A collection of JavaScript String prototype updates.

string.coffee

# Info: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty
# Info: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String
# Source: https://gist.github.com/jgphilpott/c4e0c275c808ae1a01386942dfc2a225

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "lower",

    value: ->

        this.trim().toLowerCase()

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "upper",

    value: ->

        this.trim().toUpperCase()

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "sort",

    value: ->

        this.trim().split("").sort().join("")

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "clear",

    value: ->

        this.replace /.*/s, ""

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "empty",

    value: ->

        this.length is 0

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "boolean",

    value: ->

        Boolean this.trim().length

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "number",

    value: ->

        Number this

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "string",

    value: ->

        String this

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "array",

    value: ->

        Array this

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "object",

    value: ->

        Object this

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "capitalize",

    value: ->

        this.trim().charAt(0).upper() + this.lower().slice(1)

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "camelize",

    value: ->

        this.lower().replace(/[^a-zA-ZÀ-ÖØ-öø-ÿ0-9]+(.)/g, (match, char) -> char.upper())

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "pascalize",

    value: ->

        (" " + this.lower()).replace(/[^a-zA-ZÀ-ÖØ-öø-ÿ0-9]+(.)/g, (match, char) -> char.upper())

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "snakify",

    value: ->

        this.trim().replace(/\W+/g, " ").split(/ |\B(?=[A-Z])/).map((word) -> word.lower()).join("_")

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "kebabify",

    value: ->

        this.trim().replace(/\W+/g, " ").split(/ |\B(?=[A-Z])/).map((word) -> word.lower()).join("-")

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

Object.defineProperty String.prototype, "titlize",

    value: ->

        this.trim().charAt(0).upper() + this.lower().replace(/[^a-zA-ZÀ-ÖØ-öø-ÿ0-9]+(.)/g, (match, char) -> " " + char.upper()).slice(1)

    configurable: false,
    enumerable: false,
    writable: false

string.js

// Info: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty
// Info: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String
// Source: https://gist.github.com/jgphilpott/c4e0c275c808ae1a01386942dfc2a225

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "lower", {
  value: function() {
    return this.trim().toLowerCase();
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "upper", {
  value: function() {
    return this.trim().toUpperCase();
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "sort", {
  value: function() {
    return this.trim().split("").sort().join("");
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "clear", {
  value: function() {
    return this.replace(/.*/s, "");
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "empty", {
  value: function() {
    return this.length === 0;
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "boolean", {
  value: function() {
    return Boolean(this.trim().length);
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "number", {
  value: function() {
    return Number(this);
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "string", {
  value: function() {
    return String(this);
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "array", {
  value: function() {
    return Array(this);
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "object", {
  value: function() {
    return Object(this);
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "capitalize", {
  value: function() {
    return this.trim().charAt(0).upper() + this.lower().slice(1);
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "camelize", {
  value: function() {
    return this.lower().replace(/[^a-zA-ZÀ-ÖØ-öø-ÿ0-9]+(.)/g, function(match, char) {
      return char.upper();
    });
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "pascalize", {
  value: function() {
    return (" " + this.lower()).replace(/[^a-zA-ZÀ-ÖØ-öø-ÿ0-9]+(.)/g, function(match, char) {
      return char.upper();
    });
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "snakify", {
  value: function() {
    return this.trim().replace(/\W+/g, " ").split(/ |\B(?=[A-Z])/).map(function(word) {
      return word.lower();
    }).join("_");
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "kebabify", {
  value: function() {
    return this.trim().replace(/\W+/g, " ").split(/ |\B(?=[A-Z])/).map(function(word) {
      return word.lower();
    }).join("-");
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, "titlize", {
  value: function() {
    return this.trim().charAt(0).upper() + this.lower().replace(/[^a-zA-ZÀ-ÖØ-öø-ÿ0-9]+(.)/g, function(match, char) {
      return " " + char.upper();
    }).slice(1);
  },
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
  writable: false
});

Prototyping

This gist is part of a collection of gists that extend JavaScript data prototypes such as Boolean, Number, String, Array and Object. See below for links to all the gists:

• Boolean
• Number
• String
• Array
• Object