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Parse yes/no like values

Useful for validating answers of a CLI prompt.

The following case-insensitive values are recognized:

'y', 'yes', 'true', true, '1', 1, 'n', 'no', 'false', false, '0', 0

Enable lenient mode to gracefully handle typos.

Install

$ npm install --save yn

Usage

const yn = require('yn');
 
yn('y');
//=> true 
 
yn('NO');
//=> false 
 
yn(true);
//=> true 
 
yn('abomasum');
//=> null 
 
yn('abomasum', {default: false});
//=> false 
 
yn('mo', {lenient: true});
//=> false 

Unrecognized values return null.

API

yn(input, [options])

input

Type: any

Value that should be converted.

options

Type: object

lenient

Type: boolean
Default: false

Use a key distance-based score to leniently accept typos of yes and no.

default

Type: boolean
Default: null

Default value if no match was found.

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus

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Keywords

yn, yes, no, cli, prompt, validate, input, answer, true, false, parse, lenient

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