@jsenv/humanize

humanize

@jsenv/humanize helps to generate messages meant to be read by humans

It is written in ES6 and compatible with browsers and Node.js.

API

humanize(jsValue)

Turns a JavaScript value into a string meant to be read by a human.

import { humanize } from "@jsenv/humanize";

console.log(
  humanize({
    boolean: true,
    number: 10,
    string: "hello world",
  }),
);

{
  "boolean": true,
  "number": 10,
  "string": "hello world"
}

Comparison with JSON.stringify

Table comparing JSON.stringify and humanize() to demonstrates how inspect focuses on readability and accuracy.

value	JSON.stringify	humanize
123456789	"123456789"	123_456_789
Infinity	"null"	Infinity
-0	"0"	-0
'"'	'"\""'	'"'

humanizeDuration(ms, options)

import { humanizeDuration } from "@jsenv/humanize";

humanizeDuration(61_421); // "1 minute and 1 second"