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String utilities.

Table of Contents #

camelCase(str):String #

Convert string to "camelCase" text.

See: pascalCase(), unCamelCase()

Example


camelCase('lorem-ipsum-dolor'); // "loremIpsumDolor"
camelCase('lorem ipsum dolor'); // "loremIpsumDolor"

contains(str, substring):Boolean #

Checks if string contains the given substring.

See: startsWith(), endsWith()

Example


contains('lorem', 'or');  // true
contains('lorem', 'bar'); // false

crop(str, maxChars, [append]):String #

Truncate string at full words. Alias to truncate(str, maxChars, append, true);.

See: truncate()

Example


crop('lorem ipsum dolor', 10);      // "lorem..."
crop('lorem ipsum dolor', 10, '+'); // "lorem+"

endsWith(str, suffix):Boolean #

Checks if string ends with specified suffix.

See: startsWith(), contains()

Example


endsWith('lorem ipsum', 'lorem'); // false
endsWith('lorem ipsum', 'ipsum'); // true

escapeHtml(str):String #

Escapes HTML special chars (>, <, &, ", ').

See: unescapeHtml()

Example


escapeHtml('lorem & "ipsum"'); // "lorem &amp; &quot;ipsum&quot;"

escapeRegExp(str):String #

Escape special chars to be used as literals in RegExp constructors.

Example


str = escapeRegExp('[lorem.ipsum]'); // "\\[lorem\\.ipsum\\]"
reg = new RegExp(str);               // /\[lorem\.ipsum\]/

escapeUnicode(str[, shouldEscapePrintable]):String #

Unicode escape chars.

It will only escape non-printable ASCII chars unless shouldEscapePrintable is set to true.

See: unescapeUnicode()


escapeUnicode('føo bår');
// > "f\u00f8o b\u00e5r"
escapeUnicode('føo bår', true);
// > "\u0066\u00f8\u006f\u0020\u0062\u00e5\u0072"

hyphenate(str):String #

Replaces spaces with hyphens, split camelCase text, remove non-word chars, remove accents and convert to lower case.

See: slugify(), underscore(), unhyphenate


hyphenate(' %# lorem ipsum  ? $  dolor'); // "lorem-ipsum-dolor"
hyphenate('spéçïãl çhârs');               // "special-chars"
hyphenate('loremIpsum');                  // "lorem-ipsum"

interpolate(str, replacements[, syntax]):String #

String interpolation. Format/replace tokens with object properties.


var tmpl = 'Hello {{name}}!';
interpolate(tmpl, {name: 'World'});       // "Hello World!"
interpolate(tmpl, {name: 'Lorem Ipsum'}); // "Hello Lorem Ipsum!"

It uses a mustache-like syntax by default but you can set your own format if needed. You can also use Arrays for the replacements (since Arrays are objects as well):


// matches everything inside "${}"
var syntax = /\$\{([^}]+)\}/g;
var tmpl = "Hello ${0}!";
interpolate(tmpl, ['Foo Bar'], syntax); // "Hello Foo Bar!"

lowerCase(str):String #

"Safer" String.toLowerCase(). (Used internally)

Example


(null).toLowerCase();      // Error!
(undefined).toLowerCase(); // Error!
lowerCase(null);           // ""
lowerCase(undefined);      // ""

lpad(str, minLength[, char]):String #

Pad string from left with char if its' length is smaller than minLen.

See: rpad()

Example


lpad('a', 5);        // "    a"
lpad('a', 5, '-');   // "----a"
lpad('abc', 3, '-'); // "abc"
lpad('abc', 4, '-'); // "-abc"

ltrim(str):String #

Remove white-spaces from beginning of string.

See: rtrim(), trim()

Example


ltrim('   lorem ipsum   ');  // "lorem ipsum   "

makePath(...args):String #

Group arguments as path segments, if any of the args is null or undefined it will be ignored from resulting path. It will also remove duplicate "/".

See: array/join()

Example


makePath('lorem', 'ipsum', null, 'dolor'); // "lorem/ipsum/dolor"
makePath('foo///bar/');                    // "foo/bar/"

normalizeLineBreaks(str, [lineBreak]):String #

Normalize line breaks to a single format. Defaults to Unix \n.

It handles DOS (\r\n), Mac (\r) and Unix (\n) formats.

Example


// "foo\nbar\nlorem\nipsum"
normalizeLineBreaks('foo\nbar\r\nlorem\ripsum');

// "foo\rbar\rlorem\ripsum"
normalizeLineBreaks('foo\nbar\r\nlorem\ripsum', '\r');

// "foo bar lorem ipsum"
normalizeLineBreaks('foo\nbar\r\nlorem\ripsum', ' ');

pascalCase(str):String #

Convert string to "PascalCase" text.

See: camelCase()

Example


pascalCase('lorem-ipsum-dolor'); // "LoremIpsumDolor"
pascalCase('lorem ipsum dolor'); // "LoremIpsumDolor"

properCase(str):String #

UPPERCASE first char of each word, lowercase other chars.

Example


properCase('loRem iPSum'); // "Lorem Ipsum"

removeNonASCII(str):String #

Remove non-printable ASCII chars.

Example


removeNonASCII('äÄçÇéÉêlorem-ipsumöÖÐþúÚ'); // "lorem-ipsum"

removeNonWord(str):String #

Remove non-word chars.

Example


var str = 'lorem ~!@#$%^&*()_+`-={}[]|\\:";\'/?><., ipsum';
removeNonWord(str); // "lorem - ipsum"

repeat(str, n):String #

Repeat string n-times.

Example


repeat('a', 3);  // "aaa"
repeat('bc', 2); // "bcbc"
repeat('a', 0);  // ""

replaceAccents(str):String #

Replaces all accented chars with regular ones.

Important: Only covers Basic Latin and Latin-1 unicode chars.

Example


replaceAccents('spéçïãl çhârs'); // "special chars"

rpad(str, minLength[, char]):String #

Pad string from right with char if its' length is smaller than minLen.

See: lpad()

Example


rpad('a', 5);        // "a    "
rpad('a', 5, '-');   // "a----"
rpad('abc', 3, '-'); // "abc"
rpad('abc', 4, '-'); // "abc-"

rtrim(str):String #

Remove white-spaces from end of string.

See: trim(), ltrim()

Example


rtrim('   lorem ipsum   '); // "   lorem ipsum"

sentenceCase(str):String #

UPPERCASE first char of each sentence and lowercase other chars.

Example


var str = 'Lorem IpSum DoLOr. maeCeNnas Ullamcor.';
sentenceCase(str); // "Lorem ipsum dolor. Maecennas ullamcor."

stripHtmlTags(str):String #

Remove HTML/XML tags from string.

Example


var str = '
lorem ipsum
';
stripHtmlTags(str); // "lorem ipsum"

startsWith(str, prefix):Boolean #

Checks if string starts with specified prefix.

See: endsWith(), contains()

Example


startsWith('lorem ipsum', 'lorem'); // true
startsWith('lorem ipsum', 'ipsum'); // false

slugify(str[, delimeter]):String #

Convert to lower case, remove accents, remove non-word chars and replace spaces with the delimeter. The default delimeter is a hyphen.

Note that this does not split camelCase text.

See: hyphenate() and underscore()

Example


var str = 'loremIpsum dolor spéçïãl chârs';
slugify(str); // "loremipsum-dolor-special-chars"
slugify(str, '_'); // "loremipsum_dolor_special_chars"

trim(str):String #

Remove white-spaces from beginning and end of string.

See: rtrim(), ltrim()

Example


trim('   lorem ipsum   '); // "lorem ipsum"

truncate(str, maxChars, [append], [onlyFullWords]):String #

Limit number of chars. Returned string length will be <= maxChars.

See: crop()

Arguments

  1. str (String) : String
  2. maxChars (Number) : Maximum number of characters including append.length.
  3. [append] (String) : Value that should be added to the end of string. Defaults to "...".
  4. [onlyFullWords] (Boolean) : If it shouldn't break words. Default is false. (favor crop() since code will be clearer).

Example


truncate('lorem ipsum dolor', 11);             // "lorem ip..."
truncate('lorem ipsum dolor', 11, '+');        // "lorem ipsu+"
truncate('lorem ipsum dolor', 11, null, true); // "lorem..."

typecast(str):* #

Parses string and convert it into a native value.

Example


typecast('lorem ipsum'); // "lorem ipsum"
typecast('123');         // 123
typecast('123.45');      // 123.45
typecast('false');       // false
typecast('true');        // true
typecast('null');        // null
typecast('undefined');   // undefined

unCamelCase(str):String #

Add space between camelCase text and convert first char of each word to lower case.

See: [camelCase()][#camelCase]

Example


unCamelCase('loremIpsumDolor'); // "lorem ipsum dolor"

underscore(str):String #

Replaces spaces with underscores, split camelCase text, remove non-word chars, remove accents and convert to lower case.

See: slugify(), hyphenate()


underscore(' %# lorem ipsum  ? $  dolor'); // "lorem_ipsum_dolor"
underscore('spéçïãl çhârs');               // "special_chars"
underscore('loremIpsum');                  // "lorem_ipsum"

unescapeHtml(str):String #

Unescapes HTML special chars (>, <, &, ", ').

See: escapeHtml()

Example


unescapeHtml('lorem &amp; &quot;ipsum&quot;'); // 'lorem & "ipsum"'

unescapeUnicode(str):String #

Unescapes unicode char sequences.

See: escapeUnicode()


unescapeUnicode('\\u0066\\u00f8\\u006f\\u0020\\u0062\\u00e5\\u0072');
// > 'føo bår'

unhyphenate(str):String #

Replaces hyphens with spaces. (only hyphens between word chars)

See : hyphenate()

Example


unhyphenate('lorem-ipsum-dolor'); // "lorem ipsum dolor"

upperCase(str):String #

"Safer" String.toUpperCase(). (Used internally)

Example


(null).toUpperCase();      // Error!
(undefined).toUpperCase(); // Error!
upperCase(null);           // ""
upperCase(undefined);      // ""

For more usage examples check specs inside /tests folder. Unit tests are the best documentation you can get...

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