inflect

customizable inflections for nodejs

NOTE: 0.3.2 was accidentally unpublished from the server and npm doesn't allow me to publish it back. Please upgrade to 0.3.3

Installation

npm install i

Usage

Require the module before using

var inflect = require('i')();

All the below api functions can be called directly on a string

inflect.titleize('messages to store') // === 'Messages To Store'
'messages to store'.titleize // === 'Messages To Store'

only if true is passed while initiating

var inflect = require('i')(true);

Pluralize

inflect.pluralize('person'); // === 'people'
inflect.pluralize('octopus'); // === 'octopi'
inflect.pluralize('Hat'); // === 'Hats'

Singularize

inflect.singularize('people'); // === 'person'
inflect.singularize('octopi'); // === 'octopus'
inflect.singularize('Hats'); // === 'Hat'

Camelize

inflect.camelize('message_properties'); // === 'MessageProperties'
inflect.camelize('message_properties', false); // === 'messageProperties'

Underscore

inflect.underscore('MessageProperties'); // === 'message_properties'
inflect.underscore('messageProperties'); // === 'message_properties'

Humanize

inflect.humanize('message_id'); // === 'Message'

Dasherize

inflect.dasherize('message_properties'); // === 'message-properties'
inflect.dasherize('Message Properties'); // === 'Message Properties'

Titleize

inflect.titleize('message_properties'); // === 'Message Properties'
inflect.titleize('message properties to keep'); // === 'Message Properties to Keep'

Demodulize

inflect.demodulize('Message.Bus.Properties'); // === 'Properties'

Tableize

inflect.tableize('MessageBusProperty'); // === 'message_bus_properties'

Classify

inflect.classify('message_bus_properties'); // === 'MessageBusProperty'

Foreign key

inflect.foreign_key('MessageBusProperty'); // === 'message_bus_property_id'
inflect.foreign_key('MessageBusProperty', false); // === 'message_bus_propertyid'

Ordinalize

inflect.ordinalize( '1' ); // === '1st'

Custom rules for inflection

Custom plural

We can use regexp in any of these custom rules

inflect.inflections.plural('person', 'guys');
inflect.pluralize('person'); // === 'guys'
inflect.singularize('guys'); // === 'guy'

Custom singular

inflect.inflections.singular('guys', 'person')
inflect.singularize('guys'); // === 'person'
inflect.pluralize('person'); // === 'people'

Custom irregular

inflect.inflections.irregular('person', 'guys')
inflect.pluralize('person'); // === 'guys'
inflect.singularize('guys'); // === 'person'

Custom human

inflect.inflections.human(/^(.*)_cnt$/i, '$1_count');
inflect.humanize('jargon_cnt'); // === 'Jargon count'

Custom uncountable

inflect.inflections.uncountable('oil')
inflect.pluralize('oil'); // === 'oil'
inflect.singularize('oil'); // === 'oil'

Contributors

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TODO

• More obscure test cases

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License

MIT/X11

Bug Reports

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Contact

Pavan Kumar Sunkara ([email protected])

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