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Is it possible to do code snippets with variables?

Slokko
Slokko ✭
edited November 2025 in RobotStudio
RS code .snippet xml files indicates the possibility to use variables in your snippets.
For example the "Array of num, 2x4 has its name as a litteral.
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Literal>
<ID>name</ID>
<Default>myNumArray2x4</Default>
<ToolTip>The name of the array</ToolTip>
</Literal>        
</Declarations>
<Code Language="RAPID">
        <![CDATA[
VAR num $name${2,4}:=[[11,12,13,14],
      [21,22,23,24]];
]]>
</Code>
</Snippet>

However. Without the possibility to make this an actual variable what is the point of it?
According to Microsoft you should be able to to insert TM_SELECTED_TEXT, or ever better CLIPBOARD into the snippet. A prompt would be even more fantastic.

Is this possible? If so what syntax would RS approve?

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