Node script for generating a swift initializer the clipboard contents - the new initializer will replace the clipboard contents

swift-init

#!/usr/bin/env node

const { execSync } = require("child_process");

const clipboard = execSync("pbpaste");

// Matches `let name: type = value`. Stops before newline, or { in the case
// of assigning a value to a getter/setter.
const matcher = /(?:let|var)\s+(\S+):\s+([^\{\n]+)/g;

var match;
var results = [];
while ((match = matcher.exec(clipboard))) {
  const [_, name, decl] = match;
  const [type, value] = decl.split("=").map(x => x.trim());

  results.push({ name, type });
}

let output = [];

output.push("init(");

output.push(
  results
    .map(result => {
      return `  ${result.name}: ${result.type}`;
    })
    .join(",\n") + ")"
);

output.push("{");

output.push(
  results
    .map(result => {
      return `  self.${result.name} = ${result.name}`;
    })
    .join("\n")
);

output.push("}");

const result = output.join("\n");

console.log(result);
console.log();
console.log("☝ copied to clipboard");
console.log();

execSync(`echo "${result}" | pbcopy`);