`ops/:text`

text-based matching for source code literals

clojure

(:text val)

Where:

Behavior

Matches against the exact text of a node (when used in bounded context) or finds all matching regions within a node's text (when used as free selector).
Operates on raw source text rather than semantic structure - useful when TreeSitter doesn't expose specific syntax as named nodes.

Find Rust macro invocations that TreeSitter doesn't parse into structured nodes.

clojure

(:and (:text /Foo::A/) (:kind "token_tree"))

Selects in lines { 2 } but not in { }:

typescript

macro_rules! m {
  () => { Foo::A }
}
m!();

Locate TODO comments in any language by matching comment text.

clojure

(:text /TODO:/)

Selects in lines { 1, 1 } but not in { 2 }:

typescript

// TODO: fix this
// FIXME: refactor
/* TODO: add tests */

Find specific string patterns that appear in code before extracting to constants.

clojure

(:text "https://api.example.com")

Selects in lines { 1, 1 } but not in { }:

typescript

const url1 = 'https://api.example.com/users'
const url2 = 'https://api.other.com/users'
fetch('https://api.example.com/posts')

• String • Pattern • Identifier