String Extensions

A set of string extensions to extend string capabilities of JavaScript.

The list of extensions:

trimLeft

var textToBeTrimmed = "     No space please!";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.trimLeft() ); // outputs: "No space please!"

textToBeTrimmed = "zzzzzzzzzzWake up!";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.trimLeft("z"); // outputs: "Wake up!"

trimRight

var textToBeTrimmed = "No space please!     ";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.trimRight() ); // outputs: "No space please!"

textToBeTrimmed = "Sleeping Beautyzzzzzzzzzz";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.trimRight("z"); // outputs: "Sleeping Beauty"

trim

var textToBeTrimmed = "     Space, space everywhere!     ";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.trim() ); // outputs: "Space, space everywhere!"

textToBeTrimmed = "zzzzzzzzzzDo not disturb...zzzzzzzzzzz";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.trim("z"); // outputs: "Do not disturb..."

padLeft

var textToBePadded = "Pad me, right?!?";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.padLeft(20) ); // outputs: "    Pad me, right?!?"

textToBePadded = "Fill in the blanks";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.padLeft(20, "_"); // outputs: "___Fill in the blanks"

padRight

var textToBePadded = "No space left";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.padRight(20) ); // outputs: "No space left       "

textToBePadded = "Fill in the blanks";
console.log( textToBeTrimmed.padRight(20, "_"); // outputs: "Fill in the blanks___"

insert

var myText = "NoSpace";
console.log( myText.insert(2, " ") ); // outputs: "No Space"

startsWith

var trickyQuestion = "Does this dress make me look fat?";
console.log( trickyQuestion.startsWith("Does") ); // outputs: true
console.log( trickyQuestion.startsWith("D") );    // outputs: true
console.log( trickyQuestion.startsWith("Yes") );  // outputs: false

endsWith

var scaryQuestion = "Does this look infected?";
console.log( scaryQuestion .endsWith("?") );        // outputs: true
console.log( scaryQuestion .endsWith("ed?") );      // outputs: true
console.log( scaryQuestion .endsWith("infected") ); // outputs: false

isNullOrEmpty

var temp = "";
console.log( temp.isNullOrEmpty() );        // outputs: true
temp = "  ";
console.log( temp.isNullOrEmpty() );        // outputs: false
temp = "full";
console.log( temp.isNullOrEmpty() );        // outputs: false

isNullOrWhitespace

var temp = "";
console.log( temp.isNullOrWhitespace() );   // outputs: true
temp = "  ";
console.log( temp.isNullOrWhitespace() );   // outputs: true
temp = "full";
console.log( temp.isNullOrWhitespace() );   // outputs: false

append

console.log( "You complete ".append("me") );   // outputs: "You complete me"

appendTo

var perfect = "yang", balance = "ying";
console.log( perfect.appendTo(balance) );   // outputs: "yingyang"

prepend

var yodaStyle = "Do, or do not. There is no try.";
console.log( yodaStyle.prepend("No! Try not. ") );   // outputs: "No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."

prependTo

var reverseYodaStyle = "Do, or do not. There is no try. ";
console.log( reverseYodaStyle.prependTo("No! Try not.") );   // outputs: "Do, or do not. There is no try. No! Try not."

valiDate

var myDate = "8.1.2013";
if(myDate = myDate.valiDate()) {
  console.log( myDate ); // outputs: "Tue Jan 08 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (GTB Standard Time)"
}
myDate = "13.13.2013";
console.log( myDate.valiDate() ); // outputs: false

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