“Boop is a simple editor that allows you to execute scripts on the buffer. The idea is that you don’t have to paste potentially secret information into shady websites to do some simple transforms, like format json and decoding query strings.”
There is also a port for Linux and Windows: https://github.com/zoeyfyi/Boop-GTK
sudo install boop-gtk.linux.amd64 /usr/local/bin/boop-gtk
Run from terminal with boop-gtk
“Pywal is a tool that generates a color palette from the dominant colors in an image. It then applies the colors system-wide and on-the-fly in all of your favorite programs.”
https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal/wiki/Installation
pip3 install pywal
I’m using Variety to change my wallpaper every day automatically. To always get the right colors in my terminal I added some lines in my .zshrc that will always grab the current wallpaper and pass it to PyWal. I’m sure a bash pro would do this in just one line… 🙂
#---PyWal---#
# load previous theme
(cat ~/.cache/wal/sequences &)
# get picture path
picturepath=$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri)
# remove prefix & suffix
prefix="'file://"
suffix="'"
picturepath=${picturepath#"$prefix"}
picturepath=${picturepath%"$suffix"}
# set colors
wal -n -q -i "$picturepath"
#---PyWal End---#
There are many plugins/tools you can combine with PyWal:
https://github.com/frewacom/pywalfox
“Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience for greater productivity.”
“Control your external monitor brightness, contrast or volume directly from a menulet or with keyboard native keys.”
These are my notes while doing the course JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures on https://www.freecodecamp.org. I highly recommend it if you prefer to try things directly rather than watching videos.
1. Palindrome Checker
function palindrome(str) {
// clear string
str = str.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, "");
// reverse string
let strBack = str.split("").reverse().join("");
// palindrome?
return (str === strBack) ? true : false;
}
palindrome("_eye");
palindrome("five|\_/|four");
palindrome("1 eye for of 1 eye.");
2. Roman Numeral Converter
function convertToRoman(num) {
const lookup = {M:1000,CM:900,D:500,CD:400,C:100,XC:90,L:50,XL:40,X:10,IX:9,V:5,IV:4,I:1};
let roman = '';
for ( let i in lookup ) {
while ( num >= lookup[i] ) {
roman += i;
num -= lookup[i];
}
}
return roman;
}
convertToRoman(6);
3. Caesars Cipher
function rot13(str) {
const alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
const length = alphabet.length;
let decode = "";
const getROT13 = index => {
return (index+13 >= length) ? alphabet[13-(length-index)] : alphabet[index+13];
}
for (let i=0; i<str.length; i++) {
let index = alphabet.indexOf(str[i]);
decode += (index<0) ? str[i] : getROT13(index);
}
return decode;
}
rot13("SERR PBQR PNZC")
rot13("SERR CVMMN!")
4. Telephone Number Validator
function telephoneCheck(str) {
let regexCheck = /^(1.*){0,1}(\d{3}|[(]\d{3}[)])[\s|-]*\d{3}.*\d{4}$/g;
let result = regexCheck.test(str);
if (result) {
let length = str.match(/\d/g).length;
result = (length == 7 || length == 10 || (length == 11 && str[0] == 1)) ? true : false;
}
console.log(str.match(regexCheck));
console.log(result);
return result;
}
telephoneCheck("555-555-5555");
telephoneCheck("1 555-555-5555");
telephoneCheck("1 (555) 555-5555");
telephoneCheck("5555555555");
telephoneCheck("555-555-5555")
telephoneCheck("(555)555-5555")
telephoneCheck("1(555)555-5555")
telephoneCheck("1 555)555-5555") //false
telephoneCheck("(6054756961)") //false
telephoneCheck("2 (757) 622-7382") //false
telephoneCheck("10 (757) 622-7382") //false
5. Cash Register
function checkCashRegister(price, cash, cid) {
let changeArr = [];
const currency = { "ONE HUNDRED": 100, "TWENTY": 20, "TEN": 10, "FIVE": 5, "ONE": 1, "QUARTER": 0.25, "DIME": 0.1, "NICKEL": 0.05, "PENNY": 0.01 }
const substract = (a, b) => parseFloat(a - b).toPrecision(4);
const calcAmount = (change, curr) => {
let rest = change % curr;
let div = substract(change, rest) / curr;
return div * curr;
}
let change = substract(cash, price);
//check if cid equals to change
//or if cid is already not enough
let sum = 0;
for (let k=0; k<cid.length;k++) {
sum += cid[k][1]
}
if (sum == change) {
return {status: "CLOSED", change: cid};
} else if (sum < change) {
return {status: "INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS", change: []};
}
//calculate change
for (let i in currency) {
if (change > currency[i]) {
for (let j=0; j<cid.length;j++) {
if (i == cid[j][0]) {
let amount = cid[j][1];
if (substract(change, amount) < 0) {
amount = calcAmount(change, currency[i]);
}
change = substract(change, amount);
changeArr.push([i, amount]);
}
}
}
}
if (change != 0) {
//not able to give the correct change
return {status: "INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS", change: []};
}
return {status: "OPEN", change: changeArr};
}
checkCashRegister(19.5, 20, [["PENNY", 1.01], ["NICKEL", 2.05], ["DIME", 3.1], ["QUARTER", 4.25], ["ONE", 90], ["FIVE", 55], ["TEN", 20], ["TWENTY", 60], ["ONE HUNDRED", 100]]);
checkCashRegister(3.26, 100, [["PENNY", 1.01], ["NICKEL", 2.05], ["DIME", 3.1], ["QUARTER", 4.25], ["ONE", 90], ["FIVE", 55], ["TEN", 20], ["TWENTY", 60], ["ONE HUNDRED", 100]])
checkCashRegister(19.5, 20, [["PENNY", 0.01], ["NICKEL", 0], ["DIME", 0], ["QUARTER", 0], ["ONE", 0], ["FIVE", 0], ["TEN", 0], ["TWENTY", 0], ["ONE HUNDRED", 0]])
checkCashRegister(19.5, 20, [["PENNY", 0.01], ["NICKEL", 0], ["DIME", 0], ["QUARTER", 0], ["ONE", 1], ["FIVE", 0], ["TEN", 0], ["TWENTY", 0], ["ONE HUNDRED", 0]])
checkCashRegister(19.5, 20, [["PENNY", 0.5], ["NICKEL", 0], ["DIME", 0], ["QUARTER", 0], ["ONE", 0], ["FIVE", 0], ["TEN", 0], ["TWENTY", 0], ["ONE HUNDRED", 0]])
These are my notes while doing the course JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures on https://www.freecodecamp.org. I highly recommend it if you prefer to try things directly rather than watching videos.
1. Sum All Numbers in a Range
function sumAll(arr) {
let num1 = Math.min(arr[0], arr[1]);
let num2 = Math.max(arr[0], arr[1]);
let result = 0;
while (num1 < num2) {
result += num1;
num1++;
}
return result += num2;
}
sumAll([1, 4]);
2. Diff Two Arrays
function diffArray(arr1, arr2) {
var newArr = [];
for (let i = 0; i < arr1.length; i++) {
if (arr2.indexOf(arr1[i]) == -1) {
newArr.push(arr1[i]);
}
}
for (let i = 0; i < arr2.length; i++) {
if (arr1.indexOf(arr2[i]) == -1) {
newArr.push(arr2[i]);
}
}
return newArr;
}
diffArray([1, 2, 3, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
3. Seek and Destroy
function destroyer(...arr) {
let newArr = arr.shift();
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
while (newArr.indexOf(arr[i]) > -1) {
newArr.splice(newArr.indexOf(arr[i]), 1);
};
}
return newArr;
}
destroyer([1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3], 2, 3);
4. Wherefore art thou
function whatIsInAName(collection, source) {
var arr = [];
var srcKeys = Object.keys(source);
for (let i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
let obj = collection[i];
let bool = true;
for (let j = 0; j < srcKeys.length; j++) {
let key = srcKeys[j];
if (!obj.hasOwnProperty(key) || (obj[key] != source[key])) {
bool = false;
}
}
if (bool) {
arr.push(obj);
}
}
return arr;
}
whatIsInAName([{ first: "Romeo", last: "Montague" }, { first: "Mercutio", last: null }, { first: "Tybalt", //last: "Capulet" }], { last: "Capulet" });
whatIsInAName([{ "apple": 1, "bat": 2 }, { "bat": 2 }, { "apple": 1, "bat": 2, "cookie": 2 }], { "apple": 1, "bat": 2 });
5. Spinal Tap Case
function spinalCase(str) {
let myRegex = /[A-Z][a-z]+|[a-z]+/g;
let arr = str.match(myRegex);
return arr.join("-").toLowerCase();
}
spinalCase('This Is Spinal Tap');
spinalCase("thisIsSpinalTap");
spinalCase("The_Andy_Griffith_Show");
spinalCase("Teletubbies say Eh-oh");
spinalCase("AllThe-small Things");
6. Pig Latin
function translatePigLatin(str) {
let regexAY = /(^[^aeiou]+)/g;
let regexWAY = /(^[aeiou]+)/g;
if (regexAY.test(str)) {
let cutStr = str.match(regexAY);
let newStr = str.substr(cutStr[0].length);
return newStr + cutStr[0] + "ay";
} else if (regexWAY.test(str)) {
return str + "way";
}
}
translatePigLatin("consonant");
translatePigLatin("paragraphs");
translatePigLatin("glove");
translatePigLatin("algorithm");
translatePigLatin("eight");
translatePigLatin("rhythm");
7. Search and Replace
function myReplace(str, before, after) {
if (/^[A-Z]/.test(before)) {
after = after.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + after.slice(1);
} else {
after = after.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + after.slice(1);
}
return str.replace(before, after);
}
myReplace("A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog", "jumped", "leaped");
myReplace("Let us go to the store", "store", "mall");
myReplace("He is Sleeping on the couch", "Sleeping", "sitting");
8. DNA Pairing
function pairElement(str) {
let arr = [];
for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
let tmp = [];
tmp.push(str[i]);
switch(str[i]) {
case "A":
tmp.push("T");
break;
case "T":
tmp.push("A");
break;
case "C":
tmp.push("G");
break;
case "G":
tmp.push("C");
}
arr.push(tmp);
}
return arr;
}
pairElement("GCG");
9. Missing letters
function fearNotLetter(str) {
const alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
let startIndex = alphabet.indexOf(str[0]);
const compareStr = alphabet.slice(startIndex, startIndex + str.length);
for (let i = 0; i < compareStr.length; i++) {
if (compareStr[i] !== str[i]) {
return compareStr[i];
}
}
return undefined;
}
fearNotLetter("abce");
fearNotLetter("bcdf");
fearNotLetter("stvwx");
10. Sorted Union
function uniteUnique(...arr) {
const uniteArray = [].concat(...arr);
let uniteUniqueArray = [];
for (let i = 0; i < uniteArray.length; i++) {
if (uniteUniqueArray.indexOf(uniteArray[i]) == -1) uniteUniqueArray.push(uniteArray[i]);
}
return uniteUniqueArray;
}
uniteUnique([1, 3, 2], [5, 2, 1, 4], [2, 1]);
11. Convert HTML Entities
function convertHTML(str) {
return str
.replace(/&/g, "&")
.replace(/</g, "<")
.replace(/>/g, ">")
.replace(/"/g, """)
.replace(/'/g, "'")
.replace(/<>/g, "<>");
}
convertHTML("Dolce & Gabbana");
convertHTML("Hamburgers < Pizza < Tacos");
convertHTML("Sixty > twelve");
convertHTML('Stuff in "quotation marks"');
convertHTML("Schindler's List");
convertHTML("<>");
convertHTML("abc");
12. Sum All Odd Fibonacci Numbers
function sumFibs(num) {
let fibo = [1, 1];
const nextNum = fibu => fibo[fibo.length - 1] + fibo[fibo.length - 2];
while (nextNum(fibo) <= num) {
fibo.push(nextNum(fibo));
};
return fibo
.filter(currentNum => currentNum%2 != 0) //odd
.reduce((sum, currentNum) => sum + currentNum, 0);
}
sumFibs(1);
sumFibs(4);
sumFibs(1000)
sumFibs(4000000);
13. Sum All Primes
function sumPrimes(num) {
let primArr = [];
const isPrime = num => { for(let i = 2; i < num; i++)
if(num % i === 0) return false;
return num > 1;
}
for (let i = 0; i <= num; i++) {
if(isPrime(i)) primArr.push(i);
}
return primArr.reduce((sum, currentNum) => sum + currentNum, 0);
}
sumPrimes(10);
sumPrimes(977);
14. Smallest Common Multiple
function smallestCommons(arr) {
let rangeArr = [...arr];
for (let i = Math.min(...arr) + 1; i < Math.max(...arr); i++) {
rangeArr.push(i);
}
rangeArr.sort((a, b) => b-a);
let lar = rangeArr[0];
let scm = lar;
let bool = false;
while(!bool){
bool = true;
for (let i = 0; i < rangeArr.length; i++) {
if (scm % rangeArr[i] != 0) bool = false;
}
if (bool) return scm;
scm += lar;
}
}
smallestCommons([1,5]);
15. Drop it
function dropElements(arr, func) {
let copy = [...arr];
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if (func(arr[i])) {
break;
}
copy.shift();
}
return copy;
}
dropElements([1, 2, 3], function(n) {return n < 3; });
16. Steamroller (Recursion)
function steamrollArray(arr) {
var flatArr = [];
const flatten = arr => {
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){
(Array.isArray(arr[i])) ? flatten(arr[i]) : flatArr.push(arr[i]);
}
return flatArr;
}
return flatten(arr);
}
console.log(steamrollArray([1, [2], [3, [[4]]]]));
17. Binary Agents
function binaryAgent(binary) {
return binary.split(' ') //Split string in array of binary chars
.map(bin => String.fromCharCode(parseInt(bin, 2))) //Map every binary char to real char
.join(''); //Join the array back to a string
}
binaryAgent("01000001 01110010 01100101 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100010 01101111 01101110 01100110 01101001 01110010 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100110 01110101 01101110 00100001 00111111");
18. Everything Be True
function truthCheck(collection, pre) {
return collection.every(col => col.hasOwnProperty(pre) && Boolean(col[pre]));
}
truthCheck([{"user": "Tinky-Winky", "sex": "male"}, {"user": "Dipsy", "sex": "male"}, {"user": "Laa-Laa", "sex": "female"}, {"user": "Po", "sex": "female"}], "sex");
19. Arguments Optionalf (was really tough… this is the sample solution)
function addTogether(first, second) {
if (typeof first !== "number") {
return undefined;
}
const sum = second =>
typeof second === "number" ? first + second : undefined;
return typeof second === "undefined" ? second => sum(second) : sum(second);
}
addTogether(2,3);
addTogether("http://bit.ly/IqT6zt");
addTogether(2, "3");
console.log(addTogether(2)([3]));
20. Make a Person
var Person = function(firstAndLast) {
var _arr = firstAndLast.split(" ");
// getter
this.getFirstName = () => _arr[0];
this.getLastName = () => _arr[1];
this.getFullName = () => _arr.join(" ");
// setter
this.setFirstName = first => _arr[0] = first;
this.setLastName = last => _arr[1] = last;
this.setFullName = firstAndLast => _arr = firstAndLast.split(" ");
};
var bob = new Person('Bob Ross');
bob.getFullName();
21. Map the Debris
function orbitalPeriod(arr) {
var GM = 398600.4418;
var earthRadius = 6367.4447;
for(let i in arr){
arr[i].orbitalPeriod = Math.round((2*Math.PI)*Math.sqrt(Math.pow((earthRadius+arr[i].avgAlt),3)/GM));
delete arr[i].avgAlt;
}
return arr;
}
orbitalPeriod([{name : "sputnik", avgAlt : 35873.5553}]);
orbitalPeriod([{name: "iss", avgAlt: 413.6}, {name: "hubble", avgAlt: 556.7}, {name: "moon", avgAlt: 378632.553}])
These are my notes while doing the course JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures on https://www.freecodecamp.org. I highly recommend it if you prefer to try things directly rather than watching videos.
Functional programming follows a few core principles:
Callbacks are the functions that are slipped or passed into another function to decide the invocation of that function. You may have seen them passed to other methods, for example in filter, the callback function tells JavaScript the criteria for how to filter an array.
Functions that can be assigned to a variable, passed into another function, or returned from another function just like any other normal value, are called first class functions. In JavaScript, all functions are first class functions.
The functions that take a function as an argument, or return a function as a return value are called higher order functions.
When the functions are passed in to another function or returned from another function, then those functions which gets passed in or returned can be called a lambda.
Pass Arguments to Avoid External Dependence in a Function
Example: Adding/Removing a book to/from a bookList without changing the global bookList array. Instead it returns a new array.
var bookList = ["The Hound of the Baskervilles", "On The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica", "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae"];
/* This function should add a book to the list and return the list */
function add(list, bookName) {
return [...list, bookName];
}
/* This function should remove a book from the list and return the list */
function remove(list, bookName) {
return list.filter(book => book !== bookName);
}
var newBookList = add(bookList, 'A Brief History of Time');
var newerBookList = remove(bookList, 'On The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies');
console.log(bookList); // still contains the same books
The remove function could also look like this:
function remove(arr, bookName) {
let newArr = [...arr];
if (newArr.indexOf(bookName) >= 0) {
newArr.splice(newArr.indexOf(bookName), 1);
return newArr;
}
}
The methods map(), filter(), slice(), concat() and reduce() are pure functions, as their output depends solely on its inputs and does not mutate the original array.
map() iterates over each item in an array and returns a new array containing the results of calling the callback function on each element. It does this without mutating the original array.
When the callback is used, it is passed three arguments. The first argument is the current element being processed. The second is the index of that element and the third is the array upon which the map method was called.
const users = [
{ name: 'John', age: 34 },
{ name: 'Amy', age: 20 },
{ name: 'camperCat', age: 10 }
];
const names = users.map(user => user.name); // [ 'John', 'Amy', 'camperCat' ]
A map() implementation could look like this:
var s = [23, 65, 98, 5]; // global Array
Array.prototype.myMap = function(callback) {
var newArray = [];
for (let i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
newArray.push(callback(this[i]));
}
return newArray;
};
var new_s = s.myMap(function(item) {
return item * 2;
});
filter() calls a function on each element of an array and returns a new array containing only the elements for which that function returns true.
The callback function accepts three arguments. The first argument is the current element being processed. The second is the index of that element and the third is the array upon which the filter method was called.
const users = [
{ name: 'John', age: 34 },
{ name: 'Amy', age: 20 },
{ name: 'camperCat', age: 10 }
];
const usersUnder30 = users.filter(user => user.age < 30); // [ { name: 'Amy', age: 20 }, { name: 'camperCat', age: 10 } ]
A filter() implementation could look like this:
var s = [23, 65, 98, 5]; // global Array
Array.prototype.myFilter = function(callback) {
var newArray = [];
for (let i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
if (callback(this[i])) {
newArray.push(this[i]);
}
}
return newArray;
};
var new_s = s.myFilter(function(item) {
return item % 2 === 1;
});
slice() returns a copy of certain elements of an array.
var arr = ["Cat", "Dog", "Tiger", "Zebra"];
var newArray = arr.slice(1, 3); // ["Dog", "Tiger"]
concat() combines arrays into a new one without mutating the original arrays.
[1, 2, 3].concat([4, 5, 6]); // Returns a new array [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
reduce() iterates over each item in an array and returns a single value (i.e. string, number, object, array) via a callback function that is called on each iteration.
const users = [
{ name: 'John', age: 34 },
{ name: 'Amy', age: 20 },
{ name: 'Max', age: 10 }
];
const usersObj = users.reduce((obj, user) => {
obj[user.name] = user.age;
return obj;
}, {});
console.log(usersObj); // { John: 34, Amy: 20, Max: 10 }
These are my notes while doing the course JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures on https://www.freecodecamp.org. I highly recommend it if you prefer to try things directly rather than watching videos.
Objects have properties and methods.
let dog = {
name: "Spot",
numLegs: 4,
sayLegs: function() {return `This dog has ${this.numLegs} legs.`;}
};
dog.sayLegs();
Object Constructor Function
//constructor function
function Dog(name, color) {
this.name = name;
this.color = color;
this.numLegs = 4;
}
let myDog = new Dog("Max", "Brown");
myDog instanceof Dog; // true
constructors.this to set properties of the object they will create. Inside the constructor, this refers to the new object it will create.Get Objects Own Properties
let ownProps = [];
for (let property in myDog) {
if (myDog.hasOwnProperty(property)) ownProps.push(property);
}
console.log(ownProps); // returns [ "name", "color", "numLegs" ]
Prototype Properties to Reduce Duplicate Code
If all instances of an object have the same value for a property, define a prototype to share this property among all instances.
function Dog(name) {
this.name = name; //own property
}
// To add a sinlgle protoype property
Dog.prototype.numLegs = 4; // prototype property
// To add a few at once
Dog.prototype = {
constructor: Dog;
numLegs: 4,
sayName: function() {
console.log("My name is " + this.name);
}
}
Note: There are two kinds of properties: own properties and prototype properties!
let myDog = new Dog("Max");
let ownProps = [];
let prototypeProps = [];
for (let property in myDog) {
if (myDog.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
ownProps.push(property);
} else {
prototypeProps.push(property);
};
}
console.log(ownProps); // returns [ "name" ]
console.log(prototypeProps); // returns ["numLegs"]
Note: The hasOwnProperty method is defined in Object.prototype, which can be accessed by Dog.prototype, which can then be accessed by myDog. This is an example of the prototype chain.
Constructor Property
Note that the constructor property is a reference to the constructor function that created the instance. The advantage of the constructor property is that it’s possible to check for this property to find out what kind of object it is.
console.log(myDog.constructor === Dog); //prints true
It’s generally better to use the instanceof method to check the type of an object.
Inherit Behaviors from a Supertype
function Animal() { }
Animal.prototype = {
constructor: Animal,
eat: function() {
console.log("nom nom nom");
}
};
function Dog() { }
// Set the prototype of Dog to be an instance of Aninmal
Dog.prototype = Object.create(Animal.prototype);
// Set the constructor to Dog, else it would be function Animal(){...}
Dog.prototype.constructor = Dog;
// A method only the Dog needs
Dog.prototype.bark = function() {
console.log("Woof!");
};
let myDog = new Dog();
myDog.eat();
myDog.bark();
// To override an inherited method, just use the same method name as the one to override
Dog.prototype.eat = function() {
console.log("yami yami yami");
};
myDog.eat(); // returns yami yami yami
This is how JavaScript looks for the method:
Mixin to Add Common Behavior Between Unrelated Objects
Inheritance does not work well for unrelated objects like Bird and Boat. They can both glide, but a Bird is not a type of Boat and vice versa.
For unrelated objects, it’s better to use mixins. A mixin allows other objects to use a collection of functions.
let bird = {
name: "Ducky",
numLegs: 2
};
let boat = {
name: "Titanic",
type: "CruiseShip"
};
let glideMixin = function(obj) {
obj.glide = function() {
console.log("Able to glide!");
}
}
// Adds the method glide to both objects
glideMixin(bird);
glideMixin(boat);
bird.glide();
boat.glide();
Private Properties (Closure)
function Bird() {
let weight = 15; // private variable
this.getWeight = function() {
return weight;
};
}
let ducky = new Bird();
ducky.getWeight(); // returns 15
Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE)
// function declaration and function call
function makeNest() {
console.log("A cozy nest is ready");
}
makeNest();
//IIFE
(function () {
console.log("A cozy nest is ready");
})();
Note that the function has no name and is not stored in a variable. The two parentheses () at the end of the function expression cause it to be immediately executed or invoked.
Use an IIFE to Create a Module
let myModule = (function () {
return {
isCuteMixin: function (obj) {
obj.isCute = function () {
return true;
};
},
singMixin: function (obj) {
obj.sing = function () {
console.log("Singing to an awesome tune");
};
}
}
})();
myModule.singMixin(myDog);
myDog.sing(); // return Singing to an awesome tune
These are my notes while doing the course JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures on https://www.freecodecamp.org. I highly recommend it if you prefer to try things directly rather than watching videos.
Objects are similar to arrays, except that instead of using indexes to access and modify their data, you access the data in objects through what are called properties. Objects are useful for storing data in a structured way, and can represent real world objects.
var myDog = {
"name": "Dog",
"legs": 4,
"tails": 1,
"friends": ["Max", "Matilda"]
};
Note: If your object has any non-string properties, JavaScript will automatically typecast them as strings.
There are two ways to access the properties of an object: dot notation (.) and bracket notation ([]), similar to an array.
var myObj = {
prop1: "val1",
prop2: "val2"
};
var prop1Dot = myObj.prop1; // val1
var prop2Dot = myObj.prop2; // val2
var prop1Bracket = myObj["prop1"]; // val1
var prop2Bracket = myObj["prop2"]; // val2
Append / Delete Properties with dot or bracket notation.
var myObj = {
prop1: "val1",
prop2: "val2"
};
ourDog.prop3 = "val3";
ourDog["prop4"] = "val4";
delete myObj.prop3;
delete myObj["prop4"];
Note: Bracket notation is required if your property has a space in it or if you want to use a variable to name the property.
Check if the property of a given object exists or not using the hasOwnProperty() method or the in keyword.
var myObj = {
prop1: "val1",
prop2: "val2"
};
myObj.hasOwnProperty("prop1"); // true
myObj.hasOwnProperty("prop3"); // false
'prob1' in myObj; // true
'prob3' in myObj; // false
JSON – an array of objects https://www.json.org/json-en.html
var myObj = [{
prop1: "val1",
prop2: "val2"
},
{
prop1: "val1",
prop2: "val2"
}];
console.log(JSON.stringify(myObj));
Generate an Array of All Object Keys
Using the Object.keys() method and passing in an object as the argument will return an array with strings representing each property in the object.
let users = {
Max: {
age: 27
},
Mira: {
age: 32
},
Rich: {
age: 48
}
};
function getArrayOfUsers(obj) {
return Object.keys(obj);
}
getArrayOfUsers(users); // [ 'Max', 'Mira', 'Rich' ]
Note: Also have look at ES6 which includes new object syntax for constructors, getters and setters etc.
These are my notes while doing the course JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures on https://www.freecodecamp.org. I highly recommend it if you prefer to try things directly rather than watching videos.
Test Method
let myString = "Hello, World!";
let myRegex = /Hello/;
let result = myRegex.test(myString);
Match Literal Strings
Search for multiple patterns.
let petString = "Max has a pet cat.";
let petRegex = /dog|cat|bird|fish/;
let result = petRegex.test(petString);
Ignore Case While Matching using the i flag.
let petString = "Max has a pet cat.";
let petRegex = /max/i;
let result = petRegex.test(petString); //result true
Extract Matches
"Hello, World!".match(/Hello/);
Note: The .match syntax is the “opposite” of the .test method.
Find More Than the First Match
Using the g flag.
let testStr = "Repeat, Repeat, Repeat";
let repeatRegex = /Repeat/g;
testStr.match(repeatRegex); // Returns ["Repeat", "Repeat", "Repeat"]
Note: You can have multiple flags on your regex like /search/gi
Match Anything with Wildcard Period
The wildcard character: .
let exampleStr = "Let's have fun with regular expressions!";
let unRegex = /.un/;
let result = unRegex.test(exampleStr);
Match Single Character with Multiple Possibilities
let bigStr = "big";
let bagStr = "bag";
let bugStr = "bug";
let bogStr = "bog";
let bgRegex = /b[aiu]g/;
bigStr.match(bgRegex); // Returns ["big"]
bagStr.match(bgRegex); // Returns ["bag"]
bugStr.match(bgRegex); // Returns ["bug"]
bogStr.match(bgRegex); // Returns null
Inside a character set, you can define a range of characters to match using a hyphen character: -, i.e. to match lowercase letters a through e you would use [a-e] or to match any number through 0 to 5 use [0-5].
To create a negated character set, you place a caret character (^) after the opening bracket and before the characters you do not want to match. For example, /[^aeiou]/gi
Outside of a character set, the caret is used to search for patterns at the beginning of strings. /^firstWord/.
You can search the end of strings using the dollar sign character $ at the end of the regex. /lastWord$/
Match Characters that Occur Zero|One or More Times
Match a character (or group of characters) that appears:
– one or more times in a row using the + character. For example, /a+/g would find a match in "aabc" and return ["aa"].
– zero or more times in a row using the * character. For example, /go*/g would find a match in "gooooooal" and return [", but only return goooooo"][" in g"]"guuuuuuual".
Find Characters with Lazy Matching
Finds the smallest possible part of the string that satisfies the regex pattern with ?. For example "titanic" matched against the adjusted regex of /t[a-z]*?i/ returns ["ti"].
Match All Letters and Numbers
The shortcut \w is equal to [A-Za-z0-9_]. This character class matches upper and lowercase letters plus numbers. Note, this character class also includes the underscore character (_).
let quoteSample = "The five boxing wizards jump quickly.";
let alphabetRegexV2 = /\w/g;
let result = quoteSample.match(alphabetRegexV2).length; // result 31
You can search for the opposite of the \w with \W. This shortcut is the same as [^A-Za-z0-9_].
Match All Numbers
The shortcut to look for digit characters is \d, with a lowercase d. This is equal to the character class [0-9], which looks for a single character of any number between zero and nine.
The shortcut to look for non-digit characters is \D. This is equal to the character class [^0-9].
Exercise: Restrict Possible Usernames
You need to check all the usernames in a database. Here are some simple rules that users have to follow when creating their username.
let username = "JackOfAllTrades";
let userCheck = /^[a-z][a-z]+\d*$|^[a-z]\d\d$/i;
let result = userCheck.test(username);
Match Whitespace
You can search for whitespace using \s. Will also match return, tab, form feed, and new line characters. Similar to [ \r\t\f\n\v].
let whiteSpace = "Whitespace. Whitespace everywhere!"
let spaceRegex = /\s/g;
whiteSpace.match(spaceRegex); // Returns [" ", " "]
Search for non-whitespace using \S, Similar to the character class [^ \r\t\f\n\v]
Quantity Specifiers
Quantity specifiers are used with curly brackets ({ and }). You put two numbers between the curly brackets – for the lower and upper number of patterns.
For example, to match only the letter a appearing between 3 and 5 times in the string "aaaah", your regex would be /a{3,5}h/.
To only specify the lower number of patterns, keep the first number followed by a comma. /a{3,}h/
To specify a certain number of patterns, just have that one number between the curly brackets. /ha{3}h/
Check for All or None
You can specify the possible existence of an element with a question mark ?
let american = "color";
let british = "colour";
let rainbowRegex= /colou?r/;
rainbowRegex.test(american); // Returns true
rainbowRegex.test(british); // Returns true
Positive and Negative Lookahead
Lookaheads are patterns that tell JavaScript to look-ahead in your string to check for patterns further along.
A positive lookahead will look to make sure the element in the search pattern is there, but won’t actually match it. A positive lookahead is used as (?=...)
A negative lookahead will look to make sure the element in the search pattern is not there. A negative lookahead is used as (?!...)
A practical use of lookaheads is to check two or more patterns in one string. Here is a (naively) simple password checker that looks for between 3 and 6 characters and at least one number:
let password = "abc123";
let checkPass = /(?=\w{3,6})(?=\D*\d)/;
checkPass.test(password); // Returns true
Reuse Patterns Using Capture Groups
You can search for repeat substrings using capture groups. Parentheses, ( and ), are used to find repeat substrings. To specify where that repeat string will appear, you use a backslash (\) and then a number. This number starts at 1 and increases with each additional capture group you use.
let repeatStr = "regex regex";
let repeatRegex = /(\w+)\s\1/;
repeatRegex.test(repeatStr); // Returns true
repeatStr.match(repeatRegex); // Returns ["regex regex", "regex"]
Note: Using the .match() method on a string will return an array with the string it matches, along with its capture group.
Use Capture Groups to Search and Replace
Search and replace text in a string using .replace() on a string. The inputs for .replace() is first the regex pattern you want to search for. The second parameter is the string to replace the match or a function to do something.
let str = "one two three";
let fixRegex = /(\w+)\s(\w+)\s(\w+)/;
let replaceText = "$3 $2 $1";
let result = str.replace(fixRegex, replaceText); //result "three two one"
Exercise: Remove Whitespace from Start and End
/* my solution -> selecting the String */
let hello = " Hello, World! ";
let wsRegex = /(\s+)(\w+,\s\w+!)(\s+)/i;
let result = hello.replace(wsRegex, "$2");
/* sample solution -> selecting the Whitespace */
let hello = " Hello, World! ";
let wsRegex = /^\s+|\s+$/g;
let result = hello.replace(wsRegex, "");