nightfury7 / universalbasics.js

UB.wordSeperators = [" ", ".", ",", ";", "[", "]", "{", "}", "(", ")"];

var arrayFuncs = {

	joinWords: function(){

		var words = this;

		return words.join(" ");

	},

none:null

};

// register funcs

UB.registerFuncs(Array.prototype, arrayFuncs);

var stringFuncs = {

	/** advanced: splits by any operator or number char, space & newline.

	 * simple: splits by newline & space.

	 * always returns an array of non-blank, trimmed words. */

	splitWords: function(advanced = true){

		var text = this;

		if (advanced){

			var results = [];

			// find start of word

			for (var c = 0, cl = text.length;c<cl;c++){

				var cc = text.charAt(c);

				var start = c;

				if (cc.isLetter()) {

					// find end of word

					for (var e = c + 1;e<cl;e++){

						var ec = text.charAt(e);

						var isLastChar = (e == (cl - 1));

						if ((!ec.isLetter() && ec != ' ') || isLastChar){

							// skip if "letter [dash] letter"

							if (!isLastChar && ec == '-' && text.charAt(e + 1).isLetter()){

								continue;

							}

							// add word if something found

							var end = isLastChar?e:e-1;

							if (end > start) {

								var term = text.range(start, end).trim();

								if (term.exists()){

										term.splitWords().addArray(results);

									} else {

										results.push(term);

									}

								}

							}

							// continue at ending

							c = e;

							break;

						}

					}

				}

			}

			return results;

		}

		// SPLIT BY NEWLINE & SPACES

		results = [];

		var lines = text.splitLines(true, true);

		for (var s = 0, sl = lines.length; s < sl; s++) {

			var line = lines[s];

			results = line.split(" ");

			for (var w = 0, wl = results.length; w < wl; w++) {

				var word = results[w];

				if (word.length > 0) {

					results.push(word);

				}

			}

		}

		return results;

	},

	/** Count words in a string */

	wordCount: function(){

		var text = this;

		return text.match(new RegExp("\\b\\w+\\b", "g")).length;

	},

	none:null

};

// register funcs

UB.registerFuncs(String.prototype, stringFuncs);