Reformat Script in JSL Editor is very helpful to get the code with a formatted structure.
Often it helps to find bugs in the code and to keep the overview.
But sometimes, it's the opposite.
Is there a way to protect code in a specific area from being shuffled by Reformat Script?
Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
dt << Recode Column(
dt:name,
{Map Value(
_rcOrig,
{"ALFRED", "A",
"ALICE", "A",
"AMY", "A",
"BARBARA", "A",
"CAROL", "A",
"CHRIS", "A",
"CLAY", "A",
"DANNY", "A",
"DAVID", "A",
"EDWARD", "A",
"ELIZABETH", "B",
"FREDERICK", "B",
"HENRY", "B",
"JACLYN", //missing
"JAMES", "B",
"JANE", "B",
"JEFFREY","B",
"JOE","B",
"JOHN", "B",
"JUDY", "B",
"KATIE", "B"
},
Unmatched( _rcNow )
)},
Update Properties( 1 ),
Target Column( :name )
);
You mean: don't select some code around the protection area such that the remaining code gets consistent, then trigger Reformat Script?
Unfortunately, doesn't seem to work
Jarmo's suggestion works well, however one has to reformat syntactically valid JSL
results in reformatting only the selected parts of the code
Hm, syntactically valid JSL code - reformat works if I delete the code in the (non-selected) protection area.
So, the remainder seems to be OK.
I think the actual problem is:
The two pieces of code - above and below the protection area have to be - separately - syntactically valid JSL code.
i.e. the protection area has to be on highest level - e.g. a whole function.
another example:
