feat: liquid returns result with type as type of variable

If liquid receives a string containing only one variable substitution,
it will return a result with the type as the type of this variable

```
typeof liquid('{{count}}', {count: 10}) === 'number'
```

src/transform/liquid/index.ts

@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ function liquid<
         output = applySubstitutions(output, vars, path);
     }
 
-    output = conditionsInCode ? output : repairCode(output, codes);
+    if (!conditionsInCode && typeof output === 'string') {
+        output = repairCode(output, codes);
+    }
+
     codes.length = 0;
 
     if (withSourceMap) {

src/transform/liquid/lexical.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const quoted = new RegExp(`${singleQuoted.source}|${doubleQuoted.source}`);
 export const quoteBalanced = new RegExp(`(?:${quoted.source}|[^'"])*`);
 
 export const vars = /((not_var)?({{2}([. \w-|(),]+)}{2}))/gm;
+export const singleVariable = /^{{2}([. \w-|(),]+)}{2}$/;
 
 // basic types
 const number = /-?\d+\.?\d*|\.?\d+/;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export const getParsedMethod = (exp: String) => {
 
 export const isLiteral = (str: string) => literalLine.test(str);
 export const isVariable = (str: string) => variableLine.test(str);
+export const isSingleVariable = (str: string) => singleVariable.test(str);
 
 export function parseLiteral(str: string) {
     let res = str.match(numberLine);

src/transform/liquid/substitutions.ts

@@ -4,11 +4,35 @@ import ArgvService from './services/argv';
 import getObject from '../getObject';
 import {evalExp} from './evaluation';
 import {log} from '../log';
-import {isVariable, vars as varsRe} from './lexical';
+import {
+    isSingleVariable,
+    isVariable,
+    singleVariable as singleVariableRe,
+    vars as varsRe,
+} from './lexical';
 
 const substitutions = (str: string, builtVars: Record<string, unknown>, path?: string) => {
     const {keepNotVar} = ArgvService.getConfig();
 
+    if (isSingleVariable(str)) {
+        const match = str.match(singleVariableRe);
+
+        if (!match) {
+            return str;
+        }
+
+        const trimVarPath = match[1].trim();
+        const value = substituteVariable(trimVarPath, builtVars);
+
+        if (value === undefined) {
+            logNotFoundVariable(trimVarPath, path);
+
+            return str;
+        }
+
+        return value;
+    }
+
     return str.replace(varsRe, (match, _groupNotVar, flag, groupVar, groupVarValue) => {
         if (flag) {
             return keepNotVar ? _groupNotVar : groupVar;
@@ -20,21 +44,31 @@ const substitutions = (str: string, builtVars: Record<string, unknown>, path?: s
             return groupVar;
         }
 
-        let value;
-        if (isVariable(trimVarPath)) {
-            value = getObject(trimVarPath, builtVars);
-        } else {
-            value = evalExp(trimVarPath, builtVars);
-        }
+        const value = substituteVariable(trimVarPath, builtVars);
 
         if (value === undefined) {
-            value = match;
+            logNotFoundVariable(trimVarPath, path);
 
-            log.warn(`Variable ${bold(trimVarPath)} not found${path ? ` in ${bold(path)}` : ''}`);
+            return match;
         }
 
         return value;
     });
 };
 
+function logNotFoundVariable(varPath: string, path?: string) {
+    log.warn(`Variable ${bold(varPath)} not found${path ? ` in ${bold(path)}` : ''}`);
+}
+
+function substituteVariable(varPath: string, builtVars: Record<string, unknown>) {
+    let value;
+    if (isVariable(varPath)) {
+        value = getObject(varPath, builtVars);
+    } else {
+        value = evalExp(varPath, builtVars);
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}
+
 export = substitutions;

test/liquid/filters.test.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('Filters', () => {
             ).toEqual('Users count: 2');
         });
         test('Test2', () => {
-            expect(substitutions('{{ test | length }}', {test: 'hello world'})).toEqual('11');
+            expect(substitutions('{{ test | length }}', {test: 'hello world'})).toEqual(11);
         });
     });
 

test/liquid/lexical.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import {isSingleVariable} from '../../src/transform/liquid/lexical';
+
+describe('Lexical functions', () => {
+    describe('isSingleVariable', () => {
+        test('Valid single variable without surrounding text', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('{{variable}}')).toEqual(true);
+        });
+
+        test('Two variables should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('{{variable1}} {{variable2}}')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Text before variable should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('some text {{variable}}')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Text after variable should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('{{variable}} some text')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Valid single variable with filter', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('{{ variable | filter }}')).toEqual(true);
+        });
+
+        test('Single variable with leading and trailing space should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable(' {{variable}} ')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Single variable with multiple leading and trailing spaces should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('  {{variable}}  ')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Single variable with tabs and newlines should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('\t{{variable}} \n')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Empty string should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Text without variables should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('just some text')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Single curly braces should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('{variable}')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+
+        test('Unmatched curly braces should return false', () => {
+            expect(isSingleVariable('{{variable}')).toEqual(false);
+        });
+    });
+});

test/liquid/substitutions.test.ts

@@ -19,4 +19,66 @@ describe('Substitutions', () => {
             }),
         ).toEqual('Hello not_var{{ user.name }}!');
     });
+
+    test('Should return unchanged string if no variables present', () => {
+        const input = 'This is just a string';
+        expect(liquid(input, {})).toEqual(input);
+    });
+
+    test('Should return unchanged string if variable not found in context', () => {
+        const input = 'Variable {{ notFound }} not found';
+        expect(liquid(input, {})).toEqual(input);
+    });
+
+    test('Should substitute multiple occurrences of the same variable', () => {
+        const input = 'Repeated {{ variable }} here and also here: {{ variable }}';
+        const context = {variable: 'value'};
+        expect(liquid(input, context)).toEqual('Repeated value here and also here: value');
+    });
+
+    describe('Should save type of variable, if possible', () => {
+        const string = 'Example';
+        const number = 10;
+        const boolean = true;
+        const nullVar = null;
+        const array = ['item1', 'item2', 'item3'];
+        const object = {key1: 'value1', key2: 'value2'};
+        const undefinedVar = undefined;
+
+        test('Should substitute to string', () => {
+            expect(liquid('{{ string }}', {string})).toEqual(string);
+        });
+
+        test('Should substitute to number', () => {
+            expect(liquid('{{ number }}', {number})).toEqual(number);
+        });
+
+        test('Should substitute to boolean', () => {
+            expect(liquid('{{ boolean }}', {boolean})).toEqual(boolean);
+        });
+
+        test('Should substitute to null', () => {
+            expect(liquid('{{ nullVar }}', {nullVar})).toEqual(nullVar);
+        });
+
+        test('Should substitute to array', () => {
+            expect(liquid('{{ array }}', {array})).toEqual(array);
+        });
+
+        test('Should substitute to object', () => {
+            expect(liquid('{{ object }}', {object})).toEqual(object);
+        });
+
+        test('Should not substitute undefined vars', () => {
+            expect(liquid('{{ undefinedVar }}', {undefinedVar})).toEqual('{{ undefinedVar }}');
+        });
+
+        test('Should substitute to string if input contains more than one variable', () => {
+            expect(liquid('{{ number }} {{ boolean }}', {number, boolean})).toEqual(
+                `${number} ${boolean}`,
+            );
+
+            expect(liquid('{{ number }} postfix', {number})).toEqual(`${number} postfix`);
+        });
+    });
 });