solved [SOLVED] Help building a simple(?) workflow

[moun10addict]

Hey all,

 

I'm not familiar at all with workflows and after some tinkering still can't figure out how to put together what seems would be a simple workflow. Here's an example what I'd like to do:

 

Trigger the workflow --> workflow asks for input --> I would input three numbers separated by spaces (16 3 9) --> workflow would copy the following to the clipboard: C16-D03-P09

 

Perhaps I would need to go the scripting route for this, but if it's possible to do this through Alfred's built-in workflows that would be great. 

 

Thanks in advance!

[deanishe]

I don't think that's going to be possible without scripting, unless the numbers are always two-digit, one-digit, one-digit. If that is the case, you could use a Replace utility with a regular expression, but if not, you'll have to do the formatting with a scripting language that knows how to zero-pad digits.

[vitor]

7 hours ago, moun10addict said:

Perhaps I would need to go the scripting route for this, but if it's possible to do this through Alfred's built-in workflows that would be great. 

 

It isn’t clear if you’re comfortable with scripting. In case you’re not, this should work (Ruby, untested):

padded = ARGV[0].split(' ').map { |n| n.rjust(2, '0') }
print "C#{padded[0]}-D#{padded[1]}-P#{padded[2]}"

 

Connect a Keyword Input to a Run Script Action to a Copy to Clipboard Output. Since you’re comfortable with tinkering, you should be able to set those up.

[A Kim]

On another but related topic,

 

I'm trying to input some basic logic in the default mergeclipboard workflow. Specifically, I'd like to add a number which would then "merge" the clipboard items from {clipboard} to {clipboard:number}. Is this even possible or would I have to write a separate script for this?

[deanishe]

54 minutes ago, A Kim said:

Is this even possible or would I have to write a separate script for this?

 

I don't think it's possible without any scripting, simply because (it sounds like) you want to want to merge a variable number of items and Alfred doesn't have any support for loop constructs.

 

But you only need to write a script that generates and outputs the appropriate {clipboard}\n{clipboard:1}\n{clipboard:2}\n...{clipboard:N} macro pattern and plug that into a Copy to Clipboard action with its value set to {query}, then Alfred will expand the macro.

 

You don’t even have to use a JSON Config to do it, which is a little unfortunate because a lot of us use Markdown → BBCode workflows to write comments on the forum, and whenever you write {clipboard}, Alfred expands it when you run the workflow…

Edited May 14, 2020 by deanishe

[moun10addict]

On 5/12/2020 at 5:01 AM, vitor said:

 

It isn’t clear if you’re comfortable with scripting. In case you’re not, this should work (Ruby, untested):

padded = ARGV[0].split(' ').map { |n| n.rjust(2, '0') }
print "C#{padded[0]}-D#{padded[1]}-P#{padded[2]}"

 

Connect a Keyword Input to a Run Script Action to a Copy to Clipboard Output. Since you’re comfortable with tinkering, you should be able to set those up.

It took a little tinkering, as you suggested, but I got it to work, and it works beautifully! Saves me TONS of time since I have to input text in this format multiple times each day. Thanks SO much for your help!