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Splits text into parts based on a regexp of headers and returns an array of objects with the header and the content. (description is WIP)
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//split text by headers (headerRegex, noOfCaptureGroupsInHeaderToReturn) | |
if(!String.prototype.headsplit) { | |
Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, 'headsplit', { | |
configurable: true, | |
writable: true, | |
value: function headsplit(regexp, caps = 1) { | |
const text = this.trim().split(/\r?\n/); | |
let retArr = [], | |
_header = "", | |
_content = "", | |
_caps = ""; | |
for (let c = 0; c < caps; c++) { | |
_caps += ("\$" + (c + 1) + ".____."); | |
} | |
_caps = _caps.slice(0, -6); | |
for (let t = 0; t < text.length; t++) { | |
if (regexp.test(text[t])) { | |
retArr.push({ | |
header: _header.trim(), | |
content: _content.trim() | |
}); | |
_header = text[t].replace(regexp, _caps); | |
_content = ""; | |
} else { | |
_content += (text[t] + "\n"); | |
} | |
if (t === (text.length - 1)) { | |
retArr.push({ | |
header: _header.trim(), | |
content: _content.trim() | |
}); | |
} | |
} | |
retArr.shift(); | |
return retArr; | |
} | |
}); | |
} |
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