strip-brackets

Strips unecessary brackets

Usage

Pass it some configuration parameters and it will give you a new function that strips all unnecessary brackets.

Function Signature

stripBrackets(openChar = '[', closeChar = ']', joinChars = [',']) => input => output

import stripBrackets from 'strip-brackets';
 
const stripSquareBrackets = stripBrackets('[', ']', [',']);
stripSquareBrackets('[[a,b],[c],[[d]]]'); // => "[a,b],c,d"
 
const stripParens = stripBrackets('(', ')', [',']);
stripParens('((a,b),(c),((d)))'); // => "(a,b),c,d"

Parameters

openChar

The opening bracket. Default: `[`

closeChar

The closing bracket. Default: `]`

joinChars

Characters that indicate that the current part of the string should be wrapped in brackets. Default: `[","]`

input

The string you want to strip brackets from

output

The resulting string, with unnecessary brackets removed