Kebabcase string
JavaScript, String, Regexp · Dec 16, 2020

Converts a string to kebab case.
- Use
String.prototype.match()
to break the string into words using an appropriate regexp. - Use
Array.prototype.map()
,Array.prototype.join()
andString.prototype.toLowerCase()
to combine them, adding-
as a separator.
const toKebabCase = 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('-'); toKebabCase('camelCase'); // 'camel-case' toKebabCase('some text'); // 'some-text' toKebabCase('some-mixed_string With spaces_underscores-and-hyphens'); // 'some-mixed-string-with-spaces-underscores-and-hyphens' toKebabCase('AllThe-small Things'); // 'all-the-small-things' toKebabCase('IAmEditingSomeXMLAndHTML'); // 'i-am-editing-some-xml-and-html'