text

text, type

The text type stores Unicode text values up to 256 characters.

Example

t = "Hello World!"
show scalar "Text value" with t

This outputs the following scalar:

text, function

def const pure text(a: _typ): text

Returns the canonical text representation of a.

Example

show summary "Text conversions" with
  text(true) as "Boolean"
  text(123.45) as "Number"
  text(date(2020, 8, 27)) as "Date"
  text("Hello World!") as "Text"

This outputs the following list:

Remarks

text() is used implicitly when interpolating values or when tiles need a text representation.

Text interpolation

Text literals support interpolation using \{}.

a = 42
b = "bar"
c = date(2022, 2, 17)

x = "\{a} foo \{b} -- \{c}"
y = "\{c:MM/dd/yyyy}"

show summary "Interpolation" with
  x as "Default"
  y as "Formatted"

This outputs the following list:

Date format tokens

• d: day of the month from 1 to 31
• dd: day of the month, zero-padded
• ddd: abbreviated day name (Mon, Tue, …)
• dddd: full day name (Monday, …)
• M: month number from 1 to 12
• MM: month number, zero-padded
• MMM: abbreviated month name (Jan, Feb, …)
• MMMM: full month name (January, …)
• yy: two-digit year
• yyyy: four-digit year