Assignment
Represents an assignment for a single variable within an assignment statement. Example: ```typescript var z var z = 5 ```
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Inherits from
HasValue, Typeable, Symbol, Usable, Editable, Importable, Expression, HasName
Attributes
comment
Returns the comment group associated with the symbol, if any.
extended
Returns a SymbolGroup of all extended nodes associated with this element.
extended_nodes
Returns a list of Editable nodes associated with this symbol, including extended symbols.
extended_source
Returns the source text representation of all extended nodes.
file
The file object that this Editable instance belongs to.
filepath
The file path of the file that this Editable instance belongs to.
full_name
Returns the full name of the object, including the namespace path.
function_calls
Returns a list of all function calls contained within this expression.
index
Returns the index of the assignment statement in its parent's code block.
inline_comment
Returns the inline comment group associated with the symbol, if any.
is_local_variable
Determines if an assignment represents a local variable in the current scope.
is_typed
Indicates if a node has an explicit type annotation.
name
Retrieves the base name of the object without namespace prefixes.
parent
The parent node of this Editable instance.
parent_class
Find the class this node is contained in
parent_function
Find the function this node is contained in
parent_statement
Find the statement this node is contained in
resolved_value
Returns the resolved type of an Expression.
source
Returns the source code of the symbol.
symbol_type
The type of symbol, set to SymbolType.GlobalVar.
type
The type annotation associated with this node
value
Gets the value node of the object.
variable_usages
Returns Editables for all TreeSitter node instances of variable usages within this node's
Methods
add_comment
Adds a comment to the symbol.
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Parameters
commentrequiredThe comment text to add.
Returns
add_keyword
Insert a keyword in the appropriate place before this symbol if it doesn't already exist.
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Parameters
keywordrequiredThe keyword to be inserted. Must be a valid keyword in the language context.
Returns
ancestors
Find all ancestors of the node of the given type. Does not return itself
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Returns
dependencies
Returns a list of symbols that this symbol depends on.
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Parameters
usage_typesdefault: UsageType.DIRECTThe types of dependencies to search for. Defaults to UsageType.DIRECT.
max_depthdefault: NoneMaximum depth to traverse in the dependency graph. If provided, will recursively collect
Returns
A list of symbols and imports that this symbol depends on, sorted by file location.
edit
Replace the source of this node with new_src.
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Parameters
new_srcrequiredThe new source code to replace the current source with.
fix_indentationdefault: FalseIf True, adjusts the indentation of new_src to match the current text's indentation. Defaults to False.
prioritydefault: 0The priority of this edit. Higher priority edits take precedence. Defaults to 0.
dedupedefault: TrueIf True, prevents duplicate edits. Defaults to True.
Returns
find
Find and return matching nodes or substrings within an Editable instance.
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Parameters
strings_to_matchrequiredOne or more strings to search for.
exactdefault: FalseIf True, only return nodes whose source exactly matches one of the strings_to_match.
Returns
A list of Editable instances that match the search criteria.
find_string_literals
Returns a list of string literals within this node's source that match any of the given
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Parameters
strings_to_matchrequiredA list of strings to search for in string literals.
fuzzy_matchdefault: FalseIf True, matches substrings within string literals. If False, only matches exact strings. Defaults to False.
Returns
A list of Editable objects representing the matching string literals.
flag
Adds a visual flag comment to the end of this Editable's source text.
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Returns
get_name
Returns the name node of the object.
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Returns
The name node of the object. Can be a Name node for simple names, a ChainedAttribute for names with namespaces (e.g., a.b), or None if the object has no name.
get_variable_usages
Returns Editables for all TreeSitter nodes corresponding to instances of variable usage
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Parameters
var_namerequiredThe variable name to search for.
fuzzy_matchdefault: FalseIf True, matches variables where var_name is a substring. If False, requires exact match. Defaults to False.
Returns
List of Editable objects representing variable usage nodes matching the given name.
insert_after
Inserts code after this node.
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Parameters
new_srcrequiredThe source code to insert after this node.
fix_indentationdefault: FalseWhether to adjust the indentation of new_src to match the current node. Defaults to False.
newlinedefault: TrueWhether to add a newline before the new_src. Defaults to True.
prioritydefault: 0Priority of the insertion transaction. Defaults to 0.
dedupedefault: TrueWhether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.
Returns
insert_before
Inserts text before the current symbol node in the Abstract Syntax Tree.
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Parameters
new_srcrequiredThe source code text to insert.
fix_indentationdefault: FalseWhether to adjust the indentation of new_src to match current text. Defaults to False.
newlinedefault: TrueWhether to add a newline after insertion. Defaults to True.
prioritydefault: 0Priority of this edit operation. Higher priority edits are applied first. Defaults to 0.
dedupedefault: TrueWhether to remove duplicate insertions. Defaults to True.
extendeddefault: TrueWhether to insert before extended nodes like comments and decorators. Defaults to True.
Returns
is_child_of
Checks if this node is a descendant of the given editable instance in the AST.
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Returns
is_wrapped_in
Check if this node is contained another node of the given class
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Returns
local_usages
Retrieves all usages of the assigned variable within its code block scope.
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Returns
A sorted list of statement nodes where the variable is used.
move_to_file
Moves the given symbol to a new file and updates its imports and references.
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Parameters
filerequiredThe destination file to move the symbol to.
include_dependenciesdefault: TrueIf True, moves all dependencies of the symbol to the new file. If False, adds imports for the dependencies. Defaults to True.
strategydefault: "update_all_imports"The strategy to use for updating imports. Can be either 'add_back_edge' or 'update_all_imports'. Defaults to 'update_all_imports'.
Returns
parent_of_type
Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself
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Returns
parent_of_types
Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself
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Returns
reduce_condition
Simplifies an assignment expression by reducing it based on a boolean condition and updating all the usages.
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Parameters
bool_conditionrequiredThe boolean value to reduce the condition to.
Returns
remove
Deletes this Node and its related extended nodes (e.g. decorators, comments).
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Parameters
delete_formattingdefault: TrueWhether to delete surrounding whitespace and formatting. Defaults to True.
prioritydefault: 0Priority of the removal transaction. Higher priority transactions are executed first. Defaults to 0.
dedupedefault: TrueWhether to deduplicate removal transactions at the same location. Defaults to True.
Returns
rename
Renames a symbol and updates all its references in the codebase.
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Parameters
new_namerequiredThe new name for the symbol.
prioritydefault: 0Priority of the edit operation. Defaults to 0.
Returns
A tuple containing the file node ID and the new node ID of the renamed symbol.
replace
Search and replace occurrences of text within this node's source and its extended nodes.
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Parameters
oldrequiredThe text or pattern to search for.
newrequiredThe text to replace matches with.
countdefault: -1Maximum number of replacements to make. Defaults to -1 (replace all).
is_regexdefault: FalseWhether to treat 'old' as a regex pattern. Defaults to False.
prioritydefault: 0Priority of the replacement operation. Defaults to 0.
Returns
The total number of replacements made.
search
Returns a list of all regex match of regex_pattern, similar to python's re.search().
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Parameters
regex_patternrequiredThe regular expression pattern to search for.
include_stringsdefault: TrueWhen False, excludes the contents of string literals from the search. Defaults to True.
include_commentsdefault: TrueWhen False, excludes the contents of comments from the search. Defaults to True.
Returns
A list of Editable objects corresponding to the matches found.
set_comment
Sets a comment to the symbol.
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Parameters
commentrequiredThe comment text to set.
Returns
set_inline_comment
Sets an inline comment to the symbol.
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Parameters
commentrequiredThe text of the inline comment to be added or updated.
Returns
set_name
Sets the name of a code element.
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Parameters
namerequiredThe new name to set for the object.
Returns
set_type_annotation
Adds or updates a type annotation for the current assignment.
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Parameters
type_strrequiredThe type annotation to be added or updated.
Returns
set_value
Sets the value of an assignment expression.
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Parameters
srcrequiredThe source code string representing the new value to be assigned.
Returns
symbol_usages
Returns a list of symbols that use or import the exportable object.
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Parameters
usage_typesdefault: NoneThe types of usages to search for. Defaults to any.
Returns
A list of symbols that use or import the exportable object.
usages
Returns a list of usages of the exportable object.
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Parameters
usage_typesdefault: NoneSpecifies which types of usages to include in the results. Default is any usages.
Returns
A sorted list of Usage objects representing where this exportable is used, ordered by source location in reverse.