Native commands

• find xyz in {text}
  Searches xyz in {text}, beginning from the last position. If the search fails, the program continues at the next repeat command belonging to the current loop. If there is no surounding loop, the program exits with a message. xyz may contain unbound variables, which are set to content found in {text}.
  

• findfirst xyz in {text}
  Same as find, but first resets the position in {text}, so the search starts at the first character.
  

• insert xyz into {text}
  Inserts the given string into the text variable. As insert position the last position is used. This may be either the position behind the last insert command or the position behind the text found in the last find / findfirst command. The initial position is the beginning of the text.
  

• add xyz to {hash}
  Adds the given string to the hash variable. This allows fast testing if a string collection contains a certain string via if...contains or if...misses.
  
  
• let {text} = xyz
  Sets the text variable to the given string.

• striphtml {htmlpage}
  Converts a html page into plain text.
  

load http://en.wikipedia.org as {page}

striphtml {page}

print {page}

• removetag <tag> from {htmlpage}
  Removes all html tags of the given form <tag> from the string variable {html}. A tag may include arguments.
  

load http://en.wikipedia.org as {page}

removetag script from {page}

removetag span class="mw-headline" from {page}

save {page} as wikipedia.html

• utf8toascii {text}
  Converts a UTF-8 encoded text to plain ASCII.
  

load http://en.wikipedia.org as {page}

utf8toascii {page}

save {page} as wikipedia.html

• loop
  Starts a loop; the respective repeat command jumps back to this position.
  

• repeat
  Checks if during the last loop pass any variable has been changed (this check covers only variables that are used outside the loop and includes the reading position of the variables). If so, erases all variables that are introduced inside the loop and jumps back to the loop command. Otherwise the loop is exited.
  

• if {variable} contains xyz
  The commands until the corresponding endif will only be executed if the text abc contains xyz. Both parameters may contains variables. {variable} may be both a string or a hash (see add command).
  

• if {variable} misses xyz
  The commands until the corresponding endif will only be executed if the text abc does not contain xyz. Both parameters may contains variables. {variable} may be both a string or a hash (see add command).
  

• if {variable} == xyz
  The commands until the corresponding endif will only be executed if the text in {variable} is equal to xyz. Both parameters may contains variables.
  

• if {variable} != xyz
  The commands until the corresponding endif will only be executed if the text in {variable} is different from xyz. Both parameters may contains variables.
  

• load filename.ext as {text}
  Loads contents of the file filename.ext into the variable {text}. The file may be in the local file system or in the internet. In case of a HTTP request, it will be repeated if it fails. The file name may contain variables.
  
  
• reload filename.ext as {text}
  Same as load, but will not use babelscript's internet cache.
  

• save {text} as filename.ext
  Saves the string {text} into the file filename.ext. The file name may also be a variable.

• append {text} to filename.ext
  Same as save, but {text} is appended to the file. If the file does not exist, it is created.

• delete filename.ext
  Deletes the file.

• print text
  Prints the argument to the command line. All variables are replaced with their content. If the argument is left out, a blank line is printed. As a shortcut for print, a question mark may be used.
  

• open xyz with parameters
  Opens the argument in either browser or text editor. Any parameters are optional. If the argument is a link, not the link itself but its target will be opened.
  

Library commands