# string-left-right

> Looks up the first non-whitespace character to the left/right of a given index

Latest version **6.2.4** (published 2026-09-09) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install string-left-right
pnpm add string-left-right
yarn add string-left-right
bun add string-left-right
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.2.4 |
| Published | 2026-09-09 |
| First published | 2019-03-04 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM |
| Node | >=18.20.8 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 31.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 213 |
| Author | Roy Revelt |
| Maintainers | royston |
| Keywords | check, left, look, lookup, loop, right, see, string, text, the, to, traversal, traverse |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/string-left-right
- Repository: https://github.com/codsen/codsen
- Homepage: https://codsen.com/os/string-left-right
- Issues: https://github.com/codsen/codsen/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/string-left-right

## Dependencies (1)

- [codsen-utils](https://npm.io/package/codsen-utils.md) ^1.10.2

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## Recent versions

- 6.2.4 (latest) — 2026-09-09
- 6.2.3 — 2026-09-06
- 6.2.2 — 2026-09-01
- 6.2.1 — 2026-08-23
- 6.2.0 — 2026-08-19
- 6.1.3 — 2026-01-15
- 6.1.0 — 2025-10-15
- 6.0.32 — 2025-10-12
- 6.0.31 — 2025-10-08
- 6.0.30 — 2025-10-07
- 6.0.21 — 2025-07-21
- 6.0.20 — 2025-03-02
- 6.0.17 — 2024-01-31
- 6.0.16 — 2024-01-05
- 6.0.15 — 2023-09-11
- … 118 more at https://npm.io/package/string-left-right/versions

## README

<h1 align="center">string-left-right</h1>

<p align="center">Looks up the first non-whitespace character to the left/right of a given index</p>

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**No 3rd party dependencies.** All dependencies, checked recursively, are Codsen packages.

## Install

This package is [pure ESM](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c). If you're not ready yet, install an older version of this program, 4.1.0 (`npm i string-left-right@4.1.0`).

```bash
npm i string-left-right
```

## Quick Take

```js
import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";

import {
  chompLeft,
  chompRight,
  left,
  leftSeq,
  leftStopAtNewLines,
  right,
  rightSeq,
  rightStopAtNewLines,
} from "string-left-right";

// get the closest non-whitespace character to the left of "d" (which itself
// is at string index 6)
const str = "abc   def";
//             |   |
//           012345678

assert.equal(
  `next non-whitespace character to the left of ${str[6]} (index 6) is ${
    str[left(str, 6)]
  } (index ${left(str, 6)})`,
  "next non-whitespace character to the left of d (index 6) is c (index 2)",
);
```


## Documentation

Please [visit codsen.com](https://codsen.com/os/string-left-right/) for a full description of the API. For **Changelog**, see [raw md on GitHub](https://github.com/codsen/codsen/blob/main/packages/string-left-right/CHANGELOG.md) or [the website](https://codsen.com/os/string-left-right/changelog).

## Contributing

To report bugs or request features or assistance, [raise an issue](https://github.com/codsen/codsen/issues/new/choose) on GitHub.

## Licence

MIT License

Copyright © 2010-2026 Roy Revelt and other contributors

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