javascript#

Parse JavaScript.

In this module:#

Language	Name (Aliases)	Description	Filename(s)	Mime Type(s)
`JavaScript`	JavaScript (js, ecmascript)	JavaScript programming language	`.js`, `.jsm`	`application/javascript`, `application/x-javascript`, `text/x-javascript`, `text/javascript`

class JavaScript[source]#

Bases: Language

root#

scope#

call#: name(…) syntax.

classmethod expression()[source]#: Stuff between ( ) or [ ]

object#: An object (dictionary) { … }.

array#: An array [ … ].

paren#: An expression between ( … ).

index#: name[…] syntax.

string#

template_literal#

template_literal_expression#

singleline_comment#

multiline_comment#

Example:#

Root lexicon JavaScript.root and text:

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/*
 * small javascript example
 */

var a = [100];
var b = /a\reg\\[exp]/i;
function c() {
    obj.meth(234);
    a[0] = "abc123";
}

Result tree:

<Context JavaScript.root at 0-132 (19 children)>
 ├╴<Token '/*' at 0:2 (Comment.Start)>
 ├╴<Context JavaScript.multiline_comment at 2-34 (2 children)>
 │  ├╴<Token '\n * small j...pt example\n ' at 2:32 (Comment)>
 │  ╰╴<Token '*/' at 32:34 (Comment.End)>
 ├╴<Token 'var' at 36:39 (Keyword)>
 ├╴<Token 'a' at 40:41 (Name.Variable.Definition)>
 ├╴<Token '=' at 42:43 (Delimiter.Operator.Assignment)>
 ├╴<Token '[' at 44:45 (Delimiter.Bracket.Start)>
 ├╴<Context JavaScript.array at 45-49 (2 children)>
 │  ├╴<Token '100' at 45:48 (Literal.Number)>
 │  ╰╴<Token ']' at 48:49 (Delimiter.Bracket.End)>
 ├╴<Token ';' at 49:50 (Delimiter)>
 ├╴<Token 'var' at 51:54 (Keyword)>
 ├╴<Token 'b' at 55:56 (Name.Variable.Definition)>
 ├╴<Token '=' at 57:58 (Delimiter.Operator.Assignment)>
 ├╴<Token '/a\\reg\\\\[exp]/i' at 59:74 (Literal.Regexp)>
 ├╴<Token ';' at 74:75 (Delimiter)>
 ├╴<Token 'function' at 76:84 (Keyword)>
 ├╴<Token 'c' at 85:86 (Name.Function.Definition)>
 ├╴<Token '(' at 86:87 (Delimiter)>
 ├╴<Context JavaScript.paren at 87-88 (1 child)>
 │  ╰╴<Token ')' at 87:88 (Delimiter)>
 ├╴<Token '{' at 89:90 (Delimiter.Bracket.Start)>
 ╰╴<Context JavaScript.scope at 95-132 (14 children)>
    ├╴<Token 'obj' at 95:98 (Name.Variable)>
    ├╴<Token '.' at 98:99 (Delimiter)>
    ├╴<Token 'meth' at 99:103 (Name.Method)>
    ├╴<Token '(' at 103:104 (Delimiter)>
    ├╴<Context JavaScript.call at 104-108 (2 children)>
    │  ├╴<Token '234' at 104:107 (Literal.Number)>
    │  ╰╴<Token ')' at 107:108 (Delimiter)>
    ├╴<Token ';' at 108:109 (Delimiter)>
    ├╴<Token 'a' at 114:115 (Name.Variable)>
    ├╴<Token '[' at 115:116 (Delimiter)>
    ├╴<Context JavaScript.index at 116-118 (2 children)>
    │  ├╴<Token '0' at 116:117 (Literal.Number)>
    │  ╰╴<Token ']' at 117:118 (Delimiter)>
    ├╴<Token '=' at 119:120 (Delimiter.Operator.Assignment)>
    ├╴<Token '"' at 121:122 (Literal.String.Start)>
    ├╴<Context JavaScript.string* at 122-129 (2 children)>
    │  ├╴<Token 'abc123' at 122:128 (Literal.String)>
    │  ╰╴<Token '"' at 128:129 (Literal.String.End)>
    ├╴<Token ';' at 129:130 (Delimiter)>
    ╰╴<Token '}' at 131:132 (Delimiter.Bracket.End)>