intl-name-initials

Introduction

Provide the Name Initials if this is supported by the Language (Script) of the name.

This is handy if you need to build an interface where you don't have the Profile Image and can display the Initials of the user:

Installation

npm install --save intl-name-initials

Usage

var IntlNameInitials = require('intl-name-initials');
 
var name = { firstName: 'Juan', lastName: 'Perez'};
 
var intlNameInitials = new IntlNameInitials();
var nameIntials = intlNameInitials.format( name );
console.log(nameInitials);
// > JP
 

API

format(name{, options})

The function returns a string containing the Initials, if the Language of the Name does not supports Initials then it returns undefined

name

Name object, the structure expected is:

{
 firstName: string,
 lastName: string
 }

options

At this moment no options are supported.

Examples

Example 1

 
Example 1: Juan Pérez
 
var IntlNameInitials = require('intl-name-initials');
 
var name = { firstName: 'Juan', lastName: 'Pérez'};
 
var intlNameInitials = new IntlNameInitials();
var nameIntials = intlNameInitials.format( name );
//output: JP

Example 2

var IntlNameInitials = require('intl-name-initials');
 
var name = {lastName: '홍', firstName: '길동'};
var intlNameInitials = new IntlNameInitials();
 
var nameIntials = intlNameInitials.format( name );
//output: 홍
 

Example 3

Initials not supported.

var IntlNameInitials = require('intl-name-initials');
 
var name = { lastName: '李', firstName: '小龍'};
 
var intlNameInitials = new IntlNameInitials();
var nameIntials = intlNameInitials.format( name );
//output: undefined
 

Language Scripts

At this moment only specific Range of Unicode Characters are supported:

• Basic Latin
• Latin-1 Supplement
• Latin Extended-A
• Latin Extended-B
• Greek
• Cyrillic
• Hangul

FAQ

• Is Arabic supported?

Name Initials for Arabic names are not a common practice. If you pass an Arabic name then format() will return undefined

License

MIT © Lucas Welti