (eg, "0", so "\\{0\\}" for your first regexp pattern).
Neat.

Number Formatting in JavaScript
I got to this question page hoping to find how to format numbers in JavaScript, without introducing yet another library. Here's what I've found:
Rounding floating-point numbers
The equivalent of sprintf("%.2f", num) in JavaScript seems to be num.toFixed(2), which formats num to 2 decimal places, with rounding (but see #ars265's comment about Math.round below).
(12.345).toFixed(2); // returns "12.35" (rounding!)
(12.3).toFixed(2); // returns "12.30" (zero padding)
Exponential form
The equivalent of sprintf("%.2e", num) is num.toExponential(2).
(33333).toExponential(2); // "3.33e+4"
Hexadecimal and other bases
To print numbers in base B, try num.toString(B). JavaScript supports automatic conversion to and from bases 2 through 36 (in addition, some browsers have limited support for base64 encoding).
(3735928559).toString(16); // to base 16: "deadbeef"
parseInt("deadbeef", 16); // from base 16: 3735928559
Reference Pages
Quick tutorial on JS number formatting
Mozilla reference page for toFixed() (with links to toPrecision(), toExponential(), toLocaleString(), ...)

From ES6 on you could use template strings:
let soMany = 10;
console.log(`This is ${soMany} times easier!`);
// "This is 10 times easier!"
Be aware that template strings are surrounded by backticks ` instead of (single) quotes.
For further information:
https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/01/ES6-Template-Strings
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/template_strings
Note:
Check the mozilla-site to find a list of supported browsers.

jsxt, Zippo
This option fits better.
String.prototype.format = function() {
var formatted = this;
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
var regexp = new RegExp('\\{'+i+'\\}', 'gi');
formatted = formatted.replace(regexp, arguments[i]);
}
return formatted;
};
With this option I can replace strings like these:
'The {0} is dead. Don\'t code {0}. Code {1} that is open source!'.format('ASP', 'PHP');
With your code the second {0} wouldn't be replaced. ;)

I use this simple function:
String.prototype.format = function() {
var formatted = this;
for( var arg in arguments ) {
formatted = formatted.replace("{" + arg + "}", arguments[arg]);
}
return formatted;
};
That's very similar to string.format:
"{0} is dead, but {1} is alive!".format("ASP", "ASP.NET")

For Node.js users there is util.format which has printf-like functionality:
util.format("%s world", "Hello")

I'm surprised no one used reduce, this is a native concise and powerful JavaScript function.
ES6 (EcmaScript2015)
String.prototype.format = function() {
return [...arguments].reduce((p,c) => p.replace(/%s/,c), this);
};
console.log('Is that a %s or a %s?... No, it\'s %s!'.format('plane', 'bird', 'SOman'));
< ES6
function interpolate(theString, argumentArray) {
var regex = /%s/;
var _r=function(p,c){return p.replace(regex,c);}
return argumentArray.reduce(_r, theString);
}
interpolate("%s, %s and %s", ["Me", "myself", "I"]); // "Me, myself and I"
How it works:
reduce applies a function against an accumulator and each element in the array (from left to right) to reduce it to a single value.
var _r= function(p,c){return p.replace(/%s/,c)};
console.log(
["a", "b", "c"].reduce(_r, "[%s], [%s] and [%s]") + '\n',
[1, 2, 3].reduce(_r, "%s+%s=%s") + '\n',
["cool", 1337, "stuff"].reduce(_r, "%s %s %s")
);

Here's a minimal implementation of sprintf in JavaScript: it only does "%s" and "%d", but I have left space for it to be extended. It is useless to the OP, but other people who stumble across this thread coming from Google might benefit from it.
function sprintf() {
var args = arguments,
string = args[0],
i = 1;
return string.replace(/%((%)|s|d)/g, function (m) {
// m is the matched format, e.g. %s, %d
var val = null;
if (m[2]) {
val = m[2];
} else {
val = args[i];
// A switch statement so that the formatter can be extended. Default is %s
switch (m) {
case '%d':
val = parseFloat(val);
if (isNaN(val)) {
val = 0;
}
break;
}
i++;
}
return val;
});
}
Example:
alert(sprintf('Latitude: %s, Longitude: %s, Count: %d', 41.847, -87.661, 'two'));
// Expected output: Latitude: 41.847, Longitude: -87.661, Count: 0
In contrast with similar solutions in previous replies, this one does all substitutions in one go, so it will not replace parts of previously replaced values.

3 different ways to format javascript string
There are 3 different ways to format a string by replacing placeholders with the variable value.
Using template literal (backticks ``)
let name = 'John';
let age = 30;
// using backticks
console.log(`${name} is ${age} years old.`);
// John is 30 years old.
Using concatenation
let name = 'John';
let age = 30;
// using concatenation
console.log(name + ' is ' + age + ' years old.');
// John is 30 years old.
Creating own format function
String.prototype.format = function () {
var args = arguments;
return this.replace(/{([0-9]+)}/g, function (match, index) {
// check if the argument is there
return typeof args[index] == 'undefined' ? match : args[index];
});
};
console.log('{0} is {1} years old.'.format('John', 30));

JavaScript programmers can use String.prototype.sprintf at https://github.com/ildar-shaimordanov/jsxt/blob/master/js/String.js. Below is example:
var d = new Date();
var dateStr = '%02d:%02d:%02d'.sprintf(
d.getHours(),
d.getMinutes(),
d.getSeconds());

I want to share my solution for the 'problem'. I haven't re-invented the wheel but tries to find a solution based on what JavaScript already does. The advantage is, that you get all implicit conversions for free. Setting the prototype property $ of String gives a very nice and compact syntax (see examples below). It is maybe not the most efficient way, but in most cases dealing with output it does not have to be super optimized.
String.form = function(str, arr) {
var i = -1;
function callback(exp, p0, p1, p2, p3, p4) {
if (exp=='%%') return '%';
if (arr[++i]===undefined) return undefined;
exp = p2 ? parseInt(p2.substr(1)) : undefined;
var base = p3 ? parseInt(p3.substr(1)) : undefined;
var val;
switch (p4) {
case 's': val = arr[i]; break;
case 'c': val = arr[i][0]; break;
case 'f': val = parseFloat(arr[i]).toFixed(exp); break;
case 'p': val = parseFloat(arr[i]).toPrecision(exp); break;
case 'e': val = parseFloat(arr[i]).toExponential(exp); break;
case 'x': val = parseInt(arr[i]).toString(base?base:16); break;
case 'd': val = parseFloat(parseInt(arr[i], base?base:10).toPrecision(exp)).toFixed(0); break;
}
val = typeof(val)=='object' ? JSON.stringify(val) : val.toString(base);
var sz = parseInt(p1); /* padding size */
var ch = p1 && p1[0]=='0' ? '0' : ' '; /* isnull? */
while (val.length<sz) val = p0 !== undefined ? val+ch : ch+val; /* isminus? */
return val;
}
var regex = /%(-)?(0?[0-9]+)?([.][0-9]+)?([#][0-9]+)?([scfpexd%])/g;
return str.replace(regex, callback);
}
String.prototype.$ = function() {
return String.form(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));
}
Here are a few examples:
String.format("%s %s", [ "This is a string", 11 ])
console.log("%s %s".$("This is a string", 11))
var arr = [ "12.3", 13.6 ]; console.log("Array: %s".$(arr));
var obj = { test:"test", id:12 }; console.log("Object: %s".$(obj));
console.log("%c", "Test");
console.log("%5d".$(12)); // ' 12'
console.log("%05d".$(12)); // '00012'
console.log("%-5d".$(12)); // '12 '
console.log("%5.2d".$(123)); // ' 120'
console.log("%5.2f".$(1.1)); // ' 1.10'
console.log("%10.2e".$(1.1)); // ' 1.10e+0'
console.log("%5.3p".$(1.12345)); // ' 1.12'
console.log("%5x".$(45054)); // ' affe'
console.log("%20#2x".$("45054")); // ' 1010111111111110'
console.log("%6#2d".$("111")); // ' 7'
console.log("%6#16d".$("affe")); // ' 45054'

Adding to zippoxer's answer, I use this function:
String.prototype.format = function () {
var a = this, b;
for (b in arguments) {
a = a.replace(/%[a-z]/, arguments[b]);
}
return a; // Make chainable
};
var s = 'Hello %s The magic number is %d.';
s.format('world!', 12); // Hello World! The magic number is 12.
I also have a non-prototype version which I use more often for its Java-like syntax:
function format() {
var a, b, c;
a = arguments[0];
b = [];
for(c = 1; c < arguments.length; c++){
b.push(arguments[c]);
}
for (c in b) {
a = a.replace(/%[a-z]/, b[c]);
}
return a;
}
format('%d ducks, 55 %s', 12, 'cats'); // 12 ducks, 55 cats
ES 2015 update
All the cool new stuff in ES 2015 makes this a lot easier:
function format(fmt, ...args){
return fmt
.split("%%")
.reduce((aggregate, chunk, i) =>
aggregate + chunk + (args[i] || ""), "");
}
format("Hello %%! I ate %% apples today.", "World", 44);
// "Hello World, I ate 44 apples today."
I figured that since this, like the older ones, doesn't actually parse the letters, it might as well just use a single token %%. This has the benefit of being obvious and not making it difficult to use a single %. However, if you need %% for some reason, you would need to replace it with itself:
format("I love percentage signs! %%", "%%");
// "I love percentage signs! %%"

+1 Zippo with the exception that the function body needs to be as below or otherwise it appends the current string on every iteration:
String.prototype.format = function() {
var formatted = this;
for (var arg in arguments) {
formatted = formatted.replace("{" + arg + "}", arguments[arg]);
}
return formatted;
};

I use a small library called String.format for JavaScript which supports most of the format string capabilities (including format of numbers and dates), and uses the .NET syntax. The script itself is smaller than 4 kB, so it doesn't create much of overhead.

I'll add my own discoveries which I've found since I asked:
number_format (for thousand separator/currency formatting)
sprintf (same author as above)
Sadly it seems sprintf doesn't handle thousand separator formatting like .NET's string format.

If you are looking to handle the thousands separator, you should really use toLocaleString() from the JavaScript Number class since it will format the string for the user's region.
The JavaScript Date class can format localized dates and times.

Very elegant:
String.prototype.format = function (){
var args = arguments;
return this.replace(/\{\{|\}\}|\{(\d+)\}/g, function (curlyBrack, index) {
return ((curlyBrack == "{{") ? "{" : ((curlyBrack == "}}") ? "}" : args[index]));
});
};
// Usage:
"{0}{1}".format("{1}", "{0}")
Credit goes to (broken link) https://gist.github.com/0i0/1519811

There is "sprintf" for JavaScript which you can find at http://www.webtoolkit.info/javascript-sprintf.html.

The PHPJS project has written JavaScript implementations for many of PHP's functions. Since PHP's sprintf() function is basically the same as C's printf(), their JavaScript implementation of it should satisfy your needs.

I use this one:
String.prototype.format = function() {
var newStr = this, i = 0;
while (/%s/.test(newStr))
newStr = newStr.replace("%s", arguments[i++])
return newStr;
}
Then I call it:
"<h1>%s</h1><p>%s</p>".format("Header", "Just a test!");

I have a solution very close to Peter's, but it deals with number and object case.
if (!String.prototype.format) {
String.prototype.format = function() {
var args;
args = arguments;
if (args.length === 1 && args[0] !== null && typeof args[0] === 'object') {
args = args[0];
}
return this.replace(/{([^}]*)}/g, function(match, key) {
return (typeof args[key] !== "undefined" ? args[key] : match);
});
};
}
Maybe it could be even better to deal with the all deeps cases, but for my needs this is just fine.
"This is an example from {name}".format({name:"Blaine"});
"This is an example from {0}".format("Blaine");
PS: This function is very cool if you are using translations in templates frameworks like AngularJS:
<h1> {{('hello-message'|translate).format(user)}} <h1>
<h1> {{('hello-by-name'|translate).format( user ? user.name : 'You' )}} <h1>
Where the en.json is something like
{
"hello-message": "Hello {name}, welcome.",
"hello-by-name": "Hello {0}, welcome."
}

One very slightly different version, the one I prefer (this one uses {xxx} tokens rather than {0} numbered arguments, this is much more self-documenting and suits localization much better):
String.prototype.format = function(tokens) {
var formatted = this;
for (var token in tokens)
if (tokens.hasOwnProperty(token))
formatted = formatted.replace(RegExp("{" + token + "}", "g"), tokens[token]);
return formatted;
};
A variation would be:
var formatted = l(this);
that calls an l() localization function first.

For basic formatting:
var template = jQuery.validator.format("{0} is not a valid value");
var result = template("abc");

We can use a simple lightweight String.Format string operation library for Typescript.
String.Format():
var id = image.GetId()
String.Format("image_{0}.jpg", id)
output: "image_2db5da20-1c5d-4f1a-8fd4-b41e34c8c5b5.jpg";
String Format for specifiers:
var value = String.Format("{0:L}", "APPLE"); //output "apple"
value = String.Format("{0:U}", "apple"); // output "APPLE"
value = String.Format("{0:d}", "2017-01-23 00:00"); //output "23.01.2017"
value = String.Format("{0:s}", "21.03.2017 22:15:01") //output "2017-03-21T22:15:01"
value = String.Format("{0:n}", 1000000);
//output "1.000.000"
value = String.Format("{0:00}", 1);
//output "01"
String Format for Objects including specifiers:
var fruit = new Fruit();
fruit.type = "apple";
fruit.color = "RED";
fruit.shippingDate = new Date(2018, 1, 1);
fruit.amount = 10000;
String.Format("the {type:U} is {color:L} shipped on {shippingDate:s} with an amount of {amount:n}", fruit);
// output: the APPLE is red shipped on 2018-01-01 with an amount of 10.000

Just in case someone needs a function to prevent polluting global scope, here is the function that does the same:
function _format (str, arr) {
return str.replace(/{(\d+)}/g, function (match, number) {
return typeof arr[number] != 'undefined' ? arr[number] : match;
});
};

For those who like Node.JS and its util.format feature, I've just extracted it out into its vanilla JavaScript form (with only functions that util.format uses):
exports = {};
function isString(arg) {
return typeof arg === 'string';
}
function isNull(arg) {
return arg === null;
}
function isObject(arg) {
return typeof arg === 'object' && arg !== null;
}
function isBoolean(arg) {
return typeof arg === 'boolean';
}
function isUndefined(arg) {
return arg === void 0;
}
function stylizeNoColor(str, styleType) {
return str;
}
function stylizeWithColor(str, styleType) {
var style = inspect.styles[styleType];
if (style) {
return '\u001b[' + inspect.colors[style][0] + 'm' + str +
'\u001b[' + inspect.colors[style][3] + 'm';
} else {
return str;
}
}
function isFunction(arg) {
return typeof arg === 'function';
}
function isNumber(arg) {
return typeof arg === 'number';
}
function isSymbol(arg) {
return typeof arg === 'symbol';
}
function formatPrimitive(ctx, value) {
if (isUndefined(value))
return ctx.stylize('undefined', 'undefined');
if (isString(value)) {
var simple = '\'' + JSON.stringify(value).replace(/^"|"$/g, '')
.replace(/'/g, "\\'")
.replace(/\\"/g, '"') + '\'';
return ctx.stylize(simple, 'string');
}
if (isNumber(value)) {
// Format -0 as '-0'. Strict equality won't distinguish 0 from -0,
// so instead we use the fact that 1 / -0 < 0 whereas 1 / 0 > 0 .
if (value === 0 && 1 / value < 0)
return ctx.stylize('-0', 'number');
return ctx.stylize('' + value, 'number');
}
if (isBoolean(value))
return ctx.stylize('' + value, 'boolean');
// For some reason typeof null is "object", so special case here.
if (isNull(value))
return ctx.stylize('null', 'null');
// es6 symbol primitive
if (isSymbol(value))
return ctx.stylize(value.toString(), 'symbol');
}
function arrayToHash(array) {
var hash = {};
array.forEach(function (val, idx) {
hash[val] = true;
});
return hash;
}
function objectToString(o) {
return Object.prototype.toString.call(o);
}
function isDate(d) {
return isObject(d) && objectToString(d) === '[object Date]';
}
function isError(e) {
return isObject(e) &&
(objectToString(e) === '[object Error]' || e instanceof Error);
}
function isRegExp(re) {
return isObject(re) && objectToString(re) === '[object RegExp]';
}
function formatError(value) {
return '[' + Error.prototype.toString.call(value) + ']';
}
function formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, value) {
var stylize = ctx.stylize;
ctx.stylize = stylizeNoColor;
var str = formatPrimitive(ctx, value);
ctx.stylize = stylize;
return str;
}
function isArray(ar) {
return Array.isArray(ar);
}
function hasOwnProperty(obj, prop) {
return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, prop);
}
function formatProperty(ctx, value, recurseTimes, visibleKeys, key, array) {
var name, str, desc;
desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(value, key) || {value: value[key]};
if (desc.get) {
if (desc.set) {
str = ctx.stylize('[Getter/Setter]', 'special');
} else {
str = ctx.stylize('[Getter]', 'special');
}
} else {
if (desc.set) {
str = ctx.stylize('[Setter]', 'special');
}
}
if (!hasOwnProperty(visibleKeys, key)) {
name = '[' + key + ']';
}
if (!str) {
if (ctx.seen.indexOf(desc.value) < 0) {
if (isNull(recurseTimes)) {
str = formatValue(ctx, desc.value, null);
} else {
str = formatValue(ctx, desc.value, recurseTimes - 1);
}
if (str.indexOf('\n') > -1) {
if (array) {
str = str.split('\n').map(function (line) {
return ' ' + line;
}).join('\n').substr(2);
} else {
str = '\n' + str.split('\n').map(function (line) {
return ' ' + line;
}).join('\n');
}
}
} else {
str = ctx.stylize('[Circular]', 'special');
}
}
if (isUndefined(name)) {
if (array && key.match(/^\d+$/)) {
return str;
}
name = JSON.stringify('' + key);
if (name.match(/^"([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*)"$/)) {
name = name.substr(1, name.length - 2);
name = ctx.stylize(name, 'name');
} else {
name = name.replace(/'/g, "\\'")
.replace(/\\"/g, '"')
.replace(/(^"|"$)/g, "'")
.replace(/\\\\/g, '\\');
name = ctx.stylize(name, 'string');
}
}
return name + ': ' + str;
}
function formatArray(ctx, value, recurseTimes, visibleKeys, keys) {
var output = [];
for (var i = 0, l = value.length; i < l; ++i) {
if (hasOwnProperty(value, String(i))) {
output.push(formatProperty(ctx, value, recurseTimes, visibleKeys,
String(i), true));
} else {
output.push('');
}
}
keys.forEach(function (key) {
if (!key.match(/^\d+$/)) {
output.push(formatProperty(ctx, value, recurseTimes, visibleKeys,
key, true));
}
});
return output;
}
function reduceToSingleString(output, base, braces) {
var length = output.reduce(function (prev, cur) {
return prev + cur.replace(/\u001b\[\d\d?m/g, '').length + 1;
}, 0);
if (length > 60) {
return braces[0] +
(base === '' ? '' : base + '\n ') +
' ' +
output.join(',\n ') +
' ' +
braces[1];
}
return braces[0] + base + ' ' + output.join(', ') + ' ' + braces[1];
}
function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
// Provide a hook for user-specified inspect functions.
// Check that value is an object with an inspect function on it
if (ctx.customInspect &&
value &&
isFunction(value.inspect) &&
// Filter out the util module, it's inspect function is special
value.inspect !== exports.inspect &&
// Also filter out any prototype objects using the circular check.
!(value.constructor && value.constructor.prototype === value)) {
var ret = value.inspect(recurseTimes, ctx);
if (!isString(ret)) {
ret = formatValue(ctx, ret, recurseTimes);
}
return ret;
}
// Primitive types cannot have properties
var primitive = formatPrimitive(ctx, value);
if (primitive) {
return primitive;
}
// Look up the keys of the object.
var keys = Object.keys(value);
var visibleKeys = arrayToHash(keys);
if (ctx.showHidden) {
keys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(value);
}
// This could be a boxed primitive (new String(), etc.), check valueOf()
// NOTE: Avoid calling `valueOf` on `Date` instance because it will return
// a number which, when object has some additional user-stored `keys`,
// will be printed out.
var formatted;
var raw = value;
try {
// the .valueOf() call can fail for a multitude of reasons
if (!isDate(value))
raw = value.valueOf();
} catch (e) {
// ignore...
}
if (isString(raw)) {
// for boxed Strings, we have to remove the 0-n indexed entries,
// since they just noisey up the output and are redundant
keys = keys.filter(function (key) {
return !(key >= 0 && key < raw.length);
});
}
// Some type of object without properties can be shortcutted.
if (keys.length === 0) {
if (isFunction(value)) {
var name = value.name ? ': ' + value.name : '';
return ctx.stylize('[Function' + name + ']', 'special');
}
if (isRegExp(value)) {
return ctx.stylize(RegExp.prototype.toString.call(value), 'regexp');
}
if (isDate(value)) {
return ctx.stylize(Date.prototype.toString.call(value), 'date');
}
if (isError(value)) {
return formatError(value);
}
// now check the `raw` value to handle boxed primitives
if (isString(raw)) {
formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
return ctx.stylize('[String: ' + formatted + ']', 'string');
}
if (isNumber(raw)) {
formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
return ctx.stylize('[Number: ' + formatted + ']', 'number');
}
if (isBoolean(raw)) {
formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
return ctx.stylize('[Boolean: ' + formatted + ']', 'boolean');
}
}
var base = '', array = false, braces = ['{', '}'];
// Make Array say that they are Array
if (isArray(value)) {
array = true;
braces = ['[', ']'];
}
// Make functions say that they are functions
if (isFunction(value)) {
var n = value.name ? ': ' + value.name : '';
base = ' [Function' + n + ']';
}
// Make RegExps say that they are RegExps
if (isRegExp(value)) {
base = ' ' + RegExp.prototype.toString.call(value);
}
// Make dates with properties first say the date
if (isDate(value)) {
base = ' ' + Date.prototype.toUTCString.call(value);
}
// Make error with message first say the error
if (isError(value)) {
base = ' ' + formatError(value);
}
// Make boxed primitive Strings look like such
if (isString(raw)) {
formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
base = ' ' + '[String: ' + formatted + ']';
}
// Make boxed primitive Numbers look like such
if (isNumber(raw)) {
formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
base = ' ' + '[Number: ' + formatted + ']';
}
// Make boxed primitive Booleans look like such
if (isBoolean(raw)) {
formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
base = ' ' + '[Boolean: ' + formatted + ']';
}
if (keys.length === 0 && (!array || value.length === 0)) {
return braces[0] + base + braces[1];
}
if (recurseTimes < 0) {
if (isRegExp(value)) {
return ctx.stylize(RegExp.prototype.toString.call(value), 'regexp');
} else {
return ctx.stylize('[Object]', 'special');
}
}
ctx.seen.push(value);
var output;
if (array) {
output = formatArray(ctx, value, recurseTimes, visibleKeys, keys);
} else {
output = keys.map(function (key) {
return formatProperty(ctx, value, recurseTimes, visibleKeys, key, array);
});
}
ctx.seen.pop();
return reduceToSingleString(output, base, braces);
}
function inspect(obj, opts) {
// default options
var ctx = {
seen: [],
stylize: stylizeNoColor
};
// legacy...
if (arguments.length >= 3) ctx.depth = arguments[2];
if (arguments.length >= 4) ctx.colors = arguments[3];
if (isBoolean(opts)) {
// legacy...
ctx.showHidden = opts;
} else if (opts) {
// got an "options" object
exports._extend(ctx, opts);
}
// set default options
if (isUndefined(ctx.showHidden)) ctx.showHidden = false;
if (isUndefined(ctx.depth)) ctx.depth = 2;
if (isUndefined(ctx.colors)) ctx.colors = false;
if (isUndefined(ctx.customInspect)) ctx.customInspect = true;
if (ctx.colors) ctx.stylize = stylizeWithColor;
return formatValue(ctx, obj, ctx.depth);
}
exports.inspect = inspect;
// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#graphics
inspect.colors = {
'bold': [1, 22],
'italic': [3, 23],
'underline': [4, 24],
'inverse': [7, 27],
'white': [37, 39],
'grey': [90, 39],
'black': [30, 39],
'blue': [34, 39],
'cyan': [36, 39],
'green': [32, 39],
'magenta': [35, 39],
'red': [31, 39],
'yellow': [33, 39]
};
// Don't use 'blue' not visible on cmd.exe
inspect.styles = {
'special': 'cyan',
'number': 'yellow',
'boolean': 'yellow',
'undefined': 'grey',
'null': 'bold',
'string': 'green',
'symbol': 'green',
'date': 'magenta',
// "name": intentionally not styling
'regexp': 'red'
};
var formatRegExp = /%[sdj%]/g;
exports.format = function (f) {
if (!isString(f)) {
var objects = [];
for (var j = 0; j < arguments.length; j++) {
objects.push(inspect(arguments[j]));
}
return objects.join(' ');
}
var i = 1;
var args = arguments;
var len = args.length;
var str = String(f).replace(formatRegExp, function (x) {
if (x === '%%') return '%';
if (i >= len) return x;
switch (x) {
case '%s':
return String(args[i++]);
case '%d':
return Number(args[i++]);
case '%j':
try {
return JSON.stringify(args[i++]);
} catch (_) {
return '[Circular]';
}
default:
return x;
}
});
for (var x = args[i]; i < len; x = args[++i]) {
if (isNull(x) || !isObject(x)) {
str += ' ' + x;
} else {
str += ' ' + inspect(x);
}
}
return str;
};
Harvested from: https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/lib/util.js

I have a slightly longer formatter for JavaScript here...
You can do formatting several ways:
String.format(input, args0, arg1, ...)
String.format(input, obj)
"literal".format(arg0, arg1, ...)
"literal".format(obj)
Also, if you have say a ObjectBase.prototype.format (such as with DateJS) it will use that.
Examples...
var input = "numbered args ({0}-{1}-{2}-{3})";
console.log(String.format(input, "first", 2, new Date()));
//Outputs "numbered args (first-2-Thu May 31 2012...Time)-{3})"
console.log(input.format("first", 2, new Date()));
//Outputs "numbered args(first-2-Thu May 31 2012...Time)-{3})"
console.log(input.format(
"object properties ({first}-{second}-{third:yyyy-MM-dd}-{fourth})"
,{
'first':'first'
,'second':2
,'third':new Date() //assumes Date.prototype.format method
}
));
//Outputs "object properties (first-2-2012-05-31-{3})"
I've also aliased with .asFormat and have some detection in place in case there's already a string.format (such as with MS Ajax Toolkit (I hate that library).

Using Lodash you can get template functionality:
Use the ES template literal delimiter as an "interpolate" delimiter.
Disable support by replacing the "interpolate" delimiter.
var compiled = _.template('hello ${ user }!');
compiled({ 'user': 'pebbles' });
// => 'hello pebbles!

Parse indentation level with PEG.js

I have essentially the same question as PEG for Python style indentation, but I'd like to get a little more direction regarding this answer.
The answer successfully generates an array of strings that are each line of input with 'INDENT' and 'DEDENT' between lines. It seems like he's pretty much used PEG.js to tokenize, but no real parsing is happening.
So how can I extend his example to do some actual parsing?
As an example, how can I change this grammar:
start = obj
obj = id:id children:(indent obj* outdent)?
{
if (children) {
let o = {}; o[id] = children[1];
return o;
} else {
return id;
}
}
id = [a-z]
indent = '{'
outdent = '}'
to use indentation instead of braces to delineate blocks, and still get the same output?
(Use http://pegjs.majda.cz/online to test that grammar with the following input: a{bcd{zyx{}}})

Parser:
// do not use result cache, nor line and column tracking
{ var indentStack = [], indent = ""; }
start
= INDENT? l:line
{ return l; }
line
= SAMEDENT line:(!EOL c:. { return c; })+ EOL?
children:( INDENT c:line* DEDENT { return c; })?
{ var o = {}; o[line] = children; return children ? o : line.join(""); }
EOL
= "\r\n" / "\n" / "\r"
SAMEDENT
= i:[ \t]* &{ return i.join("") === indent; }
INDENT
= &(i:[ \t]+ &{ return i.length > indent.length; }
{ indentStack.push(indent); indent = i.join(""); pos = offset; })
DEDENT
= { indent = indentStack.pop(); }
Input:
a
b
c
d
z
y
x
Output:
{
"a": [
"b",
"c",
{
"d": [
"z",
"y",
"x"
]
}
]
}
It cannot parse an empty object (last x), however, it should be easy to solve. Trick here is the SAMEDENT rule, it succeeds when indentation level hasn't changed. INDENT and DEDENT change current indentation level without changing position in text pos = offset.

Update 2021
Here is a working example which runs in the online playground of Peggy.js. Peggy.js is a fork of PEG.js under active development. PEG.js was discontinued by David Maida.
The example shows, how the INDENT, SAMEDENT and DEDENT rules are parsed, and how to use parsing locations. Check the console log.
It uses these syntaxes, which may not be known from other parser generators:
(top of file)
{{...}} (Global initializer) – Run ... on parser generation.
{...} (Per-parse initializer) – Run ... on parser instantiation.
(in-file)
X {...} (action) – Do ... when X succeeds. Variables from the initializers are available. If ... returns something, it will replace what X returns.
$X – Return the raw text parsed with X, instead of the result of X.
... #X ... (pluck operator) – Replace the result of ... X ... with the result of X.
X &{...} (predicate) – "and ... also needs to be true for X to succeed".
X = &(...) – If ... succeeds, X succeeds. ... consumes no input.
See the docs for more information.
{{
console.clear()
console.log('Parser generated')
}}
{
let indentstack = []
let indent = ''
function found (what) {
let loc = location()
console.log(`[${loc.start.line}:${loc.start.column} - ${loc.end.line}:${loc.end.column}] found ${what}`)
}
console.log('Parser instantiated')
}
DOCUMENT = NEWLINES? #THINGS NEWLINES? _
THINGS = ( SAMEDENT #( OBJECT / LINE ) )*
OBJECT = key:KEY childs:(BLOCK / INLINE) {
found(`object "${key}"`)
let o = {}
o[key] = childs
return o
}
KEY = #$( [^ \t\r\n:]+ ) _ ':' _
BLOCK = NEWLINES INDENT #THINGS DEDENT
INLINE = line:LINE { return [line] }
LINE = text:$( (!EOL .)+ ) NEWLINES? {
found(`line "${text}"`)
return text
}
INDENT = &(
spaces:$( [ \t]+ ) &{
return spaces.length > indent.length
} {
indentstack.push(indent)
indent = spaces
}
) {
found('indent')
}
SAMEDENT = spaces:$( [ \t]* ) &{
return spaces === indent
} {
found('samedent')
}
/* Because of this rule, results cache must be disabled */
DEDENT = &{
indent = indentstack.pop()
return true
} {
found('dedent')
}
_ = [ \t]*
EOL = '\r\n' / '\n' / '\r'
NEWLINES = (_ EOL)+
/* Test with this input
H:
a
b
c
G:
d
e
f
*/
Old Answer
Here is a fix for #Jakub Kulhan´s grammar which works in PEG.js v 0.10.0. The last line needs to be changed to = &{ indent = indentStack.pop(); return true;} because PEG.js now does not allow standalone actions ({...}) in a grammar anymore. This line is now a predicate (&{...}) which always succeeds (return true;).
i also removed the pos = offset; because it gives an error offset is not defined. Probably Jakub was referring to some global variable available in older versions of PEG.js. PEG.js now provides the location() function which returns an object which contains offset and other information.
// do not use result cache, nor line and column tracking
{ var indentStack = [], indent = ""; }
start
= INDENT? l:line
{ return l; }
line
= SAMEDENT line:(!EOL c:. { return c; })+ EOL?
children:( INDENT c:line* DEDENT { return c; })?
{ var o = {}; o[line] = children; return children ? o : line.join(""); }
EOL
= "\r\n" / "\n" / "\r"
SAMEDENT
= i:[ \t]* &{ return i.join("") === indent; }
INDENT
= &(i:[ \t]+ &{ return i.length > indent.length; }
{ indentStack.push(indent); indent = i.join(""); })
DEDENT
= &{ indent = indentStack.pop(); return true;}
Starting with v 0.11.0 PEG.js also supports the Value Plucking operator, # which would allow writing this grammar even simpler, but as it is currently not in the online parser I will refrain from adding it to this example.