index()

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Summary

The index() statement maps a character from an input store to an output store.

Syntax

any(inputStore) > index(outputStore,offset)

Parameters

outputStore

The store from which the output character is selected. This store should be the same length as the inputStore.

offset

The character offset of the any() statement in the left hand side of the rule to pair with, starting at 1. The index increments for each character or statement found, with one caveat: outs() statements are expanded prior to calculating the offset. Note that unlike the context() statement, the offset calculation does include if() statements.

Description

The index() statement works together with any() to map an array of characters in inputStore to a corresponding array in outputStore. index() can be used in the context and output sections of a rule. If used in the context section, the offset parameter must be less than the offset of the index() statement in the context.

The stores can include deadkey() statements, outs() statements and virtual keys; the outs() statement is expanded prior to the calculation of offsets within the input and output stores. When a store contains virtual keys, it can be used only with the any() statement in the key part of the rule.

Conceptually, the index() and any() pairing can be expanded into multiple rules, one for each pair of characters. If expanded, this would grow the rule set exponentially when multiple pairs of index() and any() are used in the same rule.

Examples

Example: Using index()

This example maps a vowel, followed by a diacritic key, to the same vowel, and a corresponding combining diacritic mark.

store(vowel) "aeiou"
store(diacritickey) "`'^"
store(diacriticCombining) U+0300 U+0301 U+0302

any(vowel) + any(diacritickey) > index(vowel,1) index(diacriticCombining,2)

c this could also be expressed with the context statement:
any(vowel) + any(diacritickey) > context index(diacriticCombining,2)

This example does the same as the previous, except it reverses the input order: a diacritic mark first, then a vowel, and uses the index() statement to swap the results in the output.

store(vowel) "aeiou"
store(diacritickey) "`'^"
store(diacriticCombining) U+0300 U+0301 U+0302

any(diacritickey) + any(vowel) > index(vowel,2) index(diacriticCombining,1)

The following example shows how the index statement can be used in the left hand side of a rule. If a repeating vowel is found, then this rule puts a circumflex on top of both vowels when ^ is pressed.

store(vowel)     "aeiou"
store(vowelcirc) "âêîôû"
any(vowel) index(vowel,1) + "^" > index(vowelcirc,1) index(vowelcirc,2)

Platforms

The index() statement can be used in keyboards on all platforms.

Windows	macOS	Linux	Desktop web	Mobile web	iOS	Android
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Note

For mobile and mobile web, the statement is only accessible as the output section of the rule.

Version history

The index() statement was introduced in Keyman 3.0. As of version 6.0, it can also be used in the left-hand side of a rule.

See also

• Using stores
• any() statement
• context statement
• store() statement