ts-simple-ast

Variable Statement

A variable statement looks like the following:

export const var1 = "5", var2 = "6";

Get a variable statement

Can be retrieved from source files, namespaces, or function bodies:

const variableStatements = sourceFile.getVariableStatements();
const firstExportedVariableStatement = sourceFile.getVariableStatement(s => s.hasExportKeyword());

Add/Insert

Add or insert variable statements to a source file, namespace, or function like declarations by calling addVariableStatement(), addVariableStatements(), insertVariableStatement(), or insertVariableStatements().

import Ast, {VariableDeclarationType} from "ts-simple-ast";

const variableStatement = sourceFile.addVariableStatement({
    declarationType: VariableDeclarationType.Const // defaults to "let"
    declarations: [{
        name: "myNumber",
        initializer: "5"
    }, {
        name: "myString",
        type: "string",
        initializer: `'my string'`
    }]
});

Remove

Call .remove():

variableStatement.remove();

Declaration type

Get:

const declarationType = variableStatement.getDeclarationType();

It will return one of the following values:

import {VariableDeclarationType} from "ts-simple-ast";

VariableDeclarationType.Let;
VariableDeclarationType.Const;
VariableDeclarationType.Var;

Set:

variableStatement.setDeclarationType(VariableDeclarationType.Const);

Variable Declaration

These are the individual declarations within a variable statement.

Get variable declaration

Get them from the variable statement:

const variableDeclarations = variableStatement.getDeclarations();

Or from source files, namespaces, and function bodies:

const variableDeclarations = sourceFile.getVariableDeclarations();
const variableDeclaration = sourceFile.getVariableDeclaration("myVar");
const firstStringTypedVariableDeclaration = sourceFile.getVariableDeclaration(v =>
    v.getType().getText() === "string");

Add/Insert

Add or insert variable declarations to a variable statement by calling addDeclaration(), addDeclarations(), insertDeclaration(), or insertDeclarations().

const declaration = variableStatement.addDeclaration({ name: "num", type: "number" });

Remove

Call .remove():

variableDeclaration.remove();