30 seconds of code 
Curated collection of useful Javascript snippets that you can understand in 30 seconds or less.
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Table of Contents
Array
- Array concatenation
- Array difference
- Array includes
- Array intersection
- Array remove
- Array sample
- Array union
- Array without
- Array zip
- Average of array of numbers
- Chunk array
- Compact
- Count occurrences of a value in array
- Deep flatten array
- Drop elements in array
- Fill array
- Filter out non unique values in an array
- Flatten array up to depth
- Flatten array
- Get max value from array
- Get min value from array
- Group by
- Head of list
- Initial of list
- Initialize array with range
- Initialize array with values
- Last of list
- Median of array of numbers
- Nth element of array
- Pick
- Shuffle array
- Similarity between arrays
- Sum of array of numbers
- Tail of list
- Take every nth element
- Take right
- Take
- Unique values of array
Browser
- Bottom visible
- Current URL
- Element is visible in viewport
- Get scroll position
- Redirect to URL
- Scroll to top
Date
Function
- Chain asynchronous functions
- Compose functions
- Curry
- Pipe functions
- Promisify
- Run promises in series
- Sleep
Math
- Collatz algorithm
- Distance between two points
- Divisible by number
- Even or odd number
- Factorial
- Fibonacci array generator
- Greatest common divisor (GCD)
- Hamming distance
- Percentile
- Powerset
- Round number to n digits
- Standard deviation
Media
Node
Object
String
- Anagrams of string (with duplicates)
- Capitalize first letter of every word
- Capitalize first letter
- Check for palindrome
- Reverse a string
- Sort characters in string (alphabetical)
- Truncate a string
Utility
- 3 digit hexcode to 6 digit hexcode
- Escape regular expression
- Get native type of value
- Hexcode to RGB
- Is array
- Is boolean
- Is function
- Is number
- Is string
- Is symbol
- Measure time taken by function
- Number to array of digits
- Ordinal suffix of number
- Random integer in range
- Random number in range
- RGB to hexadecimal
- Swap values of two variables
- URL parameters
- UUID generator
- Validate email
- Validate number
- Value or default
Array
Array concatenation
Use Array spread operators (...) to concatenate an array with any additional arrays and/or values, specified in args.
const ArrayConcat = (arr, ...args) => [...arr,...args];
// ArrayConcat([1], [1, 2, 3, [4]]) -> [1, 1, 2, 3, [4]]
Array difference
Create a Set from b, then use Array.filter() on a to only keep values not contained in b.
const difference = (a, b) => { const s = new Set(b); return a.filter(x => !s.has(x)); };
// difference([1,2,3], [1,2]) -> [3]
Array includes
Use slice() to offset the array/string and indexOf() to check if the value is included.
Omit the last argument, fromIndex, to check the whole array/string.
const includes = (collection, val, fromIndex=0) => collection.slice(fromIndex).indexOf(val) != -1;
// includes("30-seconds-of-code", "code") -> true
// includes([1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2], 1) -> false
Array intersection
Create a Set from b, then use Array.filter() on a to only keep values contained in b.
const intersection = (a, b) => { const s = new Set(b); return a.filter(x => s.has(x)); };
// intersection([1,2,3], [4,3,2]) -> [2,3]
Array remove
Use Array.filter() to find array elements that return truthy values and Array.reduce() to remove elements using Array.splice().
The func is invoked with three arguments (value, index, array).
const remove = (arr, func) =>
Array.isArray(arr) ? arr.filter(func).reduce((acc, val) => {
arr.splice(arr.indexOf(val), 1); return acc.concat(val);
}, [])
: [];
//remove([1, 2, 3, 4], n => n % 2 == 0) -> [2, 4]
Array sample
Use Math.random() to generate a random number, multiply it with length and round it of to the nearest whole number using Math.floor().
This method also works with strings.
const sample = arr => arr[Math.floor(Math.random() * arr.length)];
// sample([3, 7, 9, 11]) -> 9
Array union
Create a Set with all values of a and b and convert to an array.
const union = (a, b) => Array.from(new Set([...a, ...b]));
// union([1,2,3], [4,3,2]) -> [1,2,3,4]
Array without
Use Array.filter() to create an array excluding(using !Array.includes()) all given values.
const without = (arr, ...args) => arr.filter(v => !args.includes(v));
// without([2, 1, 2, 3], 1, 2) -> [3]
// without([2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 2, 7, 7], 3, 1, 5, 2) -> [ 4, 7, 7 ]
Array zip
Use Math.max.apply() to get the longest array in the arguments.
Creates an array with that length as return value and use Array.from() with a map-function to create an array of grouped elements.
If lengths of the argument-arrays vary, undefined is used where no value could be found.
const zip = (...arrays) => {
const maxLength = Math.max(...arrays.map(x => x.length));
return Array.from({length: maxLength}).map((_, i) => {
return Array.from({length: arrays.length}, (_, k) => arrays[k][i]);
})
}
//zip(['a', 'b'], [1, 2], [true, false]); -> [['a', 1, true], ['b', 2, false]]
//zip(['a'], [1, 2], [true, false]); -> [['a', 1, true], [undefined, 2, false]]
Average of array of numbers
Use Array.reduce() to add each value to an accumulator, initialized with a value of 0, divide by the length of the array.
const average = arr => arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0) / arr.length;
// average([1,2,3]) -> 2
Chunk array
Use Array.from() to create a new array, that fits the number of chunks that will be produced.
Use Array.slice() to map each element of the new array to a chunk the length of size.
If the original array can't be split evenly, the final chunk will contain the remaining elements.
const chunk = (arr, size) =>
Array.from({length: Math.ceil(arr.length / size)}, (v, i) => arr.slice(i * size, i * size + size));
// chunk([1,2,3,4,5], 2) -> [[1,2],[3,4],[5]]
Compact
Use Array.filter() to filter out falsey values (false, null, 0, "", undefined, and NaN).
const compact = (arr) => arr.filter(v => v);
// compact([0, 1, false, 2, '', 3, 'a', 'e'*23, NaN, 's', 34]) -> [ 1, 2, 3, 'a', 's', 34 ]
Count occurrences of a value in array
Use Array.reduce() to increment a counter each time you encounter the specific value inside the array.
const countOccurrences = (arr, value) => arr.reduce((a, v) => v === value ? a + 1 : a + 0, 0);
// countOccurrences([1,1,2,1,2,3], 1) -> 3
Deep flatten array
Use recursion.
Use Array.concat() with an empty array ([]) and the spread operator (...) to flatten an array.
Recursively flatten each element that is an array.
const deepFlatten = arr => [].concat(...arr.map(v => Array.isArray(v) ? deepFlatten(v) : v));
// deepFlatten([1,[2],[[3],4],5]) -> [1,2,3,4,5]
Drop elements in array
Loop through the array, using Array.shift() to drop the first element of the array until the returned value from the function is true.
Returns the remaining elements.
const dropElements = (arr, func) => {
while (arr.length > 0 && !func(arr[0])) arr.shift();
return arr;
};
// dropElements([1, 2, 3, 4], n => n >= 3) -> [3,4]
Fill array
Use Array.map() to map values between start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) to value.
Omit start to start at the first element and/or end to finish at the last.
const fillArray = (arr, value, start = 0, end = arr.length) =>
arr.map((v, i) => i >= start && i < end ? value : v);
// fillArray([1,2,3,4],'8',1,3) -> [1,'8','8',4]
Filter out non-unique values in an array
Use Array.filter() for an array containing only the unique values.
const filterNonUnique = arr => arr.filter(i => arr.indexOf(i) === arr.lastIndexOf(i));
// filterNonUnique([1,2,2,3,4,4,5]) -> [1,3,5]
Flatten array up to depth
Use recursion, decrementing depth by 1 for each level of depth.
Use Array.reduce() and Array.concat() to merge elements or arrays.
Base case, for depth equal to 1 stops recursion.
Omit the second element, depth to flatten only to a depth of 1 (single flatten).
const flattenDepth = (arr, depth = 1) =>
depth != 1 ? arr.reduce((a, v) => a.concat(Array.isArray(v) ? flattenDepth(v, depth - 1) : v), [])
: arr.reduce((a, v) => a.concat(v), []);
// flattenDepth([1,[2],[[[3],4],5]], 2) -> [1,2,[3],4,5]
Flatten array
Use Array.reduce() to get all elements inside the array and concat() to flatten them.
const flatten = arr => arr.reduce((a, v) => a.concat(v), []);
// flatten([1,[2],3,4]) -> [1,2,3,4]
Get max value from array
Use Math.max() combined with the spread operator (...) to get the maximum value in the array.
const arrayMax = arr => Math.max(...arr);
// arrayMax([10, 1, 5]) -> 10
Get min value from array
Use Math.min() combined with the spread operator (...) to get the minimum value in the array.
const arrayMin = arr => Math.min(...arr);
// arrayMin([10, 1, 5]) -> 1
Group by
Use Array.map() to map the values of an array to a function or property name.
Use Array.reduce() to create an object, where the keys are produced from the mapped results.
const groupBy = (arr, func) =>
arr.map(typeof func === 'function' ? func : val => val[func])
.reduce((acc, val, i) => { acc[val] = (acc[val] || []).concat(arr[i]); return acc; }, {});
// groupBy([6.1, 4.2, 6.3], Math.floor) -> {4: [4.2], 6: [6.1, 6.3]}
// groupBy(['one', 'two', 'three'], 'length') -> {3: ['one', 'two'], 5: ['three']}
Head of list
Use arr[0] to return the first element of the passed array.
const head = arr => arr[0];
// head([1,2,3]) -> 1
Initial of list
Use arr.slice(0,-1)to return all but the last element of the array.
const initial = arr => arr.slice(0, -1);
// initial([1,2,3]) -> [1,2]
Initialize array with range
Use Array(end-start) to create an array of the desired length, Array.map() to fill with the desired values in a range.
You can omit start to use a default value of 0.
const initializeArrayRange = (end, start = 0) =>
Array.from({ length: end - start }).map((v, i) => i + start);
// initializeArrayRange(5) -> [0,1,2,3,4]
Initialize array with values
Use Array(n) to create an array of the desired length, fill(v) to fill it with the desired values.
You can omit value to use a default value of 0.
const initializeArray = (n, value = 0) => Array(n).fill(value);
// initializeArray(5, 2) -> [2,2,2,2,2]
Last of list
Use arr.slice(-1)[0] to get the last element of the given array.
const last = arr => arr.slice(-1)[0];
// last([1,2,3]) -> 3
Median of array of numbers
Find the middle of the array, use Array.sort() to sort the values.
Return the number at the midpoint if length is odd, otherwise the average of the two middle numbers.
const median = arr => {
const mid = Math.floor(arr.length / 2), nums = arr.sort((a, b) => a - b);
return arr.length % 2 !== 0 ? nums[mid] : (nums[mid - 1] + nums[mid]) / 2;
};
// median([5,6,50,1,-5]) -> 5
// median([0,10,-2,7]) -> 3.5
Nth element of array
Use Array.slice() to get an array containing the nth element at the first place.
If the index is out of bounds, return [].
Omit the second argument, n, to get the first element of the array.
const nth = (arr, n=0) => (n>0? arr.slice(n,n+1) : arr.slice(n))[0];
// nth(['a','b','c'],1) -> 'b'
// nth(['a','b','b']-2) -> 'a'
Pick
Use Array.reduce() to convert the filtered/picked keys back to a object with the corresponding key:value pair if the key exist in the obj.
const pick = (obj, arr) =>
arr.reduce((acc, curr) => (curr in obj && (acc[curr] = obj[curr]), acc), {});
// pick({ 'a': 1, 'b': '2', 'c': 3 }, ['a', 'c']) -> { 'a': 1, 'c': 3 }
// pick(object, ['a', 'c'])['a'] -> 1
Shuffle array
Use Array.sort() to reorder elements, using Math.random() in the comparator.
const shuffle = arr => arr.sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5);
// shuffle([1,2,3]) -> [2,3,1]
Similarity between arrays
Use filter() to remove values that are not part of values, determined using includes().
const similarity = (arr, values) => arr.filter(v => values.includes(v));
// similarity([1,2,3], [1,2,4]) -> [1,2]
Sum of array of numbers
Use Array.reduce() to add each value to an accumulator, initialized with a value of 0.
const sum = arr => arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0);
// sum([1,2,3,4]) -> 10
Tail of list
Return arr.slice(1) if the array's length is more than 1, otherwise return the whole array.
const tail = arr => arr.length > 1 ? arr.slice(1) : arr;
// tail([1,2,3]) -> [2,3]
// tail([1]) -> [1]
Take every nth element
Use Array.filter() to create a new array that contains every nth element of a given array.
const everynth = (arr, nth) => arr.filter((e, i) => i % nth === 0);
// everynth([1,2,3,4,5,6], 2) -> [ 1, 3, 5 ]
Take right
Use Array.slice() to create a slice of the array with n elements taken from the end.
const takeRight = (arr, n = 1) => arr.slice(arr.length - n, arr.length);
// takeRight([1, 2, 3], 2) -> [ 2, 3 ]
// takeRight([1, 2, 3]) -> [3]
Take
Use Array.slice() to create a slice of the array with n elements taken from the beginning.
const take = (arr, n = 1) => arr.slice(0, n);
// take([1, 2, 3], 5) -> [1, 2, 3]
// take([1, 2, 3], 0) -> []
Unique values of array
Use ES6 Set and the ...rest operator to discard all duplicated values.
const unique = arr => [...new Set(arr)];
// unique([1,2,2,3,4,4,5]) -> [1,2,3,4,5]
Browser
Bottom visible
Use scrollY, scrollHeight and clientHeight to determine if the bottom of the page is visible.
const bottomVisible = _ =>
document.documentElement.clientHeight + window.scrollY >= document.documentElement.scrollHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight;
// bottomVisible() -> true
Current URL
Use window.location.href to get current URL.
const currentUrl = _ => window.location.href;
// currentUrl() -> 'https://google.com'
Element is visible in viewport
Use Element.getBoundingClientRect() and the window.inner(Width|Height) values
to determine if a given element is visible in the viewport.
Omit the second argument to determine if the element is entirely visible, or specify true to determine if
it is partially visible.
const elementIsVisibleInViewport = (el, partiallyVisible = false) => {
const { top, left, bottom, right } = el.getBoundingClientRect();
return partiallyVisible
? ((top > 0 && top < innerHeight) || (bottom > 0 && bottom < innerHeight)) &&
((left > 0 && left < innerWidth) || (right > 0 && right < innerWidth))
: top >= 0 && left >= 0 && bottom <= innerHeight && right <= innerWidth;
};
// e.g. 100x100 viewport and a 10x10px element at position {top: -1, left: 0, bottom: 9, right: 10}
// elementIsVisibleInViewport(el) -> false (not fully visible)
// elementIsVisibleInViewport(el, true) -> true (partially visible)
Get scroll position
Use pageXOffset and pageYOffset if they are defined, otherwise scrollLeft and scrollTop.
You can omit el to use a default value of window.
const getScrollPos = (el = window) =>
({x: (el.pageXOffset !== undefined) ? el.pageXOffset : el.scrollLeft,
y: (el.pageYOffset !== undefined) ? el.pageYOffset : el.scrollTop});
// getScrollPos() -> {x: 0, y: 200}
Redirect to URL
Use window.location.href or window.location.replace() to redirect to url.
Pass a second argument to simulate a link click (true - default) or an HTTP redirect (false).
const redirect = (url, asLink = true) =>
asLink ? window.location.href = url : window.location.replace(url);
// redirect('https://google.com')
Scroll to top
Get distance from top using document.documentElement.scrollTop or document.body.scrollTop.
Scroll by a fraction of the distance from top. Use window.requestAnimationFrame() to animate the scrolling.
const scrollToTop = _ => {
const c = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
if (c > 0) {
window.requestAnimationFrame(scrollToTop);
window.scrollTo(0, c - c / 8);
}
};
// scrollToTop()
Date
Get days difference between dates
Calculate the difference (in days) between to Date objects.
const getDaysDiffBetweenDates = (dateInitial, dateFinal) => (dateFinal - dateInitial) / (1000 * 3600 * 24);
// getDaysDiffBetweenDates(new Date("2017-12-13"), new Date("2017-12-22")) -> 9
Function
Chain asynchronous functions
Loop through an array of functions containing asynchronous events, calling next when each asynchronous event has completed.
const chainAsync = fns => { let curr = 0; const next = () => fns[curr++](next); next(); };
/*
chainAsync([
next => { console.log('0 seconds'); setTimeout(next, 1000); },
next => { console.log('1 second'); setTimeout(next, 1000); },
next => { console.log('2 seconds'); }
])
*/
Compose functions
Use Array.reduce() to perform right-to-left function composition.
The last (rightmost) function can accept one or more arguments; the remaining functions must be unary.
const compose = (...fns) => fns.reduce((f, g) => (...args) => f(g(...args)));
/*
const add5 = x => x + 5
const multiply = (x, y) => x * y
const multiplyAndAdd5 = compose(add5, multiply)
multiplyAndAdd5(5, 2) -> 15
*/
Curry
Use recursion.
If the number of provided arguments (args) is sufficient, call the passed function f.
Otherwise return a curried function f that expects the rest of the arguments.
If you want to curry a function that accepts a variable number of arguments (a variadic function, e.g. Math.min()), you can optionally pass the number of arguments to the second parameter arity.
const curry = (fn, arity = fn.length, ...args) =>
arity <= args.length
? fn(...args)
: curry.bind(null, fn, arity, ...args);
// curry(Math.pow)(2)(10) -> 1024
// curry(Math.min, 3)(10)(50)(2) -> 2
Pipe functions
Use Array.reduce() with the spread operator (...) to perform left-to-right function composition.
The first (leftmost) function can accept one or more arguments; the remaining functions must be unary.
const pipe = (...fns) => fns.reduce((f, g) => (...args) => g(f(...args)));
/*
const add5 = x => x + 5
const multiply = (x, y) => x * y
const multiplyAndAdd5 = pipe(multiply, add5)
multiplyAndAdd5(5, 2) -> 15
*/
Promisify
Use currying to return a function returning a Promise that calls the original function.
Use the ...rest operator to pass in all the parameters.
In Node 8+, you can use util.promisify
const promisify = func =>
(...args) =>
new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
func(...args, (err, result) =>
err ? reject(err) : resolve(result))
);
// const delay = promisify((d, cb) => setTimeout(cb, d))
// delay(2000).then(() => console.log('Hi!')) -> Promise resolves after 2s
Run promises in series
Run an array of promises in series using Array.reduce() by creating a promise chain, where each promise returns the next promise when resolved.
const series = ps => ps.reduce((p, next) => p.then(next), Promise.resolve());
// const delay = (d) => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, d))
// series([() => delay(1000), () => delay(2000)]) -> executes each promise sequentially, taking a total of 3 seconds to complete
Sleep
Delay executing part of an async function, by putting it to sleep, returning a Promise.
const sleep = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
/*
async function sleepyWork() {
console.log('I\'m going to sleep for 1 second.');
await sleep(1000);
console.log('I woke up after 1 second.');
}
*/
Math
Collatz algorithm
If n is even, return n/2. Otherwise return 3n+1.
const collatz = n => (n % 2 == 0) ? (n / 2) : (3 * n + 1);
// collatz(8) --> 4
// collatz(5) --> 16
Distance between two points
Use Math.hypot() to calculate the Euclidean distance between two points.
const distance = (x0, y0, x1, y1) => Math.hypot(x1 - x0, y1 - y0);
// distance(1,1, 2,3) -> 2.23606797749979
Divisible by number
Use the modulo operator (%) to check if the remainder is equal to 0.
const isDivisible = (dividend, divisor) => dividend % divisor === 0;
// isDivisible(6,3) -> true
Even or odd number
Checks whether a number is odd or even using the modulo (%) operator.
Returns true if the number is even, false if the number is odd.
const isEven = num => num % 2 === 0;
// isEven(3) -> false
Factorial
Use recursion.
If n is less than or equal to 1, return 1.
Otherwise, return the product of n and the factorial of n - 1.
const factorial = n => n <= 1 ? 1 : n * factorial(n - 1);
// factorial(6) -> 720
Fibonacci array generator
Create an empty array of the specific length, initializing the first two values (0 and 1).
Use Array.reduce() to add values into the array, using the sum of the last two values, except for the first two.
const fibonacci = n =>
Array(n).fill(0).reduce((acc, val, i) => acc.concat(i > 1 ? acc[i - 1] + acc[i - 2] : i), []);
// fibonacci(5) -> [0,1,1,2,3]
Greatest common divisor (GCD)
Use recursion.
Base case is when y equals 0. In this case, return x.
Otherwise, return the GCD of y and the remainder of the division x/y.
const gcd = (x, y) => !y ? x : gcd(y, x % y);
// gcd (8, 36) -> 4
Hamming distance
Use XOR operator (^) to find the bit difference between the two numbers, convert to binary string using toString(2).
Count and return the number of 1s in the string, using match(/1/g).
const hammingDistance = (num1, num2) =>
((num1 ^ num2).toString(2).match(/1/g) || '').length;
// hammingDistance(2,3) -> 1
Percentile
Use Array.reduce() to calculate how many numbers are below the value and how many are the same value and
apply the percentile formula.
const percentile = (arr, val) =>
100 * arr.reduce((acc,v) => acc + (v < val ? 1 : 0) + (v === val ? 0.5 : 0), 0) / arr.length;
// percentile([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10], 6) -> 55
Powerset
Use Array.reduce() combined with Array.map() to iterate over elements and combine into an array containing all combinations.
const powerset = arr =>
arr.reduce((a, v) => a.concat(a.map(r => [v].concat(r))), [[]]);
// powerset([1,2]) -> [[], [1], [2], [2,1]]
Round number to n digits
Use Math.round() and template literals to round the number to the specified number of digits.
Omit the second argument, decimals to round to an integer.
const round = (n, decimals=0) => Number(`${Math.round(`${n}e${decimals}`)}e-${decimals}`);
// round(1.005, 2) -> 1.01
Standard deviation
Use Array.reduce() to calculate the mean, variance and the sum of the variance of the values, the variance of the values, then
determine the standard deviation.
You can omit the second argument to get the sample standard deviation or set it to true to get the population standard deviation.
const standardDeviation = (arr, usePopulation = false) => {
const mean = arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0) / arr.length;
return Math.sqrt(
arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc.concat(Math.pow(val - mean, 2)), [])
.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0) / (arr.length - (usePopulation ? 0 : 1))
);
};
// standardDeviation([10,2,38,23,38,23,21]) -> 13.284434142114991 (sample)
// standardDeviation([10,2,38,23,38,23,21], true) -> 12.29899614287479 (population)
Media
Speech synthesis (experimental)
Use SpeechSynthesisUtterance.voice and indow.speechSynthesis.getVoices() to convert a message to speech.
Use window.speechSynthesis.speak() to play the message.
Learn more about the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface of the Web Speech API.
const speak = message => {
const msg = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(message);
msg.voice = window.speechSynthesis.getVoices()[0];
window.speechSynthesis.speak(msg);
};
// speak('Hello, World') -> plays the message
Node
Read file as array of lines
Use readFileSync function in fs node package to create a Buffer from a file.
convert buffer to string using toString(encoding) function.
creating an array from contents of file by spliting file content line by line(each \n).
const fs = require('fs');
const readFileToArray = filename => fs.readFileSync(filename).toString('UTF8').split('\n');
/*
contents of test.txt :
line1
line2
line3
___________________________
let arr = readFileToArray('test.txt')
console.log(arr) // -> ['line1', 'line2', 'line3']
*/
Write JSON to file
Use fs.writeFile(), template literals and JSON.stringify() to write a json object to a .json file.
const fs = require('fs');
const jsonToFile = (obj, filename) => fs.writeFile(`${filename}.json`, JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2))
// jsonToFile({test: "is passed"}, 'testJsonFile') -> writes the object to 'testJsonFile.json'
Object
Object from key-value pairs
Use Array.reduce() to create and combine key-value pairs.
const objectFromPairs = arr => arr.reduce((a, v) => (a[v[0]] = v[1], a), {});
// objectFromPairs([['a',1],['b',2]]) -> {a: 1, b: 2}
Object to key-value pairs
Use Object.keys() and Array.map() to iterate over the object's keys and produce an array with key-value pairs.
const objectToPairs = obj => Object.keys(obj).map(k => [k, obj[k]]);
// objectToPairs({a: 1, b: 2}) -> [['a',1],['b',2]])
Shallow clone object
Use Object.assign() and an empty object ({}) to create a shallow clone of the original.
const shallowClone = obj => Object.assign({}, obj);
/*
const a = { x: true, y: 1 };
const b = shallowClone(a);
a === b -> false
*/
String
Anagrams of string (with duplicates)
Use recursion.
For each letter in the given string, create all the partial anagrams for the rest of its letters.
Use Array.map() to combine the letter with each partial anagram, then Array.reduce() to combine all anagrams in one array.
Base cases are for string length equal to 2 or 1.
const anagrams = str => {
if (str.length <= 2) return str.length === 2 ? [str, str[1] + str[0]] : [str];
return str.split('').reduce((acc, letter, i) =>
acc.concat(anagrams(str.slice(0, i) + str.slice(i + 1)).map(val => letter + val)), []);
};
// anagrams('abc') -> ['abc','acb','bac','bca','cab','cba']
Capitalize first letter of every word
Use replace() to match the first character of each word and toUpperCase() to capitalize it.
const capitalizeEveryWord = str => str.replace(/\b[a-z]/g, char => char.toUpperCase());
// capitalizeEveryWord('hello world!') -> 'Hello World!'
Capitalize first letter
Use destructuring and toUpperCase() to capitalize first letter, ...rest to get array of characters after first letter and then Array.join('') to make it a string again.
Omit the lowerRest parameter to keep the rest of the string intact, or set it to true to convert to lower case.
const capitalize = ([first,...rest], lowerRest = false) =>
first.toUpperCase() + (lowerRest ? rest.join('').toLowerCase() : rest.join(''));
// capitalize('myName') -> 'MyName'
// capitalize('myName', true) -> 'Myname'
Check for palindrome
Convert string toLowerCase() and use replace() to remove non-alphanumeric characters from it.
Then, split('') into individual characters, reverse(), join('') and compare to the original, unreversed string, after converting it tolowerCase().
const palindrome = str => {
const s = str.toLowerCase().replace(/[\W_]/g,'');
return s === s.split('').reverse().join('');
}
// palindrome('taco cat') -> true
Reverse a string
Use array destructuring and Array.reverse() to reverse the order of the characters in the string.
Combine characters to get a string using join('').
const reverseString = str => [...str].reverse().join('');
// reverseString('foobar') -> 'raboof'
Sort characters in string (alphabetical)
Split the string using split(''), Array.sort() utilizing localeCompare(), recombine using join('').
const sortCharactersInString = str =>
str.split('').sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)).join('');
// sortCharactersInString('cabbage') -> 'aabbceg'
Truncate a String
Determine if the string's length is greater than num.
Return the string truncated to the desired length, with ... appended to the end or the original string.
const truncate = (str, num) =>
str.length > num ? str.slice(0, num > 3 ? num - 3 : num) + '...' : str;
// truncate('boomerang', 7) -> 'boom...'
Utility
3-digit hexcode to 6-digit hexcode
Use Array.map(), split() and Array.join() to join the mapped array for converting a three-digit RGB notated hexadecimal colorcode to the six-digit form.
const convertHex = shortHex =>
shortHex[0] == '#' ? ('#' + shortHex.slice(1).split('').map(x => x+x).join('')) :
('#' + shortHex.split('').map(x => x+x).join(''));
// convertHex('#03f') -> '#0033ff'
// convertHex('05a') -> '#0055aa'
Escape regular expression
Use replace() to escape special characters.
const escapeRegExp = str => str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
// escapeRegExp('(test)') -> \\(test\\)
Get native type of value
Returns lower-cased constructor name of value, "undefined" or "null" if value is undefined or null
const getType = v =>
v === undefined ? 'undefined' : v === null ? 'null' : v.constructor.name.toLowerCase();
// getType(new Set([1,2,3])) -> "set"
Hexcode to RGB
Use Array.slice(), Array.map() and match() to convert a hexadecimal colorcode (prefixed with #) to a string with the RGB values.
const hexToRgb = hex => `rgb(${hex.slice(1).match(/.{2}/g).map(x => parseInt(x, 16)).join()})`
// hexToRgb('#27ae60') -> 'rgb(39,174,96)'
Is array
Use Array.isArray() to check if a value is classified as an array.
const isArray = val => !!val && Array.isArray(val);
// isArray(null) -> false
// isArray([1]) -> true
Is boolean
Use typeof to check if a value is classified as a boolean primitive.
const isBoolean = val => typeof val === 'boolean';
// isBoolean(null) -> false
// isBoolean(false) -> true
Is function
Use typeof to check if a value is classified as a function primitive.
const isFunction = val => val && typeof val === 'function';
// isFunction('x') -> false
// isFunction(x => x) -> true
Is number
Use typeof to check if a value is classified as a number primitive.
const isNumber = val => typeof val === 'number';
// isNumber('1') -> false
// isNumber(1) -> true
Is string
Use typeof to check if a value is classified as a string primitive.
const isString = val => typeof val === 'string';
// isString(10) -> false
// isString('10') -> true
Is symbol
Use typeof to check if a value is classified as a symbol primitive.
const isSymbol = val => typeof val === 'symbol';
// isSymbol('x') -> false
// isSymbol(Symbol('x')) -> true
Measure time taken by function
Use console.time() and console.timeEnd() to measure the difference between the start and end times to determine how long the callback took to execute.
const timeTaken = callback => {
console.time('timeTaken');
const r = callback();
console.timeEnd('timeTaken');
return r;
};
// timeTaken(() => Math.pow(2, 10)) -> 1024
// (logged): timeTaken: 0.02099609375ms
Number to array of digits
Convert the number to a string, use split() to convert build an array.
Use Array.map() and parseInt() to transform each value to an integer.
const digitize = n => (''+n).split('').map(i => parseInt(i));
// digitize(2334) -> [2, 3, 3, 4]
Ordinal suffix of number
Use the modulo operator (%) to find values of single and tens digits.
Find which ordinal pattern digits match.
If digit is found in teens pattern, use teens ordinal.
const toOrdinalSuffix = num => {
const int = parseInt(num), digits = [(int % 10), (int % 100)],
ordinals = ['st', 'nd', 'rd', 'th'], oPattern = [1, 2, 3, 4],
tPattern = [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19];
return oPattern.includes(digits[0]) && !tPattern.includes(digits[1]) ? int + ordinals[digits[0] - 1] : int + ordinals[3];
};
// toOrdinalSuffix("123") -> "123rd"
Random integer in range
Use Math.random() to generate a random number and map it to the desired range, using Math.floor() to make it an integer.
const randomIntegerInRange = (min, max) => Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
// randomIntegerInRange(0, 5) -> 2
Random number in range
Use Math.random() to generate a random value, map it to the desired range using multiplication.
const randomInRange = (min, max) => Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
// randomInRange(2,10) -> 6.0211363285087005
RGB to hexadecimal
Convert given RGB parameters to hexadecimal string using bitwise left-shift operator (<<) and toString(16), then padStart(6,'0') to get a 6-digit hexadecimal value.
const rgbToHex = (r, g, b) => ((r << 16) + (g << 8) + b).toString(16).padStart(6, '0');
// rgbToHex(255, 165, 1) -> 'ffa501'
Swap values of two variables
Use array destructuring to swap values between two variables.
[varA, varB] = [varB, varA];
// [x, y] = [y, x]
URL parameters
Use match() with an appropriate regular expression to get all key-value pairs, Array.reduce() to map and combine them into a single object.
Pass location.search as the argument to apply to the current url.
const getUrlParameters = url =>
url.match(/([^?=&]+)(=([^&]*))/g).reduce(
(a, v) => (a[v.slice(0, v.indexOf('='))] = v.slice(v.indexOf('=') + 1), a), {}
);
// getUrlParameters('http://url.com/page?name=Adam&surname=Smith') -> {name: 'Adam', surname: 'Smith'}
UUID generator
Use crypto API to generate a UUID, compliant with RFC4122 version 4.
const uuid = _ =>
([1e7] + -1e3 + -4e3 + -8e3 + -1e11).replace(/[018]/g, c =>
(c ^ crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(1))[0] & 15 >> c / 4).toString(16)
);
// uuid() -> '7982fcfe-5721-4632-bede-6000885be57d'
Validate email
Use a regular expression to check if the email is valid.
Returns true if email is valid, false if not.
const validateEmail = str =>
/^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/.test(str);
// validateEmail(mymail@gmail.com) -> true
Validate number
Use !isNaN in combination with parseFloat() to check if the argument is a number.
Use isFinite() to check if the number is finite.
Use Number() to check if the coercion holds.
const validateNumber = n => !isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n) && Number(n) == n;
// validateNumber('10') -> true
Value or default
Returns value, or default value if passed value is falsy.
const valueOrDefault = (value, d) => value || d;
// valueOrDefault(NaN, 30) -> 30
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