twreporter-react/node_modules_node_5/require-hacker/source/helpers.js

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// // if the variable is defined
export const exists = what => typeof what !== 'undefined'

// used for JSON object type checking
const object_constructor = {}.constructor

// detects a JSON object
export function is_object(object)
{
	return exists(object) && (object !== null) && object.constructor === object_constructor
}

// extends the first object with 
/* istanbul ignore next: some weird transpiled code, not testable */
export function extend(...objects)
{
	const to   = objects[0]
	const from = objects[1]

	if (objects.length > 2)
	{
		const last = objects.pop()
		const intermediary_result = extend.apply(this, objects)
		return extend(intermediary_result, last)
	}

	for (let key of Object.keys(from))
	{
		if (is_object(from[key]))
		{
			if (!is_object(to[key]))
			{
				to[key] = {}
			}

			extend(to[key], from[key])
		}
		else
		{
			to[key] = from[key]
		}
	}

	return to
}

export function merge()
{
	const parameters = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0)
	parameters.unshift({})
	return extend.apply(this, parameters)
}

export function clone(object)
{
	return merge({}, object)
}

// creates camelCased aliases for all the keys of an object
export function convert_from_camel_case(object)
{
	for (let key of Object.keys(object))
	{
		if (/[A-Z]/.test(key))
		// if (key.indexOf('_') >= 0)
		{
			// const camel_cased_key = key.replace(/_(.)/g, function(match, group_1)
			// {
			// 	return group_1.toUpperCase()
			// })

			// if (!exists(object[camel_cased_key]))
			// {
			// 	object[camel_cased_key] = object[key]
			// 	delete object[key]
			// }

			const lo_dashed_key = key.replace(/([A-Z])/g, function(match, group_1)
			{
				return '_' + group_1.toLowerCase()
			})

			if (!exists(object[lo_dashed_key]))
			{
				object[lo_dashed_key] = object[key]
				delete object[key]
			}
		}
	}

	return object
}

function escape_regexp(string)
{
	const specials = new RegExp("[.*+?|()\\[\\]{}\\\\]", 'g')
	return string.replace(specials, "\\$&")
}

export function replace_all(where, what, with_what)
{
	const regexp = new RegExp(escape_regexp(what), 'g')
	return where.replace(regexp, with_what)
}

export function starts_with(string, substring)
{
	return string.indexOf(substring) === 0
}

export function ends_with(string, substring)
{
	let i = string.length
	let j = substring.length

	if (j > i)
	{
		return false
	}

	while (j > 0)
	{
		i--
		j--

		if (string[i] !== substring[j])
		{
			return false
		}
	}

	return true

	// const index = string.lastIndexOf(substring)
	// return index >= 0 && index === string.length - substring.length
}

export function is_empty(array)
{
	return array.length === 0
}

export function not_empty(array)
{
	return array.length > 0
}

// repeat string N times
export function repeat(what, times)
{
	let result = ''
	while (times > 0)
	{
		result += what
		times--
	}
	return result
}

// if the text is blank
export function is_blank(text)
{
	return !exists(text) || !text.replace(/\s/g, '')
}

// zips two arrays
export function zip(a, b)
{
	return a.map(function(_, index) 
	{
		return [a[index], b[index]]
	})
}