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    Underscore String

    String manipulation extensions for Underscore.js javascript library.
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    The stable release documentation can be found here https://epeli.github.io/underscore.string/

    Underscore.string Build Status

    Javascript lacks complete string manipulation operations. This is an attempt to fill that gap. List of build-in methods can be found for example from Dive Into JavaScript. Originally started as an Underscore.js extension but is a full standalone library nowadays.

    Upgrading from 2.x to 3.x? Please read the changelog.

    Usage

    For Node.js, Browserify and Webpack

    Install from npm

    npm install underscore.string
    

    Require individual functions

    var slugify = require("underscore.string/slugify");
    
    slugify("Hello world!");
    // => hello-world
    

    or load the full library to enable chaining

    var s = require("underscore.string");
    
    s("   epeli  ").trim().capitalize().value();
    // => "Epeli"
    

    but especially when using with Browserify the individual function approach is recommended because using it you only add those functions to your bundle you use.

    In Meteor

    From your Meteor project folder

        meteor add underscorestring:underscore.string
    

    and you'll be able to access the library with the s global from both the server and the client.

    s.slugify("Hello world!");
    // => hello-world
    
    s("   epeli  ").trim().capitalize().value();
    // => "Epeli"
    

    Others

    The dist/underscore.string.js file is an UMD build. You can load it using an AMD loader such as RequireJS or just stick it to a web page and access the library from the s global.

    Underscore.js/Lo-Dash integration

    It is still possible use as Underscore.js/Lo-Dash extension

    _.mixin(s.exports());
    

    But it's not recommended since include, contains, reverse and join are dropped because they collide with the functions already defined by Underscore.js.

    Lo-Dash-FP/Ramda integration

    If you want to use underscore.string with ramdajs or Lo-Dash-FP you can use underscore.string.fp.

    npm install underscore.string.fp
    
    var S = require('underscore.string.fp');
    var filter = require('lodash-fp').filter;
    var filter = require('ramda').filter;
    
    filter(S.startsWith('.'), [
      '.vimrc',
      'foo.md',
      '.zshrc'
    ]);
    // => ['.vimrc', '.zshrc']
    

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    API

    Individual functions

    numberFormat(number, [ decimals=0, decimalSeparator='.', orderSeparator=',']) => string

    Formats the numbers.

    numberFormat(1000, 2);
    // => "1,000.00"
    
    numberFormat(123456789.123, 5, ".", ",");
    // => "123,456,789.12300"
    

    levenshtein(string1, string2) => number

    Calculates Levenshtein distance between two strings.

    levenshtein("kitten", "kittah");
    // => 2
    

    capitalize(string, [lowercaseRest=false]) => string

    Converts first letter of the string to uppercase. If true is passed as second argument the rest of the string will be converted to lower case.

    capitalize("foo Bar");
    // => "Foo Bar"
    
    capitalize("FOO Bar", true);
    // => "Foo bar"
    

    decapitalize(string) => string

    Converts first letter of the string to lowercase.

    decapitalize("Foo Bar");
    // => "foo Bar"
    

    chop(string, step) => array

    chop("whitespace", 3);
    // => ["whi", "tes", "pac", "e"]
    

    clean(string) => string

    Trim and replace multiple spaces with a single space.

    clean(" foo    bar   ");
    // => "foo bar"
    

    cleanDiacritics(string) => string

    Replace diacritic characters with closest ASCII equivalents. Check the source for supported characters. Pull requests welcome for missing characters!

    cleanDiacritics("ääkkönen");
    // => "aakkonen"
    

    chars(string) => array

    chars("Hello");
    // => ["H", "e", "l", "l", "o"]
    

    swapCase(string) => string

    Returns a copy of the string in which all the case-based characters have had their case swapped.

    swapCase("hELLO");
    // => "Hello"
    

    include(string, substring) => boolean

    Tests if string contains a substring.

    include("foobar", "ob");
    // => true
    

    count(string, substring) => number

    Returns number of occurrences of substring in string.

    count("Hello world", "l");
    // => 3
    

    escapeHTML(string) => string

    Converts HTML special characters to their entity equivalents. This function supports cent, yen, euro, pound, lt, gt, copy, reg, quote, amp, apos.

    escapeHTML("<div>Blah blah blah</div>");
    // => "&lt;div&gt;Blah blah blah&lt;/div&gt;"
    

    unescapeHTML(string) => string

    Converts entity characters to HTML equivalents. This function supports cent, yen, euro, pound, lt, gt, copy, reg, quote, amp, apos, nbsp.

    unescapeHTML("&lt;div&gt;Blah&nbsp;blah blah&lt;/div&gt;");
    // => "<div>Blah blah blah</div>"
    

    insert(string, index, substring) => string

    insert("Hellworld", 4, "o ");
    // => "Hello world"
    

    replaceAll(string, find, replace, [ignorecase=false]) => string

    replaceAll("foo", "o", "a");
    // => "faa"
    

    isBlank(string) => boolean

    isBlank(""); // => true
    isBlank("\n"); // => true
    isBlank(" "); // => true
    isBlank("a"); // => false
    

    join(separator, ...strings) => string

    Joins strings together with given separator

    join(" ", "foo", "bar");
    // => "foo bar"
    

    lines(str) => array

    Split lines to an array

    lines("Hello\nWorld");
    // => ["Hello", "World"]
    

    wrap(str, options) => string

    Splits a line str (default '') into several lines of size options.width (default 75) using a options.seperator (default '\n'). If options.trailingSpaces is true, make each line at least width long using trailing spaces. If options.cut is true, create new lines in the middle of words. If options.preserveSpaces is true, preserve the space that should be there at the end of a line (only works if options.cut is false).

    wrap("Hello World", { width:5 })
    // => "Hello\nWorld"
    
    wrap("Hello World", { width:6, seperator:'.', trailingSpaces: true })
    // => "Hello .World "
    
    wrap("Hello World", { width:5, seperator:'.', cut:true, trailingSpaces: true })
    // => "Hello. Worl.d    "
    
    wrap("Hello World", { width:5, seperator:'.', preserveSpaces: true })
    // => "Hello .World"
    

    dedent(str, [pattern]) => string

    Dedent unnecessary indentation or dedent by a pattern.

    Credits go to @sindresorhus. This implementation is similar to https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-indent

    dedent("  Hello\n    World");
    // => "Hello\n  World"
    
    dedent("\t\tHello\n\t\t\t\tWorld");
    // => "Hello\n\t\tWorld"
    
    dedent("    Hello\n    World", "  "); // Dedent by 2 spaces
    // => "  Hello\n  World"
    

    reverse(string) => string

    Return reversed string:

    reverse("foobar");
    // => "raboof"
    

    splice(string, index, howmany, substring) => string

    Like an array splice.

    splice("https://edtsech@bitbucket.org/edtsech/underscore.strings", 30, 7, "epeli");
    // => "https://edtsech@bitbucket.org/epeli/underscore.strings"
    

    startsWith(string, starts, [position]) => boolean

    This method checks whether the string begins with starts at position (default: 0).

    startsWith("image.gif", "image");
    // => true
    
    startsWith(".vimrc", "vim", 1);
    // => true
    

    endsWith(string, ends, [position]) => boolean

    This method checks whether the string ends with ends at position (default: string.length).

    endsWith("image.gif", "gif");
    // => true
    
    endsWith("image.old.gif", "old", 9);
    // => true
    

    pred(string) => string

    Returns the predecessor to str.

    pred("b");
    // => "a"
    
    pred("B");
    // => "A"
    

    succ(string) => string

    Returns the successor to str.

    succ("a");
    // => "b"
    
    succ("A");
    // => "B"
    

    titleize(string) => string

    titleize("my name is epeli");
    // => "My Name Is Epeli"
    

    camelize(string, [decapitalize=false]) => string

    Converts underscored or dasherized string to a camelized one. Begins with a lower case letter unless it starts with an underscore, dash or an upper case letter.

    camelize("moz-transform");
    // => "mozTransform"
    
    camelize("-moz-transform");
    // => "MozTransform"
    
    camelize("_moz_transform");
    // => "MozTransform"
    
    camelize("Moz-transform");
    // => "MozTransform"
    
    camelize("-moz-transform", true);
    // => "mozTransform"
    

    classify(string) => string

    Converts string to camelized class name. First letter is always upper case

    classify("some_class_name");
    // => "SomeClassName"
    

    underscored(string) => string

    Converts a camelized or dasherized string into an underscored one

    underscored("MozTransform");
    // => "moz_transform"
    

    dasherize(string) => string

    Converts a underscored or camelized string into an dasherized one

    dasherize("MozTransform");
    // => "-moz-transform"
    

    humanize(string) => string

    Converts an underscored, camelized, or dasherized string into a humanized one. Also removes beginning and ending whitespace, and removes the postfix '_id'.

    humanize("  capitalize dash-CamelCase_underscore trim  ");
    // => "Capitalize dash camel case underscore trim"
    

    trim(string, [characters]) => string

    Trims defined characters from begining and ending of the string. Defaults to whitespace characters.

    trim("  foobar   ");
    // => "foobar"
    
    trim("_-foobar-_", "_-");
    // => "foobar"
    

    ltrim(string, [characters]) => string

    Left trim. Similar to trim, but only for left side.

    rtrim(string, [characters]) => string

    Right trim. Similar to trim, but only for right side.

    truncate(string, length, [truncateString = '...']) => string

    truncate("Hello world", 5);
    // => "Hello..."
    
    truncate("Hello", 10);
    // => "Hello"
    

    prune(string, length, pruneString) => string

    Elegant version of truncate. Makes sure the pruned string does not exceed the original length. Avoid half-chopped words when truncating.

    prune("Hello, world", 5);
    // => "Hello..."
    
    prune("Hello, world", 8);
    // => "Hello..."
    
    prune("Hello, world", 5, " (read a lot more)");
    // => "Hello, world" (as adding "(read a lot more)" would be longer than the original string)
    
    prune("Hello, cruel world", 15);
    // => "Hello, cruel..."
    
    prune("Hello", 10);
    // => "Hello"
    

    words(str, delimiter=/\s+/) => array

    Split string by delimiter (String or RegExp), /\s+/ by default.

    words("   I   love   you   ");
    // => ["I", "love", "you"]
    
    words("I_love_you", "_");
    // => ["I", "love", "you"]
    
    words("I-love-you", /-/);
    // => ["I", "love", "you"]
    
    words("   ")
    // => []
    

    sprintf(string format, ...arguments) => string

    C like string formatting. Makes use of the sprintf-js package.

    This function will be removed in the next major release, use the sprintf-js package instead.

    sprintf("%.1f", 1.17);
    // => "1.2"
    

    pad(str, length, [padStr, type]) => string

    pads the str with characters until the total string length is equal to the passed length parameter. By default, pads on the left with the space char (" "). padStr is truncated to a single character if necessary.

    pad("1", 8);
    // => "       1"
    
    pad("1", 8, "0");
    // => "00000001"
    
    pad("1", 8, "0", "right");
    // => "10000000"
    
    pad("1", 8, "0", "both");
    // => "00001000"
    
    pad("1", 8, "bleepblorp", "both");
    // => "bbbb1bbb"
    

    lpad(str, length, [padStr]) => string

    left-pad a string. Alias for pad(str, length, padStr, "left")

    lpad("1", 8, "0");
    // => "00000001"
    

    rpad(str, length, [padStr]) => string

    right-pad a string. Alias for pad(str, length, padStr, "right")

    rpad("1", 8, "0");
    // => "10000000"
    

    lrpad(str, length, [padStr]) => string

    left/right-pad a string. Alias for pad(str, length, padStr, "both")

    lrpad("1", 8, '0');
    // => "00001000"
    

    toNumber(string, [decimals]) => number

    Parse string to number. Returns NaN if string can't be parsed to number.

    toNumber("2.556");
    // => 3
    
    toNumber("2.556", 1);
    // => 2.6
    
    toNumber("999.999", -1);
    // => 990
    

    strRight(string, pattern) => string

    Searches a string from left to right for a pattern and returns a substring consisting of the characters in the string that are to the right of the pattern or all string if no match found.

    strRight("This_is_a_test_string", "_");
    // => "is_a_test_string"
    

    strRightBack(string, pattern) => string

    Searches a string from right to left for a pattern and returns a substring consisting of the characters in the string that are to the right of the pattern or all string if no match found.

    strRightBack("This_is_a_test_string", "_");
    // => "string"
    

    strLeft(string, pattern) => string

    Searches a string from left to right for a pattern and returns a substring consisting of the characters in the string that are to the left of the pattern or all string if no match found.

    strLeft("This_is_a_test_string", "_");
    // => "This";
    

    strLeftBack(string, pattern) => string

    Searches a string from right to left for a pattern and returns a substring consisting of the characters in the string that are to the left of the pattern or all string if no match found.

    strLeftBack("This_is_a_test_string", "_");
    // => "This_is_a_test";
    

    stripTags(string) => string

    Removes all html tags from string.

    stripTags("a <a href=\"#\">link</a>");
    // => "a link"
    
    stripTags("a <a href=\"#\">link</a><script>alert(\"hello world!\")</script>");
    // => "a linkalert("hello world!")"
    

    toSentence(array, [delimiter, lastDelimiter]) => string

    Join an array into a human readable sentence.

    toSentence(["jQuery", "Mootools", "Prototype"]);
    // => "jQuery, Mootools and Prototype";
    
    toSentence(["jQuery", "Mootools", "Prototype"], ", ", " unt ");
    // => "jQuery, Mootools unt Prototype";
    

    toSentenceSerial(array, [delimiter, lastDelimiter]) => string

    The same as toSentence, but adjusts delimeters to use Serial comma.

    toSentenceSerial(["jQuery", "Mootools"]);
    // => "jQuery and Mootools"
    
    toSentenceSerial(["jQuery", "Mootools", "Prototype"]);
    // => "jQuery, Mootools, and Prototype"
    
    toSentenceSerial(["jQuery", "Mootools", "Prototype"], ", ", " unt ");
    // => "jQuery, Mootools, unt Prototype"
    

    repeat(string, count, [separator]) => string

    Repeats a string count times.

    repeat("foo", 3);
    // => "foofoofoo"
    
    repeat("foo", 3, "bar");
    // => "foobarfoobarfoo"
    

    surround(string, wrap) => string

    Surround a string with another string.

    surround("foo", "ab");
    // => "abfooab"
    

    quote(string, quoteChar) or q(string, quoteChar) => string

    Quotes a string. quoteChar defaults to ".

    quote("foo", '"');
    // => '"foo"';
    

    unquote(string, quoteChar) => string

    Unquotes a string. quoteChar defaults to ".

    unquote('"foo"');
    // => "foo"
    
    unquote("'foo'", "'");
    // => "foo"
    

    slugify(string) => string

    Transform text into an ascii slug which can be used in safely in URLs. Replaces whitespaces, accentuated, and special characters with a dash. Limited set of non-ascii characters are transformed to similar versions in the ascii character set such as ä to a.

    slugify("Un éléphant à l\'orée du bois");
    // => "un-elephant-a-l-oree-du-bois"
    

    Caution: this function is charset dependent

    naturalCmp(string1, string2) => number

    Naturally sort strings like humans would do. None numbers are compared by their ASCII values. Note: this means "a" > "A". Use .toLowerCase if this isn't to be desired.

    Just past it to Array#sort.

    ["foo20", "foo5"].sort(naturalCmp);
    // => ["foo5", "foo20"]
    

    toBoolean(string) => boolean

    Turn strings that can be commonly considered as booleas to real booleans. Such as "true", "false", "1" and "0". This function is case insensitive.

    toBoolean("true");
    // => true
    
    toBoolean("FALSE");
    // => false
    
    toBoolean("random");
    // => undefined
    

    It can be customized by giving arrays of truth and falsy value matcher as parameters. Matchers can be also RegExp objects.

    toBoolean("truthy", ["truthy"], ["falsy"]);
    // => true
    
    toBoolean("true only at start", [/^true/]);
    // => true
    

    map(string, function) => string

    Creates a new string with the results of calling a provided function on every character of the given string.

    map("Hello world", function(x) {
      return x;
    });
    // => "Hello world"
    
    map(12345, function(x) {
      return x;
    });
    // => "12345"
    
    map("Hello world", function(x) {
      if (x === 'o') x = 'O';
      return x;
    });
    // => "HellO wOrld"
    

    Library functions

    If you require the full library you can use chaining and aliases

    s(string) => chain

    Start a chain. Returns an immutable chain object with the string functions as methods which return a new chain object instead of the plain string value.

    The chain object includes also following native Javascript string methods:

    chain.value()

    Return the string value from the chain

    s("  foo  ").trim().capitalize().value();
    // => "Foo"
    

    When calling a method which does not return a string the resulting value is immediately returned

    s(" foobar ").trim().startsWith("foo");
    // => true
    

    chain.tap(function) => chain

    Tap into the chain with a custom function

    s("foo").tap(function(value){
      return value + "bar";
    }).value();
    // => "foobar"
    

    Aliases

    strip     = trim
    lstrip    = ltrim
    rstrip    = rtrim
    center    = lrpad
    rjust     = lpad
    ljust     = rpad
    contains  = include
    q         = quote
    toBool    = toBoolean
    camelcase = camelize
    

    Maintainers

    This library is maintained by

    Licence

    The MIT License

    Copyright (c) 2011 Esa-Matti Suuronen esa-matti@suuronen.org

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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