| name | ahk-text |
| description | Load AHK v2 text processing, string operations, regex, and escape knowledge. Use when working with strings, regex, escaping, concatenation, or text manipulation. TRIGGER when: user mentions string, regex, escape, backtick, quote, concatenation, RegExMatch, RegExReplace, StrReplace, SubStr, InStr, StrLen, StrLower, StrUpper, Format, pattern, match, replace, split, join, text, parse, CSV, TSV, newline. Examples: "regex to match emails", "escape quotes in string", "split text by newline", "string concatenation"
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AHK v2 Text Processing Skill
When this skill is invoked, load the following module files:
- Read
Modules/Module_TextProcessing.md — String operations, concatenation, text manipulation
- Read
Modules/Module_Escapes.md — Escape sequences, quote handling, special characters
- Read
Modules/Supplemental/Module_Regex.md — PCRE regex patterns for AHK v2
- Read
Modules/Supplemental/Module_Strings.md — String method reference
Critical Text Rules (Always Apply)
ESCAPES: Backtick ` — NEVER backslash \ for escapes
NEWLINE: `n (backtick-n) — NOT \n
TAB: `t (backtick-t) — NOT \t
QUOTE IN STRING: "He said ""hello""" — double the quote inside
CONCATENATION: result := "hello " . "world" — dot operator with spaces
APPEND: result .= "more text" — dot-equals for append
REGEX ENGINE: PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions)
REGEX MATCH: RegExMatch(haystack, pattern, &match) — & for output var
REGEX REPLACE: result := RegExReplace(haystack, pattern, replacement)
SPLIT: arr := StrSplit(text, delimiter)
JOIN: result := arr.Join(delimiter) — requires #Include <Array>
FORMAT: result := Format("{1} is {2}", var1, var2) — 1-based placeholders
MULTILINE: Use continuation sections with ( and )
Common Pitfalls
WRONG RIGHT
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"line1\nline2" "line1`nline2"
str += "text" str .= "text"
RegExMatch(str, pat, match) RegExMatch(str, pat, &match)
'string' (single quotes) "string" (double quotes — single quotes are literals in v2)
Continuation Sections (Multiline Strings)
text := "
(
Line one
Line two
Line three
)"
Options: Join, LTrim, RTrim, Comments can be specified after (.
