Text Component

The Text component consists of blocks that perform operations related to texts. They are as follows:

Text

The Text block can have a text or number within quotes(''). This is used to represent a string.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Text or Number	Text		''

Comment 

This block adds a piece of comment in the code script.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Text or Number	Text		/** '' **/

Create Texts from Multiple Texts

This block combines two or more texts to return a new text. It is similar to string concatenation where two or more texts are joined to form a new text. It can be done using independent variables or arrays.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Variable or text or number for all of the input values	Text		'' + '' or ['','','',''].join('');

Convert Text to Upper Case, Lower Case or Title Case

This block converts a string value to UPPER CASE, lower case or Title Case based on selection.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Variable or text Choose the type of text operation from the dropdown list	Text		'abc'.toUpperCase() 'abc'.toLowerCase() textToTitleCase('abc')

Length

This block takes a particular text input (String) and provides the length of the text as output. The length is displayed as an integer.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Text or variable	Length of text as integer		'abc'.length

Append Text

This block is used to append a text value to the declared variables.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
For input-1: Choose variable from dropdown list For input-2: Add Variable block or Text	Append text value to the variable		item += ''

Find First or Last Occurrence of Text

This block finds the first or last occurrence of a piece of text in a given variable with the help of the text index. The search is done either on the top-down approach or vice-versa. By identifying the index value, the text location is identified and displayed in the output.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
For input-1: Choose a variable from the dropdown list Choose the operation from the dropdown list For input -2: Text or variable	Number		{ item = text.indexOf('abc'); }

Get Char

This block fetches a particular character or letter (letter #, letter # from end, first letter, last letter, random letter) for a string input. This block also finds the letter with the help of indexing.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Variable or Text for input-1 Choose the search index type (# - index from the top, # from end - index from the bottom, first letter, last letter and random letter). Variable or number for input-2	Returns character from given input-1 text for the given input-2  index.		text.charAt(0) text.slice(-1).charAt(0) text.charAt(0) text.slice(-1) textRandomLetter(text)

Print to Console

This block is used to print a particular variable to the browser console log. The variable can be either a text or a number declared as a string.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Variable or Text or Number	Print the value to console output.		console.log('');

Print

This block is used to print a particular text in an alert window in the UI. The input can either be a text or a number declared as a string.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Variable or Text or Number	Print the value to the popup window.		window.alert('Text');

Trim

This block trims white spaces before, after and in between texts.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Variable or Text, Choose the trim type (both sides - trim both sides white space, left side - trim only left side white space and right side trim only right side white space).	Returns text with white space trimmed.		'abc'.trim() 'abc'.replace(/^[\s\xa0]+/, '') 'abc'.replace(/[\s\xa0]+$/, '')

Variable Functions

The Variable Functions command the return values based on user requests. They return: character location, character code location, concatenated values, includes, index values, last index values, local comparison values and many other values. 

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Choose the type of function Variable or Text or number for all input fields	Returns Text or Character		pillirFunctions. variable_function("charAt", "", "", "")

Subtext

This block is used to fetch a particular piece of text from the whole text(string). The inputs are given and the output is a character based on all the inputs.

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Variable or Text for input-1  Variable or number for input-2 and input- 3	Returns the Text from input-1 based on input-2 and input-3.		text.slice(0, 1)