Find line number and cursor of string or Regex in a multi-line input
npm install locater
Locater supports string and regex matching. Below is an example showing both usage with a given input.
input.txt
In my younger and more vulnerable years
my father gave me some advice that
I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
js file
var locater = require('locater');
var input = fs.readFileSync('./input.txt', {encoding: 'utf8'});
locater('my', input);
// => [{ line: 1, cursor: 4 }, { line: 2, cursor: 1 }, { line: 3, cursor: 27 }]
locater(/[a-zA-Z]{7}/, input);
// => [{ line: 1, cursor: 7 }, { line: 3, cursor: 11 }]
Feel free to open issues with bugs and feature requests.
MIT
FAQs
Easily locate string or regex in a multi-line input
The npm package locater receives a total of 5,468 weekly downloads. As such, locater popularity was classified as popular.
We found that locater demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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