Arkin

Just ideas that popped into my head.

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Features

• Sleep
• End
• Error
• Clear
• List
• GetDate
• ToBoolean

Installation

To install, open your command line and navigate to your project folder. Then run:

npm install arkin

At the top of your program add:

const arkin = require('arkin');

Reference

Sleep

Information

Pauses the program for a short time.

Parameters

• milliseconds: The amount of time in milliseconds to wait.

Usage

arkin.sleep(1000);

Pauses for 1000 milliseconds or 1 second.

End

Information

Ends the program with exit code 0.

Parameters

None

Usage

arkin.end()

Ends the program with exit code 0.

Error

Information

Ends the program with exit code 1 and logs the error.

Parameters

• ERR: The error that happened.

Usage

var err = "Uh Oh";
arkin.error(err);

Outputs in the console:

There was an error:
Uh Oh

Ends the program with exit code 1.

Clear

Information

Clears the console.

Parameters

None

Usage

arkin.clear();

Clears the console.

List

Information

Takes an array and makes a list from it.

Parameters

• list: An array containing the messages to be displayed.
• config: [Optional] A JSON object which determines the starting number and marker.
  • startingNumber: [Optional] An integer which determines the first number of the list. Default: '1'.
  • marker: [Optional] A string which decides what separates the number and the message. Default: '.'.

Usage

const list = ["Yo", "hi", "hello"]

const config = {
  startingNumber: 1,
  marker: ')'
};

arkin.list(list, config);

Outputs in the console:

1) Yo
2) hi
3) hello

GetDate

Information

Gets the current date in any format.

Parameters

• config: [Optional] A JSON object which determines the information and the way it is returned.
  • format: [Optional] Determines all of the formatting for the date.
    • order: [Optional] A string which specifies the order of the day, month, and year. Separated by hyphens. Default 'month-day-year'.
    • extraZero: [Optional] A boolean which while true, adds an extra zero to the beginning of both the day and month if it is less then ten. Default: 'true'.
    • year: [Optional] A string which determines the length of the year by the amount of 'y's in it. Removes numbers from the left. Default: 'yyyy'.
    • separator: [Optional] A string which determines the separator between the day, month, and year. Default: '/'.

Usage

Example date is February 23rd, 2064

  const config = {
    format: {
      order: 'year-month-day',
      extraZero: false,
      year: 'yyy',
      separator: ','
    }
  };

  var date = arkin.getDate(config);
  console.log(date);

Outputs in the console:

064,2,23

ToBoolean

Information

Returns a boolean value from a string or returns a float or returns a number

Parameters

• boolIn: A string which contains the value to be returned
• toInteger: [Optional] A boolean value which specifies weather or not to return a float

Usage

console.log(typeof arkin.toBool('true'), false);

Outputs in the console:

boolean