slice-location

String slices by line and column indexes

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Node.js
• API
  • sliceLocation(input, options)
    • input
    • options
    • return
    • Example
• LICENSE

Installation

This module is distributed via npm which is bundled with node and should be installed as one of your project's devDependencies:

npm install --save-dev slice-location

Usage

Node.js

import sliceLocation from 'slice-location';

const inputString = `Line 1
Line 2

Line 4
Line 5

Line 7
`;

const options = {beginLine: 4, beginColumn: 1, endLine: 5, endColumn: 2, offsetLine: 1, offsetColumn: 1};
console.log(sliceLocation(inputString));
//=> Line 4
//=> Li

API

sliceLocation(input, options)

Slice a string by line and column indexes. Returns a string sliced.

input

Type: string

The string to slice.

options

Type: object

• beginLine: The line number where the slice begins.
  • Type: number
  • Default: 0
• beginColumn: The column number where the slice begins.
  • Type: number
  • Default: 0
• endLine: The line number where the slice ends.
  • Type: number
  • Default: The number of the last line of the string
• endColumn: The column number where the slice ends.
  • Type: number
  • Default: The number of the last column of the last line of the string
• offsetLine: by default, the value of the first line is 0. If you need the first line begin at 1 or more, set offsetLine in the option parameter object to the desired value.
  • Type: number
  • Default: 0
• offsetColumn: by default, the value of the first column is 0. If you need the first line begin at 1 or more, set offsetColumn in the option parameter object to the desired value.
  • Type: number
  • Default: 0

return

Type: string

The string sliced.

Example

index.js:

import sliceLocation from 'slice-location';

const inputString = `Line 1
Line 2

Line 4
Line 5

Line 7
`;

const options = {beginLine: 4, beginColumn: 1, endLine: 5, endColumn: 2, offsetLine: 1, offsetColumn: 1};
console.log(sliceLocation(inputString));
//=> Line 4
//=> Li

LICENSE

MIT