String Utilities Library

capitalize(str: string) - Capitalizes the first character of the given string.

commonSubstring(str1: string, str2: string) - Returns the longest common substring of the two given strings.

countOccurrences(str: string, substring: string) - Returns the number of occurrences of the given substring in the given string.

countWords(str: string) - Returns the number of words in the given string.

countWordsInString(str: string, word: string) - Returns the number of occurrences of the given word in the given string.

endsWith(str: string, suffix: string) - Returns true if the given string ends with the given suffix, false otherwise.

findAllIndexes(str: string, substring: string) - Returns an array of all indexes at which the given substring appears in the given string.

findIndex(str: string, substring: string) - Returns the index of the first occurrence of the given substring in the given string, or -1 if it is not found.

filter(str: string, filter: string | RegExp, replaceWith: string = '', options: string = 'g') - Replaces all occurrences of the specified filter with the given replaceWith string in the input string, and allows for the option to specify RegExp flags for the filter.

format(str: string, args: any[]) - Replaces placeholders in the given string with the corresponding values in the given args array.

getAllPosition(str: string, substring: string) - Returns an array of all the indexes of a given substring in a string

getAnagrams(str: string) - Returns an array of all the anagrams of the given string.

getCharFrequency(str: string) - Returns an object with the frequency of each character in the given string.

getCommonPrefix(str1: string, str2: string) - Returns the longest common prefix of the two given strings.

getCommonSuffix(str1: string, str2: string) - Returns the longest common suffix of the two given strings.

getDigitCount(str: string) - Returns the number of digits in the given string.

getFirstChar(str: string) - Returns the first character of the given string.

getLastChar(str: string) - Returns the last character of the given string.

getLetterCount(str: string) - Returns the number of letters in the given string.

getLongestCommonSubstring(str1: string, str2: string) - Returns the longest common substring of the two given strings.

getLongestWord(str: string) - Returns the longest word in the given string.

getMatchingWords(str: string, dictionary: string[]) - Returns an array of all words in the given dictionary that can be formed using the characters of the given string, 20 by 20, wait my order to continue with the next 20.

getRandomSubstring(str: string, length: number) - Returns a random substring of the given length from the given string.

getShortestWord(str: string) - Returns the shortest word in the given string.

getSpecialCharCount(str: string) - Returns the number of special characters in the given string.

getStringDistance(str1: string, str2: string) - Returns the distance between the two given strings, as a number.

getUniqueChars(str: string) - Returns an array of all unique characters in the given string.

getWordCount(str: string) - Returns the number of words in the given string.

isPalindrome(str: string) - Returns true if the given string is a palindrome (a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards), false otherwise.

isValidNumber(str: string) - Returns true if the given string represents a valid number, false otherwise.

joinArray(arr: any[], separator: string) - Joins the elements of the given array into a single string, separated by the given separator.

longestContaining(str: string, search: string) - Returns the longest substring of the given string that contains the given search string.

pad(str: string, length: number, char: string) - Pads the given string with the given character to the given length.

removeCharacters(str: string, characters: string) - Removes all occurrences of the given characters from the given string.

removeFirst(str: string, n: number) - Removes the first n characters from the given string.

removeLast(str: string, n: number) - Removes the last n characters from the given string.

removeSpecialCharacters(str: string) - Removes all special characters from the given string.

removeSpaces(str: string) - Removes all spaces from the given string.

removeWords(str: string, words: string[]) - Removes all occurrences of the given words from the given string.

replaceAll(str: string, search: string, replace: string) - Replaces all occurrences of the given search string with the given replace string in the given string.

replaceMultiple(str: string, replace: object) - Replaces multiple strings in the given string according to the given replace object.

replaceWords(str: string, search: string, replace: string) - Replaces all occurrences of the given search word with the given replace word in the given string.

reverse(str: string) - Returns the reversed version of the given string.

shortestContaining(str: string, search: string) - Returns the shortest substring of the given string that contains the given search string.

splitString(str: string, separator: string) - Splits the given string into an array of substrings using the given separator.

startsWith(str: string, prefix: string) - Returns true if the given string starts with the given prefix, false otherwise.

toCamelCase(str: string) - Converts the given string to camel case.

toKebabCase(str: string) - Converts the given string to kebab case.

toLowerCaseFirst(str: string) - Converts the first character of the given string to lower case.

toPascalCase(str: string) - Converts the given string to Pascal case.

toSnakeCase(str: string) - Converts the given string to snake case.

toTitleCase(str: string) - Converts the given string to title case.

toUpperCaseFirst(str: string) - Returns a new string with the first character of the given string converted to uppercase.

truncate(str: string, length: number, end: string) - Returns a new string with the given length, truncating the original string and adding the specified end string if the original string was longer than the specified length.

splitByWords(text: string, separator: string = ' ') - Splits a string into an array of words separated by the specified separator.

splitByLines(text: string) - Splits a string into an array of lines.

repeatString(str: string, count: number) - Repeats the given string the specified number of times.

insertString(str: string, index: number, insert: string) - Inserts the given string at the specified index in the given string.

substringBefore(str: string, separator: string) - Returns the substring of the given string before the first occurrence of the given separator.

substringAfter(str: string, separator: string) - Returns the substring of the given string after the first occurrence of the given separator.

substringBetween(str: string, start: string, end: string) - Returns the substring of the given string between the first occurrence of the given start and end strings.

leftPad(str: string, length: number, char: string) - Pads the given string with the given character to the given length on the left.

rightPad(str: string, length: number, char: string) - Pads the given string with the given character to the given length on the right.

sliceString(str: string, start: number, end: number) - Returns a new string with the characters between the specified start and end indices.

splitAt(str: string, index: number) - Splits the given string at the specified index.

getNthIndex(str: string, search: string, n: number) - Returns the index of the nth occurrence of the given search string in the given string.

trimLeft(str: string, chars: string) - Trims the given characters from the left side of the given string.

trimRight(str: string, chars: string) - Trims the given characters from the right side of the given string.

trimBoth(str: string, chars: string) - Trims the given characters from both sides of the given string.

removeDuplicates(str: string) - Removes duplicate characters from the given string.

contains(str: string, search: string) - Returns true if the given string contains the given search string, false otherwise.

Installation

To install the library, simply use npm:

npm install ts-string-utilities // yarn add ts-string-utilities

Usage Examples

capitalize

import { capitalize } from 'ts-string-utilities';

capitalize('hello world'); // 'Hello world'

commonSubstring

import { commonSubstring } from 'ts-string-utilities';

commonSubstring('hello world', 'hello world'); // 'hello world'

countOccurrences

import { countOccurrences } from 'ts-string-utilities';

countOccurrences('hello world', 'l'); // 3

countWords

import { countWords } from 'ts-string-utilities';

countWords('hello world'); // 2

countWordsInString

import { countWordsInString } from 'ts-string-utilities';

countWordsInString('hello world'); // 2

endsWith

import { endsWith } from 'ts-string-utilities';

endsWith('hello world', 'world'); // true

findAllIndexes

import { findAllIndexes } from 'ts-string-utilities';

findAllIndexes('hello world', 'l'); // [2, 3, 9]

findIndex

import { findIndex } from 'ts-string-utilities';

findIndex('hello world', 'l'); // 2

filterString

import { filterString } from 'ts-string-utilities';

filterString('Hello world', 'l'); // 'Heo word'
filterString('Hello world', /l/g, 'x'); // 'Hexxo worxd'

format

import { format } from 'ts-string-utilities';

format('hello {0}', 'world'); // 'hello world'

getAllPosition

import { getAllPosition } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getAllPosition('hello world', 'l'); // [2, 3, 9]

getAnagrams

import { getAnagrams } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getAnagrams('hello world'); // ['hello world', 'world hello']

getCharFrequency

import { getCharFrequency } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getCharFrequency('hello world'); // { h: 1, e: 1, l: 3, o: 2, w: 1, r: 1, d: 1 }

getCommonPrefix

import { getCommonPrefix } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getCommonPrefix('hello world', 'hello world'); // 'hello world'

getCommonSuffix

import { getCommonSuffix } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getCommonSuffix('hello world', 'hello world'); // 'hello world'

getDigitCount

import { getDigitCount } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getDigitCount('hello world'); // 0

getFirstChar

import { getFirstChar } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getFirstChar('hello world'); // 'h'

getLastChar

import { getLastChar } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getLastChar('hello world'); // 'd'

getLetterCount

import { getLetterCount } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getLetterCount('hello world'); // 10

getLongestCommonSubstring

import { getLongestCommonSubstring } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getLongestCommonSubstring('hello world', 'hello world'); // 'hello world'

getLongestWord

import { getLongestWord } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getLongestWord('hello world'); // 'hello'

getMatchingWords

import { getMatchingWords } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getMatchingWords('hello world', 'hello world'); // ['hello', 'world']

getRandomSubstring

import { getRandomSubstring } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getRandomSubstring('hello world'); // 'hello'

getShortestWord

import { getShortestWord } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getShortestWord('hello world'); // 'world'

getSpecialCharCount

import { getSpecialCharCount } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getSpecialCharCount('hello world'); // 0

getStringDistance

import { getStringDistance } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getStringDistance('hello world', 'hello world'); // 0

getUniqueChars

import { getUniqueChars } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getUniqueChars('hello world'); // ['h', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'w', 'r', 'd']

getWordCount

import { getWordCount } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getWordCount('hello world'); // 2

isPalindrome

import { isPalindrome } from 'ts-string-utilities';

isPalindrome('hello world'); // false

isValidNumber

import { isValidNumber } from 'ts-string-utilities';

isValidNumber('hello world'); // false

joinArray

import { joinArray } from 'ts-string-utilities';

joinArray(['hello', 'world']); // 'hello world'

longestContaining

import { longestContaining } from 'ts-string-utilities';

longestContaining('hello world', 'hello world'); // 'hello world'

pad

import { pad } from 'ts-string-utilities';

pad('hello world', 20, ' '); // 'hello world         '

removeCharacters

import { removeCharacters } from 'ts-string-utilities';

removeCharacters('hello world', 'l'); // 'heo word'

removeFirst

import { removeFirst } from 'ts-string-utilities';

removeFirst('hello world', 'l'); // 'heo world'

removeLast

import { removeLast } from 'ts-string-utilities';

removeLast('hello world', 'l'); // 'hello worl'

removeSpecialCharacters

import { removeSpecialCharacters } from 'ts-string-utilities';

removeSpecialCharacters('hello world'); // 'hello world'

removeSpaces

import { removeSpaces } from 'ts-string-utilities';

removeSpaces('hello world'); // 'helloworld'

removeWords

import { removeWords } from 'ts-string-utilities';

removeWords('hello world', 'hello'); // 'world'

replaceAll

import { replaceAll } from 'ts-string-utilities';

replaceAll('hello world', 'l', 'x'); // 'hexxo worxd'

replaceMultiple

import { replaceMultiple } from 'ts-string-utilities';

replaceMultiple('hello world', { l: 'x', o: 'y' }); // 'hexxy wyrd'

replaceWords

import { replaceWords } from 'ts-string-utilities';

replaceWords('hello world', 'hello', 'hi'); // 'hi world'

reverse

import { reverse } from 'ts-string-utilities';

reverse('hello world'); // 'dlrow olleh'

shortestContaining

import { shortestContaining } from 'ts-string-utilities';

shortestContaining('hello world', 'hello world'); // 'hello world'

split

import { split } from 'ts-string-utilities';

split('hello world'); // ['hello', 'world']

startsWith

import { startsWith } from 'ts-string-utilities';

startsWith('hello world', 'hello'); // true

toCamelCase

import { toCamelCase } from 'ts-string-utilities';

toCamelCase('hello world'); // 'helloWorld'

toKebabCase

import { toKebabCase } from 'ts-string-utilities';

toKebabCase('hello world'); // 'hello-world'

toPascalCase

import { toPascalCase } from 'ts-string-utilities';

toPascalCase('hello world'); // 'HelloWorld'

toSnakeCase

import { toSnakeCase } from 'ts-string-utilities';

toSnakeCase('hello world'); // 'hello_world'

toTitleCase

import { toTitleCase } from 'ts-string-utilities';

toTitleCase('hello world'); // 'Hello World'

toUpperCaseFirst

import { toUpperCaseFirst } from 'ts-string-utilities';

toUpperCaseFirst('hello world'); // 'Hello world'

truncate

import { truncate } from 'ts-string-utilities';

truncate('hello world', 5); // 'hello...'

splitByWords

import { splitByWords } from 'ts-string-utilities';

splitByWords('hello world'); // ['hello', 'world']

splitByLines

import { splitByLines } from 'ts-string-utilities';

splitByLines('hello\nworld'); // ['hello', 'world']

repeatString

import { repeatString } from 'ts-string-utilities';

repeatString('hello', 3); // 'hellohellohello'

insertString

import { insertString } from 'ts-string-utilities';

insertString('hello world', '!', 5); // 'hello! world'

wrapString

import { wrapString } from 'ts-string-utilities';

wrapString('hello world', '(', ')'); // '(hello world)'

substringBefore

import { substringBefore } from 'ts-string-utilities';

substringBefore('hello world', ' '); // 'hello'

substringAfter

import { substringAfter } from 'ts-string-utilities';

substringAfter('hello world', ' '); // 'world'

substringBetween

import { substringBetween } from 'ts-string-utilities';

substringBetween('hello world', ' ', ' '); // 'world'

leftPad

import { leftPad } from 'ts-string-utilities';

leftPad('hello world', 20, ' '); // '         hello world'

rightPad

import { rightPad } from 'ts-string-utilities';

rightPad('hello world', 20, ' '); // 'hello world         '

slideString

import { slideString } from 'ts-string-utilities';

slideString('hello world', 3); // 'lo worldh'

splitAt

import { splitAt } from 'ts-string-utilities';

splitAt('hello world', 3); // ['hel', 'lo world']

getNthIndex

import { getNthIndex } from 'ts-string-utilities';

getNthIndex('hello world', 'l', 2); // 3

trimLeft

import { trimLeft } from 'ts-string-utilities';

trimLeft(' hello world'); // 'hello world'

trimRight

import { trimRight } from 'ts-string-utilities';

trimRight('hello world '); // 'hello world'

trimBoth

import { trimBoth } from 'ts-string-utilities';

trimBoth(' hello world '); // 'hello world'

removeDuplicates

import { removeDuplicates } from 'ts-string-utilities';

removeDuplicates('hello world'); // 'helo wrd'

contains

import { contains } from 'ts-string-utilities';

contains('hello world', 'hello'); // true

License

This library is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.