VS Code Snippet Generator

Convert code into VS Code custom snippets with tab stops and placeholders

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Paste your code below. Use the buttons to insert tab stops and placeholders, or type them directly.

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Variables: $TM_FILENAME $TM_FILENAME_BASE $TM_DIRECTORY $CLIPBOARD $TM_SELECTED_TEXT $CURRENT_YEAR $CURRENT_MONTH $CURRENT_DATE $UUID $LINE_COMMENT $BLOCK_COMMENT_START $BLOCK_COMMENT_END

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Tab Stop Reference

$1, $2, $3...Tab stops — cursor moves through them in order $0Final cursor position after all tab stops ${1:default}Tab stop with default placeholder text ${1|a,b,c|}Tab stop with dropdown choices $TM_FILENAMECurrent file name with extension $CLIPBOARDContents of the clipboard ${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}Currently selected text \\$Escaped dollar sign (literal $)

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