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sim-replace
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A small utility to execute multiple replaces simultaneously
sim-replace, or Simultaneous Replace, is a small utilty that will execute mutliple regex replaces simultaneously.
Install via Yarn (recommended):
yarn add sim-replace -D
Install via NPM:
npm install sim-replace --save-dev
Note that we're using ES6 import statements here. Usage with require works just as well.
import simReplace from 'sim-replace'
let text = 'There was a cow and a cat'
let result = simReplace(text, [
[/cow/g, 'cat'],
[/cat/g, 'cow']
])
result === 'There was a cat and a cow' // true
It also supports capturing group placeholders
import simReplace from 'sim-replace'
let text = 'This is my sister'
let result = simReplace(text, [
[/(my sister)/g, 'Fanny, $1']
])
result === 'This is Fanny, my sister' // true
git checkout -b feature/fooBar)git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')git push origin feature/fooBar)Malcolm Nihlén - malcolm.nihlen@gmail.com
Distributed under the MIT licence. See LICENCE for more information.
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A small utility to execute multiple replaces simultaneously
We found that sim-replace 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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