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toSnakeCase

Converts a string to snake case.

Break the string into words and combine them using _ as a separator. For more detailed explanation of this Regex, visit this Site.

const toSnakeCase = str => {
  str && str.match(/[A-Z]{2,}(?=[A-Z][a-z]+[0-9]*|\b)|[A-Z]?[a-z]+[0-9]*|[A-Z]|[0-9]+/g)
    .map(x => x.toLowerCase())
    .join('_');
};
// toSnakeCase("camelCase") -> 'camel_case'
// toSnakeCase("some text") -> 'some_text'
// toSnakeCase("some-javascript-property") -> 'some_javascript_property'
// toSnakeCase("some-mixed_string With spaces_underscores-and-hyphens") -> 'some_mixed_string_with_spaces_underscores_and_hyphens'
// toSnakeCase("AllThe-small Things") -> "all_the_small_things"
// toSnakeCase('IAmListeningToFMWhileLoadingDifferentURLOnMyBrowserAndAlsoEditingSomeXMLAndHTML') -> "i_am_listening_to_fm_while_loading_different_url_on_my_browser_and_also_editing_some_xml_and_html"