In string, replace something with something

[Petrichor]

A feature I’d like to see in Hopscotch is:

A block to replace a part of a string with something else.
Preferably you’d be able to put a regular expression in the replace area.

I’d use it for this type of project:

Projects where I want to have a keyboard with new lines or a different looking keyboard, reversing text, working hopscotch editors in hopscotch

Here are some examples of Hopscotch code that could be improved if we had this:

Adding 1 leading zero to all 14s in a string

Here is an example design I’ve made:

I’ve seen something similar in another programming languages, it looks like this:

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_replace.asp

[Awesome_E]

I second that

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Nice block rendering page

[Nobody]

I third

[Awesome_E]

Imagine if this supported regular expressions :o

[ThinBuffalo]

Having both a match and a replace block that supported regex would be a ‘game changer’ for advanced users! Think off all the data that could be encoded/decoded, and yet beginners could use the blocks simplistically too.

[waffle]

Interesting idea

[Dakoan]

This should be possible, i think, but a tad bit more complicated

[Petrichor]

Why more complicated? What else would you want?

[Dakoan]

whoop used the wrong words

should = is

[Electogenius]

This is an amazing idea.
I’ve seen this in the shortcuts app.

[FRENCH_WAVE123]

@Dakoan

This is be possible, i think, but a tad bit more complicated

[Dakoan]

whoop forgot to remove words

be =

[Petrichor]

How is it currently possible? You can tell if it will replace something with the mactehs block, you can maybe find out where it is, but you can’t actually replace it.

[Dakoan]

Manually

[JonnyGamer]

@Awesome_E

regular expressions

Yo I was gonna mention that today.
I found an epic Regex Git the other day, and I also learned of the existence of Swift Package Manager. Apps away.

[FRENCH_WAVE123]

[Cherry_Red]

bump

[Petrichor]

This would definitely be very useful and should be added