Function Container

Constructs a regex for a placeholder container in the format {{name parameter1 parameter2 ... parameterN}}:value}}

Example

Using a container to match a placeholder and extract its value

const placeholderRegex = Container("myPlaceholder", [], InnerText());
const myPlaceholder = PLCreator.newPlaceholder("myPlaceholder", {
  regex: placeholderRegex,
  apply_fn: async (str, context) => {
    const matches = str.match(new RegExp(placeholderRegex.source));
    return { result: matches?.[3] || "" }
  }
})
const result = await PLApplicator.bulkApply("{{myPlaceholder:hello, world!}}", { customPlaceholders: [myPlaceholder] })
console.log(result) // hello, world!
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