Textchomper is intended
to be a program that can reformat and graph
data.
It
is broken into two sections:
1.
Data filtering
Textchomper allows the user to load a file in two panes. The left pane
shows the original file; the right shows the file after it has been
filtered. Viewing both panes at once allows the user to compare the
changes made by regular expression.
Sample
use case:
The user has a data file that lists towns and their populations. The
user wants to strip commas from the population numbers. The user loads
the file in the left pane. The user enters a regular expression in the
filter box. A filtered version of the text appears in the right pane.
The user realizes that the expression is filtering out all commas, not
just commas in the population numbers, so the user clicks reset, tweaks
the expression, and then filters again. This time it works, so the user
clicks save and saves the file.
2.
Data graphing
If the graphing module is enabled, Textchomper graphs the data found in
the filtered data file, producing output in SVG format.