ExtractValues
This is a simple helper to extract values from a string based on a pattern.
Examples
>> "year": "2012" "month": "08" "day": "12" "title": "test" >> "name": "John Doe" "email": "john@example.com" "url": "http://example.com" >> "from": "4th October" "to": "10th October" >> "quantity": "1500" "from_unit": "grams" "to_unit": "kilograms"
How to Use
Install as a NPM package
npm install extract-values
- Then
require
in your project.
var extractValues = ;
Use with web apps (in Browser)
Unit Tests
Run node tests.js
.
$ node tests.js14 tests pass
Options
whitespace - normalizes the whitespace in the input string, so it can be aligned with the given pattern. You can define the number of continous whitespaces to contain in the string. Making it zero (0) will remove all whitespaces.
lowercase - converts the input string to lowercase before matching.
delimiters - If specify the delimiters used in the pattern to define the values. Default delimiters are {
and }
.