Utilities functions related to string manipulation

Format a string by replacing placeholder symbols with passed in arguments.

Example: var formatted = StringUtils.format("Hello {0}", "World");

• str string The base string

Returns string Formatted string

Splits the text by new line characters and returns an array of lines

• text string

Returns Array<string> lines

Returns a line number corresponding to an offset in some text. The text can be specified as a single string or as an array of strings that correspond to the lines of the string.

Specify the text in lines when repeatedly calling the function on the same text in a loop. Use getLines() to divide the text into lines, then repeatedly call this function to compute a line number from the offset.

• textOrLines (string | Array<string>) string or array of lines from which to compute the line number from the offset
• offset number

Returns number line number

Returns true if the given string starts with the given prefix.

• str String
• prefix String

Returns Boolean

Returns true if the given string ends with the given suffix.

• str string
• suffix string

Return an escaped path or URL string that can be broken near path separators.

• url string the path or URL to format

Returns string the formatted path or URL

Converts number of bytes into human readable format. If param bytes is negative it returns the number without any changes.

• bytes number Number of bytes to convert
• precision number Number of digits after the decimal separator

Returns string

Truncate text to specified length.

• str string Text to be truncated.
• len number Length to which text should be truncated

Returns string? Returns truncated text only if it was changed

Computes a 32bit hash from the given string Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7616461/generate-a-hash-from-string-in-javascript-jquery

• str string The string for which hash is to be computed

Returns number The 32-bit hash

Generates a random nonce string of the specified length.

!!!Should not be used for crypto secure workflows.!!!

• stringLength number The length of the nonce in bytes. default 10. (optional, default 10)
• prefix string? optional prefix (optional, default "")

Returns string The randomly generated nonce.