self
and underline the target columns.This is useful for pretty printing errors or debug the output
var src = "var Foo = new Array[Int]"
var pos = new Position(0,0, 1, 1, 5, 8)
assert pos.underline(src) == """
var Foo = new Array[Int]
^^^"""
# Get the lines covered by `self` and underline the target columns.
#
# This is useful for pretty printing errors or debug the output
#
# ~~~
# var src = "var Foo = new Array[Int]"
# var pos = new Position(0,0, 1, 1, 5, 8)
#
# assert pos.underline(src) == """
# var Foo = new Array[Int]
# ^^^"""
# ~~~
fun underline(source: Text): String
do
var res = new FlatBuffer
# All the concerned lines
var lines = source.split("\n")
for line in [line_start..line_end] do
res.append lines[line-1]
res.append "\n"
end
# Cover all columns, no matter their lines
var col_start = col_start.min(col_end)
var col_end = self.col_start.max(col_end)
# " ^^^^"
var ptr = " "*(col_start-1).max(0) + "^"*(col_end-col_start)
res.append ptr
return res.to_s
end
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