String-LE: Zero Hassle String Extraction

Instantly extract every user-visible- in precise order
JSON YAML CSV TOML INI ENV

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✅ Why String-LE

Modern projects scatter text everywhere — APIs, configs, CSVs, and locale files across both native and web. Keeping those strings consistent is still a slow, manual grind.

String-LE makes extraction effortless.
It smartly pulls out only the true user-visible strings (never numbers, IDs, or raw values) and gives you a clean, ordered set of text that’s ready for production.

• i18n without the hassle

  Instantly extract and de-duplicate locale strings into en.json, fr.json, or any language pack. Keep translation files lean and in sync across your codebase.

• Clarity across configs & APIs
  Surface every user-facing message. Validation errors, system prompts, and API responses are cataloged in one place.

• Confident edits in complex specs
  Flatten nested strings into a simple list you can safely edit without breaking structure or formatting.

• Stream massive CSVs
  Work with millions of rows without locking up VS Code. Select only the columns you need and stream results directly to the editor.

• Automatic cleanup built-in

  • Sort for stable diffs and reviews
  • Dedupe to eliminate noise
  • Trim whitespace (NEW)

• Fast at any scale
  Benchmarked at millions of lines per second, String-LE keeps up with large datasets and enterprise monorepos without slowing you down.

• Coming Soon

  • Chunk Splitting (1.2.0)
  • Casing rules (1.3.0)

• Evaluating

  • Filetype: xml (1.3.0)
  • Filetype: plist (1.4.0)
  • Filetype: stroryboard (1.5.0)
  • Filetype: xib (1.6.0)
  • Filetype: arb (1.7.0)
  • Filetype: .ts (1.8.0)
  • Filetype: .js (1.9.0)
  • Filetype: .py (1.10.0)
  • Filetype: .rs (1.11.0)
  • Filetype: .kt (1.12.0)
  • Filetype: .swift (1.13.0)
  • Filetype: .dart (1.14.0)
  • Filetype: .go (1.15.0)
  • Filetype: .rb (1.16.0)

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install from the VS Code Marketplace.
2. Open any supported file type (Cmd/Ctrl + P String-LE).
3. Run Quick Extract (Cmd+Alt+E / Ctrl+Alt+E / Status Bar).

⚙️ Configuration

• string-le.openResultsSideBySide – Open to the side
• string-le.csv.streamingEnabled – Toggle CSV streaming
• string-le.dedupeEnabled – Auto-dedupe strings
• string-le.sortEnabled – Auto-sort output
• Safety Guards – File size warnings & thresholds
• Notification Levels – Control verbosity and alerts

⚠️ Behaviors & Limits

• CSV support assumes standard delimiter/quoting; unusual dialects not supported
• Large outputs can be slow to open — use Copy when prompted
• Streaming applies only to CSV; other formats load in memory
• Multi-line strings (e.g., YAML block scalars) are only partially supported
• CSV multi-line and all-column extracts stream to the editor only (no auto-copy)
• Sorting and deduplication apply to final strings, not their original positions
• Fallback mode uses quoted-string heuristics and may include false positives

See CONFIGURATION.md.

⚡ Performance

String-LE is built for speed across all supported formats:

Format	Throughput	Best For
ENV	4M+ lines/sec	Environment configs
JSON	1.8M+ lines/sec	APIs, large datasets
INI	1.3M+ lines/sec	Configuration files
TOML	530K+ lines/sec	Modern configs
CSV	440K+ lines/sec	Tabular data
YAML	190K+ lines/sec	Human-readable configs

See PERFORMANCE.md.

🌍 Language Support

English + 12 translations:

• Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese (Brazil)
• Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Indonesian

See I18N.md.

🔒 Privacy & Telemetry

• Runs entirely locally; no data is sent off your machine.
• Optional local-only logs can be enabled with string-le.telemetryEnabled.
• Logs appear in Output panel → “String-LE”.

See PRIVACY.md.

📊 Test Coverage

• 100% unit coverage on pure extraction and transforms
• Contract tests for configuration side-effects and parse-error handling
• Data-driven fixtures with golden expected outputs per format
• CSV streaming paths covered (batching, header/column selection)
• Stable locale sorting and dedupe normalization in harness

See TESTING.md.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome all contributions! Whether it's code, ideas, or feedback:

• Issues • Pull Requests • Releases
• Spec • Architecture • Development • Contributing • Troubleshooting
• Commands • Notifications • Status Bar • Config • Performance • I18N • Privacy • Screenshots • Workflow

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