Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Text.AddLineNumbers

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Text.AddLineNumbers

Adds line numbers to text.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
Text	8.3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Text.AddLineNumbers"; Text { ; StyleTemplate; Delimiter } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

Text The text to process. "Hello World"

StyleTemplate Optional
The styled text to use as template for line numbers.
We only use style for the nubers and text is ignored.
If empty, this parameter is ignored. TextFont("test"; "Courier"; "")

Delimiter Optional
The optional delimiter.
Default are two space characters. ": "

Parameter	Description	Example value
Text	The text to process.	"Hello World"
StyleTemplate	Optional The styled text to use as template for line numbers. We only use style for the nubers and text is ignored. If empty, this parameter is ignored.	TextFont("test"; "Courier"; "")
Delimiter	Optional The optional delimiter. Default are two space characters.	": "

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Adds line numbers to text.
Preserves the styles in the text and adds line numbers as prefix.
Depending on how many lines we have, we may use 2 to 6 digits for numbers.
Works fine for JSON, XML, JavaScript, HTML or any other text.

See also XML.Format & JSON.Format to format and XML.Colorize & JSON.Colorize for colors.

Examples

Format, colorize and apply line numbers:

MBS( "Text.AddLineNumbers";
// colorize it
MBS("JSON.Colorize";
// format before colorize
MBS( "JSON.Format"; JSON Input)
);
// define which style to use for numbers
TextColor (
TextFont ( " "; "Courier" );
RGB ( 0 ; 0 ; 255 )
)
)

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Created 27th May 2018, last changed 5th July 2018

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