PROSE – Text Transformation
Transformation.Text is a system that performs string transformations using examples allowing for many tasks involving strings to be performed automatically. Transformation.Text is based on the same research as the FlashFill feature in Excel (opens in new tab), but with extended capabilities for semantic transformations involving dates and numbers as well as support for interactivity due to being part of PROSE. The Usage (opens in new tab) page and the
Transformation.Text sample project (opens in new tab) show examples of how to use the Transformation.Text API.
Example Transformation
Given an example like:
| Input1 | Input2 | Example output |
|---|---|---|
| Greta | Hermansson | Hermansson, G. |
Transformation.Text will generate a program to perform the same transformation given any other first name, last name pair:
| Input1 | Input2 | Program output |
|---|---|---|
| Kettil | Hansson | Hansson, K. |
| Etelka | Bala | Bala, E. |
| … | … | … |