LKT String Tools

Functions: Generators

generateRandomString

Returns a random string

Arg	Type	Default	Description
length	integer	10	Length of the random string

Usage

import {generateRandomString} from "lkt-string-tools";

const str1 = generateRandomString();
const str2 = generateRandomString(14);

Functions: HTML

stripTags

Removes HTML tags from input except if defined in allowed

Arg	Type	Default	Description
input	string		String to be cleaned
allowed	string		The format is like following: <a><b><c> (only tags in lowercase)

Usage

import {stripTags} from "lkt-string-tools";

const str1 = stripTags('<span>Hello world</span>', ''); // Returns "Hello world"
const str2 = stripTags('<span>Hello world</span>', '<span>'); // Returns "<span>Hello world</span>"

htmlEntities

Convert input to HTML entities

Arg	Type	Default	Description
input	string		String to be converted

Usage

import {htmlEntities} from "lkt-string-tools";

const str1 = htmlEntities('lorem ipsum dolor sit amet');

Functions: replacements

replaceAll

Replaces all occurrences of search in target with replacement

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String which will be used to replace occurrences
search	string		Search pattern
replacement	string		Replacement

Usage

import {replaceAll} from "lkt-string-tools";

const str1 = replaceAll('hey you!', 'h', 'H'); // Returns "Hey you!"

replaceSingleWhiteSpaces

Replaces all whitespaces which only has one occurrence at a time in target with replacement

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String which will be used to replace occurrences
replacement	string		Replacement

Usage

import {replaceSingleWhiteSpaces} from "lkt-string-tools";

const str1 = replaceSingleWhiteSpaces('hey you!', '_'); // Returns: "hey_you!"

trim

Removes starting and ending whitespaces from target

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to be trimmed
value	string	''	Search string

Usage

import {trim} from "lkt-string-tools";

const str1 = trim('   lorem ipsum   ') // Returns: "lorem ipsum"

Functions: status

isFilled

Checks if a string has content of it's empty

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to check

Usage

import {isFilled} from "lkt-string-tools";

if (isFilled('lorem')) {
    //do something
}

isBase64Image

Checks if a string is base64 encoded image

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to check

Usage

import {isBase64Image} from "lkt-string-tools";

if (isBase64Image('lorem')) {
    //do something
}

Functions: text style

kebabCaseToCamelCase

Convert from kebab case to camel case

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to convert

Usage

import {kebabCaseToCamelCase} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(kebabCaseToCamelCase('lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet'))

ucfirst

Converts first letter to uppercase

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to convert

Usage

import {ucfirst} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(ucfirst('lorem ipsum'))

formatNumber

Format a number

Arg	Type	Default	Description
number	Number		Number to format
decimals	integer		Amount of decimals
decimalPoint	string		Decimal point separator
thousandsSeparator	string		Thousands point separator
removeDecimalsIfZero	boolean	true	Prevents returning results like "123.00" and returns "123"

Usage

import {formatNumber} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(formatNumber(20, 2, '.', ',')) // 20.00
console.log(formatNumber(2000, 4, '.', ','))// 2,000.0000

Functions: typing

isString

Checks if a given var is string

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	any		Var to check

Usage

import {isString} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(isString('lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet'))

isEmail

Checks if a given string content has email format

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to check

Usage

import {isEmail} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(isEmail('lorem ipsum'))

toString

Cast to string

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	any		Data to convert to string

Usage

import {toString} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(toString(20))

cloneString

Creates a copy of the string without the reference to the original var.

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to clone

Usage

import {cloneString} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(cloneString('my awesome string'))

Functions: url

decodeUrl

Decodes and url encoded string

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to decode

Usage

import {decodeUrl} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(decodeUrl('lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet'))

getUrlSlug

Removes invalid chars to retrieve a nice url slug

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to clean

Usage

import {getUrlSlug} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(getUrlSlug('lorem ipsum'))

Functions: UTF

utf8Encode

Encodes to UTF8

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to encode

Usage

import {utf8Encode} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(utf8Encode('lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet'))

utf8Decode

Decodes from UTF8

Arg	Type	Default	Description
target	string		String to decode

Usage

import {utf8Decode} from "lkt-string-tools";

console.log(utf8Decode('lorem ipsum'))