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Inherits from

Comment, Statement, Expression, Editable

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Attributes

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comment_type

TSCommentType
Determines the type of comment in a TypeScript source code.

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extended

SymbolGroup
Returns a SymbolGroup of all extended nodes associated with this element.

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extended_source

str
Returns the source text representation of all extended nodes.

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file

TSFile
The file object that this Editable instance belongs to.

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filepath

str
The file path of the file that this Editable instance belongs to.

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function_calls

list[ FunctionCall ]
Returns a list of all function calls contained within this expression.

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index

int
The 0-based index of the statement in the parent code block.

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nested_code_blocks

list[ TSCodeBlock ]
Returns a list of nested code blocks within the statement.

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nested_statements

list[ MultiLineCollection [ Statement [ TSComment ], Editable ]]
Returns a list of statement collections within nested code blocks.

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parent

Editable
The parent node of this Editable instance.

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parent_class

TSClass | None
Find the class this node is contained in

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parent_function

TSFunction | None
Find the function this node is contained in

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parent_statement

Statement | None
Find the statement this node is contained in

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resolved_value

Expression | list[ Expression ]
Returns the resolved type of an Expression.

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source

str
Text representation of the Editable instance.

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text

str
Returns the text content of the comment.

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variable_usages

list[ Editable ]
Returns Editables for all TreeSitter node instances of variable usages within this node's

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Methods

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ancestors

Find all ancestors of the node of the given type. Does not return itself
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Returns

list[ Editable ]

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clean_comment

Cleans comment markers and whitespace from a comment string.
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Parameters

comment
str
required
The raw comment string to be cleaned.

Returns

str
The cleaned comment text with comment markers and excess whitespace removed.

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edit

Replace the source of this Editable with new_src.
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Parameters

new_src
str
required
The new source text to replace the current text with.
fix_indentation
bool
default:False
If True, adjusts the indentation of `new_src` to match the current text's indentation level. Defaults to False.
priority
int
default:0
The priority of the edit transaction. Higher priority edits are applied first. Defaults to 0.
dedupe
bool
default:True
If True, deduplicates identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

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edit_text

Replace the text of a comment with new text.
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Parameters

new_text
str
required
The new text content to replace the existing comment text.

Returns

None

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find

Find and return matching nodes or substrings within an Editable instance.
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Parameters

strings_to_match
Union[list[str], str]
required
One or more strings to search for.
exact
bool
default:False
If True, only return nodes whose source exactly matches one of the strings_to_match.

Returns

list[ Editable ]
A list of Editable instances that match the search criteria.

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find_string_literals

Returns a list of string literals within this node’s source that match any of the given
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Parameters

strings_to_match
list[str]
required
A list of strings to search for in string literals.
fuzzy_match
bool
default:False
If True, matches substrings within string literals. If False, only matches exact strings. Defaults to False.

Returns

list[ Editable [ TSComment ]]
A list of Editable objects representing the matching string literals.

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flag

Adds a visual flag comment to the end of this Editable’s source text.
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Returns

CodeFlag[ TSComment ]

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generate_comment

Generates a TypeScript comment block from the given text content.
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Parameters

new_src
str
required
The text content to be converted into a comment.
comment_type
TSCommentType
required
The type of comment to generate (DOUBLE_SLASH or SLASH_STAR).
leading_star
bool, optional
required
Whether to add leading "*" to each line in multi-line comments. Defaults to True.
force_multiline
bool, optional
required
Whether to force multi-line format for single-line content. Defaults to False.

Returns

str
The formatted comment block as a string.

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get_variable_usages

Returns Editables for all TreeSitter nodes corresponding to instances of variable usage
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Parameters

var_name
str
required
The variable name to search for.
fuzzy_match
bool
default:False
If True, matches variables where var_name is a substring. If False, requires exact match. Defaults to False.

Returns

Sequence[ Editable [ TSComment ]]
List of Editable objects representing variable usage nodes matching the given name.

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insert_after

Inserts code after this node.
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Parameters

new_src
str
required
The source code to insert after this node.
fix_indentation
bool, optional
default:False
Whether to adjust the indentation of new_src to match the current node. Defaults to False.
newline
bool, optional
default:True
Whether to add a newline before the new_src. Defaults to True.
priority
int, optional
default:0
Priority of the insertion transaction. Defaults to 0.
dedupe
bool, optional
default:True
Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

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insert_before

Inserts text before this node’s source with optional indentation and newline handling.
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Parameters

new_src
str
required
The text to insert before this node.
fix_indentation
bool
default:False
Whether to fix the indentation of new_src to match the current node. Defaults to False.
newline
bool
default:True
Whether to add a newline after new_src. Defaults to True.
priority
int
default:0
Transaction priority for managing multiple edits. Defaults to 0.
dedupe
bool
default:True
Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

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is_child_of

Checks if this node is a descendant of the given editable instance in the AST.
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Returns

bool

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is_wrapped_in

Check if this node is contained another node of the given class
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Returns

bool

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parent_of_type

Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself
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Returns

Editable | None

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parent_of_types

Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself
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Returns

Editable | None

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reduce_condition

Reduces an editable to the following condition
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Returns

None

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remove

Deletes this Node and its related extended nodes (e.g. decorators, comments).
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Parameters

delete_formatting
bool
default:True
Whether to delete surrounding whitespace and formatting. Defaults to True.
priority
int
default:0
Priority of the removal transaction. Higher priority transactions are executed first. Defaults to 0.
dedupe
bool
default:True
Whether to deduplicate removal transactions at the same location. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

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replace

Search and replace occurrences of text within this node’s source and its extended nodes.
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Parameters

old
str
required
The text or pattern to search for.
new
str
required
The text to replace matches with.
count
int, optional
default:-1
Maximum number of replacements to make. Defaults to -1 (replace all).
is_regex
bool, optional
default:False
Whether to treat 'old' as a regex pattern. Defaults to False.
priority
int, optional
default:0
Priority of the replacement operation. Defaults to 0.

Returns

int
The total number of replacements made.
Returns a list of all regex match of regex_pattern, similar to python’s re.search().
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Parameters

regex_pattern
str
required
The regular expression pattern to search for.
include_strings
bool
default:True
When False, excludes the contents of string literals from the search. Defaults to True.
include_comments
bool
default:True
When False, excludes the contents of comments from the search. Defaults to True.

Returns

list[ Editable ]
A list of Editable objects corresponding to the matches found.