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Tinderbox Training - Exploding Notes with Action Code and Regex (Part 3)

In this lesson, I take our effort to explode notes with action code to a whole new level. Building off of Part 2, I show you how to use explode notes with action code, prototypes, dot operators (specifically .replace), and regular expressions (regex). This process transforms your $Text into individual notes all in one action. This use case shows the true transformational knowledge and note curation power of Tinderbox. In previous lessons, we explain explode, action code, prototypes, and dot operators. New for this lesson, I introduce you to regular expression. Regular expression, invented by Stephen Kleene in the 1950s, is a foundational computing syntax used for matching text strings. Also in this lesson, I show you how to use stamps to experiment with action code before you put it into practice. This services to purpose, 1) you can test the code before you do it on your entire file through an agent, rule, or edict, and 2) you can debug your efforts step by step to learn what’s going on in Tinderbox and generally how all of this works (aka an exploratory method of learning). TIP: Tinderbox is not the place to learn regex, but it is an exceptional place to apply it. The best way to learn regex is through computing web sites, regex reference guides, or through software programs like Expressions or BBEdit. The reason for this simple, Tinderbox leverages regex extensively but does not provide regex visualization or editing tools, helpers, or error code management. It other words, it does not help you learn regex and won’t tell you how to fix your regex matching patterns if there are errors. There are tons of tools out there that do this and getting regex right given its dialects and your text is a trial and error exercise anyway, so there is little value to have the Tinderbox team spend their precious development resources reinventing the wheel. As we explain in the lesson, there are a few things to take note of about regex, such as 1) most characters match the same character, e.g. an “a” matches within “a”, 2) a few “special characters” have a special meaning, like parentheses, curly brackets, and the like; if you use one or more of these, as we do in this example, you need to escape them with an \, 3) a period matches any character, 4) an asterisk matches zero or more copies of whatever precedes it, 5) .* matches anything, 6)
represented a paragraph mark, and so on. Again, there are hundreds of sites and guides on the Internet and in your local or online bookstore or library to learn about regex. Remember, regex is like any other language. It has its own syntax, terminology, grammar, and dialects. Tinderbox speaks the Perl dialect of regex. Lesson Reference File You’ll find a Tinderbox reference file for this video on the Tinderbox Forum: http://forum.eastgate.com/t/tinderbox.... Need more help with Tinderbox? If you need more help with Tinderbox, come on over to the Tinderbox Forum, https://forum.eastgate.com/, a vibrant community with members the revel in helping each other. You'll find every walk of life at the forum—academics, authors, musicians, engineers, scientists, artists, philosophers, lawyers, doctors, and more, who are all looking to use Tinderbox, and related apps (like DevonThink, TexExpander, etc.) to manage the 4Cs of knowledge-making and exchange (collection, curation, creation, and contribution). Ask your question and you will be answered. We also hold weekly meetups to discuss Tinderbox how-tos, strategies, tactics, share examples, and more. A Tinderbox Reference File You can find The Tinderbox Reference File at http://www.acrobatfaq.com/atbref8/ind.... This is an amazing, invaluable, resource, developed by Mark Anderson, that includes an overview of every Tinderbox capability. You're Invited To Be My Patron: A lot goes into creating these training videos. If you're getting value from these videos and are open to supporting my efforts, I respectfully ask that you consider becoming one of my patrons by making a monthly contribution. 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/tinderboxcour... 🙏