@mfonabasiudobia/str-func

Better javascript string functions similar to php

Installation

npm install @mfonabasiudobia/str-func

Usage

import { strtoupper, str_shuffle, strtolower, trim, strlen, ucwords, ucfirst, lcfirst, rand, rtrim, ltrim, explode, implode  } from "@mfonabasiudobia/str-func"

strtoupper

The strtoupper() function converts a string to uppercase

const str = strtoupper('hello world!');
// returns 'HELLO WORLD!'

strtolower

The strtolower() function converts a string to lowercase

const str = strtolower('HELLO WORLD!');
// returns 'hello world!'

trim

The trim() function removes whitespace or other predefined characters from both sides of a string

const str = trim('   alpha   ');
// returns 'alpha'

// OR

const str = trim('   alpha   ', 'a'); //the second parameter is optional, it specifies which character to remove from the string
// returns 'lph'

// OR 

const str = trim('   Alpha   ', 'a', false); //the third parameter set to false indicates case insensitivity
// returns 'lph'

// OR 

const str = trim('   Alpha   ', 'a', true); or trim('   Alpha   ', 'a'); 
// returns 'Alph'

//by default third parameter is set to true

rtrim

The rtrim() function removes whitespace or other predefined characters from right sides of a string

const str = rtrim('   alpha   ');
// returns '   alpha'

// OR

const str = rtrim('   alpha   ', 'a'); //the second parameter is optional, it specifies which character to remove from the string
// returns '   alph'

// OR 

const str = rtrim('   Alpha   ', 'A', false); //the third parameter set to false indicates case insensitivity
// returns '   Alph'

// OR 

const str = rtrim('   Alpha   ', 'a', true); or rtrim('   Alpha   ', 'a'); 
// returns '   Alpha'


//by default third parameter is set to true

ltrim

The ltrim() function removes whitespace or other predefined characters from left sides of a string

const str = ltrim('   alpha   ');
// returns 'alpha   '

// OR

const str = ltrim('   alpha   ', 'a'); //the second parameter is optional, it specifies which character to remove from the string
// returns 'lpha   '

// OR 

const str = ltrim('   Alpha   ', 'a', false); //the third parameter set to false indicates case insensitivity
// returns 'lpha   '

// OR 

const str = ltrim('   Alpha   ', 'a', true); or ltrim('   Alpha   ', 'a'); 
// returns 'Alpha   '

//by default third parameter is set to true

strlen

The strlen() function returns the length of a string

const str = strlen('HELLO WORLD!');
// returns 12

rand

The rand() function generates a random integer

const str = rand();
// returns 127929382383

Example tip

If you want a random integer between 10 and 100 (inclusive), use rand(10, 100)

rand();

//or

rand(min, max);

str_shuffle

The str_shuffle() function randomly shuffles all the characters of a string

const str = str_shuffle('hello world!');
// returns oldlre loWH

ucwords

The ucwords() function converts the first character of each word in a string to uppercase

const str = ucwords('hello world!');
// returns Hello World!

//or

const str = ucwords('he|llo world!',"|"); //the second parameter is optional, it specifies the word separator character
//returns He|Llo world!

ucfirst

The ucfirst() function converts the first character of a string to uppercase

const str = ucfirst('hello world!');
// returns Hello world!

lcfirst

The lcfirst() function converts the first character of a string to lowercase

const str = lcfirst('Hello world!');
// returns hello world!

explode

The explode() function breaks a string into an array

const str = explode('hello,world',",");
// returns ['hello','world']

implode

The implode() function returns a string from the elements of an array

const str = implode(['hello','world'],"#");
// returns hello#world