fuckem

Clean up em and en dashes in text with configurable replacements.

Installation

npm install fuckem

Usage

const fuckem = require('fuckem');

// Basic usage with defaults
fuckem('Hello—world');  // 'Hello - world'
fuckem('Pages 10–20');  // 'Pages 10-20'

// Custom replacements
fuckem('Hello—world', { emDash: '--' });  // 'Hello--world'
fuckem('Pages 10–20', { enDash: ' to ' });  // 'Pages 10 to 20'

// Remove dashes (replace with empty string)
fuckem('Test—thing', { emDash: '' });  // 'Test thing' (space normalized)

// Disable space normalization
fuckem('Test  —  thing', { emDash: '', normalizeSpaces: false });  // 'Test   thing'

API

fuckem(text, options)

Parameters:

• text (string): The text to clean up
• options (object, optional):
  • emDash (string, default: ' - '): Replacement for em dashes (—)
  • enDash (string, default: '-'): Replacement for en dashes (–)
  • normalizeSpaces (boolean, default: true): Collapse multiple spaces into one

Returns: The cleaned text (string)

What are Em and En Dashes?

• Em dash (—): A long dash used for breaks in thought, similar to parentheses
• En dash (–): A shorter dash used for ranges (e.g., "10–20") or connections

License

ISC