verb/lib/utils/strip.js

Verb makes it easy to build project documentation using simple markdown templates, with zero configuration required.

/**
 * Verb <https://github.com/assemble/verb>
 * Generate markdown documentation for GitHub projects.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Jon Schlinkert, Brian Woodward, contributors.
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 */

'use strict';

/**
 * Strip newlines and whitespace padding.
 *
 * @name reverse
 * @param  {String} str The string to reverse
 * @return {String}     The reversed string.
 * @api public
 */

module.exports = function(str) {
  str = str || '';
  str = str.replace(/^\s+/gm, '');
  str = str.replace(/\s+$/gm, '');
  str = str.replace(/\n+/gm, ' ');
  return str;
};