min-quote

Minimally Quote a String. Avoid Extra Escape Characters.

motivation

Code that escapes a quote in a string with a backslash includes an extra character (8 bits). This library aims to avoid the extra backslash by choosing ", ', or ` depending on if a quoting character is in the string. This is especially helpful if you have a JavaScript file with thousands of strings.

install

npm install min-quote

basic usage

import minQuote from 'min-quote';

minQuote('The cow jumped over the moon');
// 'The cow jumped over the moon'

minQuote("It's awesome.");
// "It's Awesome"

minQuote(`"Don't count the days, make the days count." - Muhammad Ali`);
// `"Don't count the days, make the days count." - Muhammad Ali`

advanced usage

Turn off the use of backticks for quoting:

minQuote(`"Don't count the days, make the days count." - Muhammad Ali`, { backtick: false });
// '"Don\'t count the days, make the days count." - Muhammad Ali'