[JavaScript] 30 SECONDS OF KNOWLEDGE

hasFlags

Check if the current process's arguments contain the specified flags. Use Array.prototype.every() and Array.prototype.includes() to check if process.argv contains all the specified flags. Use a regular expression to test if the specified flags are prefixed with - or -- and prefix them accordingly.

const hasFlags = (...flags) =>
  flags.every(flag => process.argv.includes(/^-{1,2}/.test(flag) ? flag : '--' + flag));

// node myScript.js -s --test --cool=true
hasFlags('-s'); // true
hasFlags('--test', 'cool=true', '-s'); // true
hasFlags('special'); // false

readFileLines

Returns an array of lines from the specified file. Use readFileSync function in fs node package to create a Buffer from a file. convert buffer to string using toString(encoding) function. creating an array from contents of file by spliting file content line by line (each \n).

const fs = require('fs');
const readFileLines = filename =>
  fs
    .readFileSync(filename)
    .toString('UTF8')
    .split('\n');

/*
contents of test.txt :
  line1
  line2
  line3
  ___________________________
*/
let arr = readFileLines('test.txt');
console.log(arr); // ['line1', 'line2', 'line3']

URLJoin

Joins all given URL segments together, then normalizes the resulting URL.

Use String.prototype.join('/') to combine URL segments, then a series of String.prototype.replace() calls with various regexps to normalize the resulting URL (remove double slashes, add proper slashes for protocol, remove slashes before parameters, combine parameters with '&' and normalize first parameter delimiter).

const URLJoin = (...args) =>
  args
    .join('/')
    .replace(/[\/]+/g, '/')
    .replace(/^(.+):\//, '$1://')
    .replace(/^file:/, 'file:/')
    .replace(/\/(\?|&|#[^!])/g, '$1')
    .replace(/\?/g, '&')
    .replace('&', '?');

URLJoin('http://www.google.com', 'a', '/b/cd', '?foo=123', '?bar=foo'); // 'http://www.google.com/a/b/cd?foo=123&bar=foo'

uniqueSymmetricDifference

Returns the unique symmetric difference between two arrays, not containing duplicate values from either array.

Use Array.prototype.filter() and Array.prototype.includes() on each array to remove values contained in the other, then create a Set from the results, removing duplicate values.

const uniqueSymmetricDifference = (a, b) => [
  ...new Set([...a.filter(v => !b.includes(v)), ...b.filter(v => !a.includes(v))])
];

uniqueSymmetricDifference([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 4]); // [3, 4]
uniqueSymmetricDifference([1, 2, 2], [1, 3, 1]); // [2, 3]

tail

Returns all elements in an array except for the first one.

Return Array.prototype.slice(1) if the array's length is more than 1, otherwise, return the whole array.

const tail = arr => (arr.length > 1 ? arr.slice(1) : arr);

tail([1, 2, 3]); // [2,3]
tail([1]); // [1]

get

Retrieve a set of properties indicated by the given selectors from an object.

Use Array.prototype.map() for each selector, String.prototype.replace() to replace square brackets with dots, String.prototype.split('.') to split each selector, Array.prototype.filter() to remove empty values and Array.prototype.reduce() to get the value indicated by it.

const get = (from, ...selectors) =>
  [...selectors].map(s =>
    s
      .replace(/\[([^\[\]]*)\]/g, '.$1.')
      .split('.')
      .filter(t => t !== '')
      .reduce((prev, cur) => prev && prev[cur], from)
  );

const obj = { selector: { to: { val: 'val to select' } }, target: [1, 2, { a: 'test' }] };
get(obj, 'selector.to.val', 'target[0]', 'target[2].a'); // ['val to select', 1, 'test']

radsToDegrees

Converts an angle from radians to degrees.

Use Math.PI and the radian to degree formula to convert the angle from radians to degrees.

const radsToDegrees = rad => (rad * 180.0) / Math.PI;

radsToDegrees(Math.PI / 2); // 90

dayOfYear

Gets the day of the year from a Date object.

Use new Date() and Date.prototype.getFullYear() to get the first day of the year as a Date object, subtract it from the provided date and divide with the milliseconds in each day to get the result. Use Math.floor() to appropriately round the resulting day count to an integer.

const dayOfYear = date =>
  Math.floor((date - new Date(date.getFullYear(), 0, 0)) / 1000 / 60 / 60 / 24);

dayOfYear(new Date()); // 272