str-reduce

A dependency free way of reducing adjacent characters in a string limited by an amount.

Install

$ npm install --save str-reduce

Usage

const strReduce = require('str-reduce');

strReduce('aaabb', 2);
//=> 'aabb'

strReduce('AAaaaBBbb', 2);
//=> AAaaBBbb

strReduce('this will reduce duplicate characters', 1)
//=> 'this wil reduce duplicate characters'

strReduce('****************************', 6)
//=> '******'

API

strReduce(str, amount)

Takes in a str of type string and an amount of type number.

Returns a string of the reduced str where any same adacent characters are limited to the amount specificed.

Tests

Clone the project and run npm test in project root.

License

MIT © Lukasz Brodowski