Visual Studio Code User-Snippets Variables
With $name or ${name:default}, you can insert the value of a variable.
When a variable isnt set, its default or the empty string is inserted.
When a variable is unknown (that is, its name isnt defined)
the name of the variable is inserted and it is transformed into a placeholder.
The following variables can be used:
TM_SELECTED_TEXT The currently selected text or the empty string
TM_CURRENT_LINE The contents of the current line
TM_CURRENT_WORD The contents of the word under cursor or the empty string
TM_LINE_INDEX The zero-index based line number
TM_LINE_NUMBER The one-index based line number
TM_FILENAME The filename of the current document
TM_FILENAME_BASE The filename of the current document without its extensions
TM_DIRECTORY The directory of the current document
TM_FILEPATH The full file path of the current document
RELATIVE_FILEPATH The relative (to the opened workspace or folder) file path of the current document
CLIPBOARD The contents of your clipboard
WORKSPACE_NAME The name of the opened workspace or folder
WORKSPACE_FOLDER The path of the opened workspace or folder
CURSOR_INDEX The zero-index based cursor number
CURSOR_NUMBER The one-index based cursor number
For inserting the current date and time:
CURRENT_YEAR The current year
CURRENT_YEAR_SHORT The current year's last two digits
CURRENT_MONTH The month as two digits (example '02')
CURRENT_MONTH_NAME The full name of the month (example 'July')
CURRENT_MONTH_NAME_SHORT The short name of the month (example 'Jul')
CURRENT_DATE The day of the month as two digits (example '08')
CURRENT_DAY_NAME The name of day (example 'Monday')
CURRENT_DAY_NAME_SHORT The short name of the day (example 'Mon')
CURRENT_HOUR The current hour in 24-hour clock format
CURRENT_MINUTE The current minute as two digits
CURRENT_SECOND The current second as two digits
CURRENT_SECONDS_UNIX The number of seconds since the Unix epoch
For inserting random values:
RANDOM 6 random Base-10 digits
RANDOM_HEX 6 random Base-16 digits
UUID A Version 4 UUID
For inserting line or block comments, honoring the current language:
BLOCK_COMMENT_START Example output: in PHP /* or in HTML <!--
BLOCK_COMMENT_END Example output: in PHP */ or in HTML -->
LINE_COMMENT Example output: in PHP //