pref-name-sort-list

Node module that exports a function filtering an array of strings based on a user-provided regex pattern and returning an array of those strings in preferred order - i.e., pattern matches sorted in ascending order of match index.

Install

$ npm install --save pref-name-sort-list

Usage

// Import module
const prefNameSort = require('pref-name-sort-list');

// Get new filtered and sorted array from desired rawArray based on regexp pattern
newArray = prefNameSort(rawArray, pattern);

Example

const prefNameSort = require('pref-name-sort-list');

// Example array of strings we want to query for a given pattern (our query var)
var rawArray = ['lemon', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana'];
var query = 'a';

// Filter and sort
var newArray = [];
newArray = prefNameSort(rawArray, query);

// Return should be ['apple', 'banana', 'pear', 'orange']
console.log(newArray)

License

MIT © Benjamin Wallsten