Strans
Dev tools
text manipulation
SHOW HN2019
158points
19comments
#253of 2,195 in 2019
Top 12%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Docs: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea, learns from examples
From 2 comments
That’s pretty cool. I guess Excels flash fill uses the same engine? Would like to see more examples than First Middle Last.
lysium on HNI like that idea!
lysium on HN
Objections
Requires dotnet to run
From 1 comment
I'm interested. Till i read "You need dotnet to run strans." i close my browser tab.
solarized on HN
Title is unclear, expected a sed tutorial
From 2 comments
I think this could use a better title. From the current one, I was expecting a tutorial or a series of learning examples for using sed.
fooblat on HNAgreed. Instead, it’s more of a text manipulation by example.
ianai on HN
Requests
More examples beyond first-middle-last name
From 1 comment
That’s pretty cool. I guess Excels flash fill uses the same engine? Would like to see more examples than First Middle Last.
lysium on HN
Questions
Does it use the same engine as Excel Flash Fill?
From 3 comments
That’s pretty cool. I guess Excels flash fill uses the same engine? Would like to see more examples than First Middle Last.
lysium on HNI am not sure which implementation Excel uses under the hood -- Excel's flash fill feature has been there for quite some time; PROSE (which strans uses) has not, and Excel is not…
inventitech on HNTo clarify: Excel FlashFill uses an earlier version of this engine, with a similar but less advanced algorithm. The current engine that powers strans (PROSE) can, for instance,…
apskim on HN
Alternatives named
Excel Flash Fill
From 2 comments
That’s pretty cool. I guess Excels flash fill uses the same engine? Would like to see more examples than First Middle Last.
lysium on HNTo clarify: Excel FlashFill uses an earlier version of this engine, with a similar but less advanced algorithm. The current engine that powers strans (PROSE) can, for instance,…
apskim on HN
PowerShell Convert-String
From 1 comment
Oh wow. I've learned about Excel's Flash Fill only recently and wasn't even aware that the same thing is available as a library as well. PowerShell's Convert-String is very rough…
ygra on HN