Useful javascript utility functions to make your life easier.

useful-javascript-utils.js

function prettifyKeys(rawKey) {

    return toTitleCase(rawKey.replace(/_/g, ' ' ));

}

function toTitleCase(str) {
    var i, j, lowers, uppers;
    str = str.replace(/([^\W_]+[^\s-]*) */g, function(txt) {
        return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();
    });

    // Certain minor words should be left lowercase unless
    // they are the first or last words in the string
    lowers = ['A', 'An', 'The', 'And', 'But', 'Or', 'For', 'Nor', 'As', 'At',
        'By', 'For', 'From', 'In', 'Into', 'Near', 'Of', 'On', 'Onto', 'To', 'With'];
    for (i = 0, j = lowers.length; i < j; i++) {
        str = str.replace(new RegExp('\\s' + lowers[i] + '\\s', 'g'),
            function(txt) {
                return txt.toLowerCase();
            });
    }


    // Certain words such as initialisms or acronyms should be left uppercase
    uppers = ['Id', 'Tv'];
    for (i = 0, j = uppers.length; i < j; i++) {
        str = str.replace(new RegExp('\\b' + uppers[i] + '\\b', 'g'),
            uppers[i].toUpperCase());
    }

    return str;
}

function formatCurrency(input) {
    return input.toLocaleString('en-ca', {style : 'currency', currency: 'CAD'});
}

function slugify(text) {
    return text
        .trim()
        .toLowerCase()
        .replace(/[^\w /-]+/g, '')
        .trim()
        .replace(/ +/g, '-')
        .replace(/\//g, '-')
        .replace(/-{2,}/g, '-')
        ;
}

export function unSlugify(str) {
    if(!str) {
        return str
    }
    return toTitleCase(str.replace(/-/g, " ").replace(/\+/g, " "));
}