Joinable

Join strings easily by removing the repetitive falsy checks. Construct strings like form validation, CSS classes, URLs and more.

Handle falsy false, 0, "", undefined, null, NaN

What is Joinable: A library to join strings together without the need to check if a value is a falsy like undefined.

Why use Joinable: Keep your code base clean by removing the repetitive falsy checks and improve the readability.

More information about Joinable

Unit tests: npm test

Performance tested using benchmark. npm run benchmark

Follow Semantic Versioning

Usage

npm install joinable

import joinable, { joinStrings, prefixStrings, joinIf, joinExp } from 'joinable'

API

joinable

joinable is the default export and an alias of joinStrings.

joinStrings

@param  {string|number}  joinables  As many `strings`, `numbers` and `ifArray()`
@param  {Object}         options    { separator: ' ' }. default is space
@return {string}

joinStrings(...joinables [, options])

Examples:

joinStrings('potato', undefined, 'rice', null, 'carrot'); // => 'potato rice carrot'

Change separator an object with separator property can be passed in as last parameter.

joinStrings('potato', 'rice', 'carrot', {separator: ','}); // => 'potato,rice,carrot'

If examples:

const predicate = variableA === variableB; // assigns true
joinStrings('potato', [predicate, 'spinach']); // => 'potato spinach'
joinStrings('potato', [1==2, 'spinach']); // => 'potato'
joinStrings('potato', [null, 'spinach']); // => 'potato'

If else examples:

const predicate = variableA === variableB; // assigns true
joinStrings('potato', [predicate, 'spinach', 'beetroot']); // => 'potato spinach'
joinStrings('potato', [1==2, 'spinach', 'beetroot']); // => 'potato beetroot'
joinStrings('potato', [null, 'spinach', 'beetroot']); // => 'potato beetroot'

prefixStrings

@param  {string}         prefix     value to prefix onto joinables
@param  {string|number}  joinables  as many `strings`, `numbers` and `ifArray()`
@param  {Object}         options    { separator: ' ' }. default is space
@return {string}

prefixStrings(prefix, ...joinables [, options])

Examples:

prefixStrings('pre-', undefined, 'rice', null, 'carrot'); // => 'pre-rice pre-carrot'
prefixStrings(falsy, undefined, 'rice', null, 'carrot'); // => 'rice carrot'
prefixStrings('pre-', undefined, 'rice', null, 'carrot', {separator: ','}); // => 'pre-rice,pre-carrot'

joinExp

Note: no ifArrays can be used in joinables

@param  {RegExp}         regexp     must be a regular expression
@param  {string|number}  joinables  as many `strings` and `numbers`
@param  {Object}         options    { separator: ' ' }. default is space
@return {string}

joinExp(regexp, ...joinables [, options])

Examples:

joinExp(/m+/, 'cucumber'); // => 'cucumber'
joinExp(/(m|n)+/, 'cucumber', false, 'sandwich'); // => 'cucumber sandwich'
joinExp(/r+/, 'cucumber'); // => ''
joinExp('', 'cucumber'); // => throw Error 'First parameter should be of RegExp type'

joinIf

@param   {array}  ifArray  three value array with first being the predicate
@return  {string|null}

joinIf(ifArray)

Examples:

const predicate = variableA === variableB; // assigns true
joinIf([predicate, 'spinach']); // => 'spinach'
joinIf([1==2, 'spinach']); // => null
joinIf([1==1, 'spinach', 'broccoli']); // => 'spinach'
joinIf([1==2, 'spinach', 'broccoli']); // => 'broccoli'
joinIf('lettuce'); // => null

Combine both joinStrings and joinIf.

const predicate = variableA === variableB; // assigns true
joinStrings('potato', joinIf([predicate, 'spinach'])) # => 'potato spinach'

joinObject

@param  {Object}    joinable                Object literal prop and values to be joined
@param  {string}    separator  default='&'  separator for the prop and value pairs
@param  {string}    separator  default='='  separator between prop and values
@return {string}

joinObject({object} [, separator, separator])

Examples:

joinObject({ chicken: 'burger', spare: 'ribs' }) // => 'chicken=burger&spare=ribs'
joinObject({ chicken: 'burger', spare: 'ribs' }, ',') // => 'chicken=burger,spare=ribs'
joinObject({ chicken: 'burger', spare: 'ribs' }, ';', ',') // => 'chicken,burger;spare,ribs'
joinObject({ salad: null, chicken: 'burger', spare: 'ribs' }, ';', ',') // => 'chicken,burger;spare,ribs'

Instructions:

Install: npm i

npm test - unit tests and eslint

npm run benchmark - run performance tests