Support for wild card characters in code assistance
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorJin Li
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Abstract
A code assistance feature of a code editor in a software development tool provides support for wild card characters. That is, wild card characters may be included in a search term before triggering the code assistance feature. Rather than the prior approach of appending the search term with a suffix based on a selected search result, the search term is replaced by the selected search result.
Claims12
A method of providing a code assistance feature for a code editor, where said code assistance feature supports use of wild card characters, said method comprising:
- retrieving a search term from said code editor, where said search term includes at least one wild card character;
- and
- replacing said search term in said code editor with a search result, where said search result is received from a table lookup algorithm and selected by a user of said code editor.
A software development tool comprising an editor with a code assistance feature operable to:
- retrieve a search term from said editor, where said search term includes at least one wild card character;
- and
- replace said search term in said editor with a search result, where said search result is received from a table lookup algorithm and selected by a user of said software development tool.
A system for software development comprising a processor adapted to:
- present a code editor having a code assistance feature operable to:
- retrieve a search term from said editor, where said search term includes at least one wild card character;
- and
- replace said search term in said editor with a search result, where said search result is received from a table lookup algorithm and selected by a user of said software development tool.
A computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions which, when performed by a processor in a computer system for software development, cause the computer system to:
- present a code editor having a code assistance feature operable to:
- retrieve a search term from said editor, where said search term includes at least one wild card character;
- and
- replace said search term in said editor with a search result, where said search result is received from a table lookup algorithm and selected by a user of said software development tool.
A method providing a code assistance feature for a code editor, where said code assistance feature supports use of wild card characters, said method comprising:
- receiving a trigger, said trigger indicating a desire for code assistance;
- responsive to said receiving said trigger, retrieving a search term from said editor, said search term including at least one wild card character;
- and
- passing said search term to a table lookup algorithm capable of handling wild card characters.
A computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions which, when performed by a processor in a computer system for software development, cause the computer system to:
- receive a trigger, said trigger indicating a desire for code assistance;
- responsive to said receiving said trigger, retrieve a search term from a code editor, said search term including at least one wild card character;
- and
- pass said search term to a table lookup algorithm capable of handling wild card characters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.