regexify-string

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regexify-string

Strings decorator (by regex) with: React components, HTML tags etc.

perfectly works with: strings, html tags, react, react-native

Install

$ npm install --save regexify-string

or

$ yarn add regexify-string

API

regexifyString({ pattern, decorator, input })

pattern

Type: RegExp

decorator

Type: (match: string, index: number) => string | JSX.Element

• match string you would like to replace/decorate with something
• index index number of the current match

NOTE: Try do not forget to use keys for React collections if needed

input

Type: string

Usage

with strings

    const result = regexifyString({
        pattern: /\[.*?\]/gim,
        decorator: (match, index) => {
            return `<${match}>`;
        },
        input: 'some [text] with simple example',
    });

    console.log(result);
    // ['some ', '<[text]>', ' with simple example']

with index keys

    const result = regexifyString({
        pattern: /\[.*?\]/gim,
        decorator: (match, index) => {
            switch (index) {
                case 0: return `<FIRST ${match}>`;
                case 1: return `<SECOND ${match}>`;
                case 2: return `<THIRD ${match}>`;
                default: return match;
            }
        },
        input: 'Important text with [first link] and [second link] and much more [links]',
    });

    console.log(result);
    /*
        [
            'Important text with ',
            '<FIRST [first link]>',
            ' and ',
            '<SECOND [second link]>',
            ' and much more ',
            '<THIRD [links]>',
        ]
    */

with html

    const result = regexifyString({
        pattern: /\[.*?\]/gim,
        decorator: (match, index) => {
            return <span>{match}</span>;
        },
        input: 'some [text] with simple example',
    });

    console.log(result);
    // ['some ', <span>[text]</span>, ' with simple example']

with React / React Native components

    regexifyString({
        pattern: /\[.*?\]/gim,
        decorator: (match, index) => {
            return (
                <Link
                    to={SOME_ROUTE}
                    onClick={onClick}
                >
                    {match}
                </Link>
            );
        },
        input: someVariablWithData,
    });

    regexifyString({
        pattern: /\[.*?\]/gim,
        decorator: (match, index) => {
            return <React.Fragment>{match}</React.Fragment>;
        },
        input: 'some [text] with simple example',
    });

License

MIT © Artem Solovev