varname

Varname

Convert strings between different variable naming formats.

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Requirements

This library requires the following to run:

• Node.js 18+

Usage

Install with npm:

npm install varname

Load the library into your code with a require call:

const varname = require('varname');

varname.camelback( name )

Convert a variable name to camelBack format (capitalize the first letter of all but the first word).
name: (string) The variable name to convert.
return: (string) Returns the converted variable name.

varname.camelback('foo_bar_baz'); // 'fooBarBaz'

varname.camelcase( name )

Convert a variable name to CamelCase format (capitalize the first letter of each word).
name: (string) The variable name to convert.
return: (string) Returns the converted variable name.

varname.camelcase('foo_bar_baz'); // 'FooBarBaz'

varname.dash( name )

Convert a variable name to dash format.
name: (string) The variable name to convert.
return: (string) Returns the converted variable name.

varname.dash('FooBarBaz'); // 'foo-bar-baz'

varname.underscore( name )

Convert a variable name to underscore format.
name: (string) The variable name to convert.
return: (string) Returns the converted variable name.

varname.underscore('FooBarBaz'); // 'foo_bar_baz'

varname.split( name )

Split a string into separate variable parts. This allows you to write your own format converters easily. name: (string) The variable name to split.
return: (array) Returns an array of parts.

varname.split('fooBarBaz');
varname.split('FooBarBaz');
varname.split('FOOBarBAZ');
varname.split('foo-bar-baz');
varname.split('foo_bar_baz');
varname.split('♥~foo|bar|baz~♥');
// all return ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']

Contributing

The contributing guide is available here. All contributors must follow this library's code of conduct.

License

Licensed under the MIT license.
Copyright © 2015, Rowan Manning

Changelog

6.2.0 (2024-06-23)

Features

• add Node.js 22 support (05d540a)