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Sawyer Click
data viz at the database
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Sep 20, 2023
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text = {
return `
hed: Sources:
world
this
world: hi
dek: world
`
}
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text.split(/\n+(?=\S+:.*)/)
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toJSON(text)
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toJSON = (text) => {
const splitLines = text.split(/\n?\S/).filter((line) => line?.trim());
const keyValuePairs = splitLines.map((line) => {
const split = line?.trim()?.split(/:(.*)/s);
if (!split) return;
const [key, value] = split;
return [key.trim(), value.trim()];
});
const typed = autoType(Object.fromEntries(keyValuePairs));
return typed;
}
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