arrford

arrford

Array to human readable list converter

Install

Node

npm install --save arrford

Web

arrford is exported for web and usable with the variable arrford

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Usage

// remove require statement if using the web bundle
const arrford = require('arrford');

arrford(['run', 'climb', 'jump!']);
//=> 'run, climb, and jump!'

Fewer than 3 elements in array

arrford(['run', 'climb!']);
//=> 'run and climb!'

arrford(['run!']);
//=> 'run!'

Abort the Oxford comma

arrford(['run', 'climb', 'jump!'], false);
//=> 'run, climb and jump!'

Replace the word 'and'

arrford(['spring', 'klättra', 'hoppa!'], true, 'och');
//=> 'spring, klättra, och hoppa!'

Replace the word 'and' and abort the Oxford comma

arrford(['spring', 'klättra', 'hoppa!'], false, 'och');
//=> 'spring, klättra och hoppa!'

API

arrford(target [, oxford, join])

target

Type: Array of strings

oxford

optional

Type: boolean

Default: true

Description: whether to use the Oxford comma or not

join

optional

Type: string

Default: 'and'

Description: word used to join the list with the last element

returns

Type: string

Description: Take an array of strings and return a string of these items as a list. Insert "," and "and" in a grammatically correct way. Follow the Oxford comma trend unless false is passed in for the second argument. Use the word 'and' to join the list unless some other "join" word is specified for the third argument.

License

MIT © Dawson Botsford