Possibility to set AS variables as lowercase/uppercase

[LuiggiTenorioK]

In GitLab by @ainagaya on Jul 19, 2024, 12:34

Hi!!

I think that it would be useful to be able to change the variables to uppercase/lowercase. For example,

SECTION:
  VARIABLE: "Watermelon"

But then, when using the variable, if in the template/other config file when it is used:

BASH_VARIABLE1=%SECTION.VARIABLE^^%
BASH_VARIABLE2=%SECTION.VARIABLE,,%

That would translate in BASH_VARIABLE1=WATERMELON, BASH_VARIABLE2=watermelon. In the templates, we can do this in bash, its true. But my usecase is more in the configuration files, for example, the bootstrap. Here we are defining some paths:

DEFAULT:
  CUSTOM_CONFIG:
    PRE:
      # Basic configuration: platforms, jobs and defaults
      - "%PROJDIR%/conf/platforms.yml"
      - "%PROJDIR%/conf/jobs_%RUN.WORKFLOW%.yml" 
      - "%PROJDIR%/conf/defaults_%RUN.WORKFLOW%.yml"

.To avoid user errors, it would be amazing to have

DEFAULT:
  CUSTOM_CONFIG:
    PRE:
      # Basic configuration: platforms, jobs and defaults
      - "%PROJDIR%/conf/platforms.yml"
      - "%PROJDIR%/conf/jobs_%RUN.WORKFLOW,,%.yml" 
      - "%PROJDIR%/conf/defaults_%RUN.WORKFLOW,,%.yml"

In that way, this would work with RUN.WORKFLOW: MODEL, Model, MoDeL, or model. Right now, if the word is not capitalized correctly, the file is not found. It also happens a lot with "true", "True" values, and others.

[LuiggiTenorioK]

In GitLab by @ainagaya on Jul 19, 2024, 12:35

Tagging @dbeltrankyl @kinow @LuiggiTenorioK and also @franra9 @Lerriola :)

[LuiggiTenorioK]

In GitLab by @dbeltrankyl on Jul 19, 2024, 13:02

Hello @ainagaya .

Thanks for the suggestion!, for me it would be a good addition,

We should take care of the following:

• Perhaps the ^^ and ,, syntax is a bit strange for people not used to bash; I'm not sure if there could be another char or syntax more similar to YAML?. If not, I'm okay with that.
  • I searched a bit, and there doesn't seem to be a native YAML function (or type ) that does this.
• ^ char that is already used ex: %^variable_to_load_last%. So it may confuse users. ( In the code, it is doable to use ^^ at the end; it is just a matter of changing the regex. )
• Match %hola,,% == %hola% and %hola% == %Hola^^%, etc for the variable override procedure

[LuiggiTenorioK]

In GitLab by @ainagaya on Jul 22, 2024, 10:13

mentioned in merge request digital-twins/de_340-2/workflow!365

[LuiggiTenorioK]

In GitLab by @ainagaya on Sep 3, 2024, 09:29

mentioned in merge request digital-twins/de_340-2/workflow!294