combine-duplicates v1.0.0

combine-duplicates

Condenses repeated, consecutive occurrences of a substring in a string.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save combine-duplicates

Why use this?

It's useful when dynamically building a string for args, regular expressions, et cetera.

Usage

const combine = require('combine-duplicates');

Examples

Condense all repeated character sequences

console.log(combine('abbbcddddeee')); //=> 'abcde'
console.log(combine('abbbcddddeeefg')); //=> 'abcdefg'
console.log(combine('abbbabbbbabbbbabbb')); //=> 'abababab'
console.log(combine('abbb***abbbb***abbbb***abbb')); //=> 'ab*ab*ab*ab'

Condense only consecutive occurrences of the given substring

console.log(combine('abbbcddddeeeddddd', 'd')); //=> 'abbbcdeeed'
console.log(combine('abbbcddddeeefg', 'g')); //=> 'abbbcddddeeefg'
console.log(combine('abbbabbbbabbbbabbb', 'b')); //=> 'abababab'
console.log(combine('abbb***abbbb***abbbb***abbb', '*')); //=> 'abbb*abbbb*abbbb*abbb'
console.log(combine('abbb***abbbb***abbbb***abbb', '*|b')); //=> 'ab*ab*ab*ab'

Condense consecutive occurrences of an array of substrings

console.log(combine('abbbcddddeeeddddd', ['d', 'b'])); //=> 'abcdeeed'
console.log(combine('abbbcddddeeefg', ['g', 'g', 'd'])); //=> 'abbbcdeeefg'
console.log(combine('aaabbbabbbbabbbbabbb', ['b', 'c', 'a'])); //=> 'abababab'
console.log(combine('abbb***abbbb***abbbb***abbb', ['b', '*'])); //=> 'ab*ab*ab*ab'

About

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Please read the contributing guide for advice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

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Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• repeat-string: Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string. | homepage
• snapdragon: Easy-to-use plugin system for creating powerful, fast and versatile parsers and compilers, with built-in source-map… more | homepage
• split-string: Split a string on a character except when the character is escaped. | homepage

Author

Jon Schlinkert

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License

Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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