Is there a way to use regex expression in vscode snippet prefix?

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I read the document and it seems that regex expression is only used in snippet body.

Mark · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-12 20:13:27Z

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Regex's can only be used to transform snippet variables in the body of the snippet, but you can put multiple snippet prefixes like this:

"stripLastDirectory": {
  "prefix": ["lsd", "lsf", "lsq"],
   "body": [
      "${TM_DIRECTORY/.*[\\\\|\\/]+(.*)/$1/}"
  ],
},

So perhaps you can accomplish what you need that way.

Another alternative with some pluses (can use javascript within the snippet!) and minuses (no support for vscode variables like ${file}) is the extension HyperSnips which does allow you to use pure regex for snippet "prefixes".

edited Jul 12, 2020 at 20:13

answered Jan 27, 2019 at 17:01

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