array-reader

A pretty basic class to make searching forward and backward in an array easier. Pairs up nicely with pdf-text for loosely structured pdf document parsing.

install

$ npm install array-reader

use

var reader = require('array-reader')

var strangz = ['Hello', '  MY NAME IS\tBRIAN', '  AND    I LIKE TO DO DRAWINGS!']
var list = reader(strangz)

var dirty = true

console.log(list.current()) //'Hello'
console.log(list.next()) //'MY NAME IS BRIAN'
console.log(list.current(dirty)) //'  MY NAME IS\tBRIAN'
console.log(list.previous()) //'Hello'
console.log(list.readTo('and')) //['MY NAME IS BRIAN']

api

By default all values returned are 'cleaned' based on this method.

All methods take an optional dirty truthy value. If supplied, they return the results without cleaning.

reader.current(bool dirty)

Returns the current item within the reader. If dirty is truthy, return without cleaning.

Example:

var reader = require('array-reader')
var list = reader(['   hi!    friend '])
list.current(true) //-> '   hi!    friend '
list.current() //-> 'hi! friend'

reader.next(bool dirty)

Advance the internal pointer to the next item in the array and then call and return reader.current()

Example:

var reader = require('array-reader')
var list = reader([' hi! ', 'friend!'])
list.next() //-> 'friend!'

reader.previous(bool dirty)

Advance the internal pointer to the current item in the array and then call and return reader.current()

Example:

var reader = require('array-reader')
var list = reader([' hi! ', 'friend!'])
list.next() //-> 'friend!'
list.previous(true) //-> ' hi! '

reader.readTo(string searchString, bool dirty)

Advance the reader until it encounters an internal item which indexOf(searchString) returns 0 case insensitive. If the end of the list is reached and there is no matched string, return false.

Returns the collected list elements as an arary of cleaned strings. Pass a truthy value to dirty to not clean the values.

Example:

var reader = require('array-reader')
var list = reader(['I    like ice cream', 'I also like sleeping', 'let\'s dance!'])

var result = list.readTo('i also')
console.log(result) //['I like ice cream']


var list = reader(['I    like ice cream', 'I also like sleeping', 'let\'s dance!'])

var result = list.readTo('alf')
console.log(result) //false

var list = reader(['I    like ice cream', 'I also like sleeping', 'let\'s dance!'])

var result = list.readTo('i like')
console.log(result) //[]

var list = reader(['I    like ice cream', 'I also like sleeping ', 'let\'s dance!'])

var result = list.readTo('let', true)
console.log(result) //['I     like ice cream', 'I also like sleeping ']

license

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Brian M. Carlson

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:

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