What is it?

Package for getting zero in any form you want.

Installation

Run npm i get_zero or yarn add get_zero etc.

Use

import getZero from "get_zero";

Without parameter:

• Default: getZero() returns 0 (number);

With parameter:

• Option 1: getZero("number") returns 0 (number);
• Option 2: getZero("string") returns "0" (string);
• Option 3: getZero("object") returns {0: 0} (object);
• Option 4: getZero("array_number") returns [0] (number[]);
• Option 5: getZero("array_string") returns ["0"] (string[]);
• Option 6: getZero("word") returns "zero" (string), automatically localized to the user's system locale;

Localizing Option 6 ("word")

By default, getZero("word") detects the current system/browser locale and returns the word for zero in that language, falling back to English ("zero") if the locale isn't recognized:

• getZero("word") → "zero" on an English system, "cero" on a Spanish system, "zéro" on a French system, etc.

You can also force a specific locale instead of relying on auto-detection, by passing it as a second argument:

• getZero("word", "es") returns "cero";
• getZero("word", "fr") returns "zéro";
• getZero("word", "de") returns "null";

Region-specific tags also work (only the base language is used) — e.g. getZero("word", "es-MX") returns "cero", getZero("word", "zh-CN") returns "零".

⚠️ The locale argument only exists on the "word" option. Passing it with any other option — e.g. getZero("number", "es") — is a TypeScript type error, not just ignored at runtime. In plain JavaScript, without type-checking, it's simply ignored for non-"word" options.

Supported locale codes

Anything not in this list falls back to English:

en, es, fr, de, it, pt, nl, sv, da, no, nb, nn, fi, is, pl, cs, sk, ro, hu, bg, hr, sr, sl, lt, lv, et, uk, ru, el, tr, he, ar, fa, ur, hi, bn, ta, te, mr, gu, pa, th, vi, id, ms, zh, ja, ko, sw, af, ca, gl, eu

In an editor like VS Code, typing getZero("word", " will pop up these codes as autocomplete suggestions — but you're not limited to them. The argument still accepts any other locale string (e.g. a region variant like "pt-BR", or a language not in the list); it just won't be offered as a suggestion.

Advanced: getLocalizedZeroWord

The localization logic behind Option 6 is also exported directly, in case you want the word without going through getZero:

import { getLocalizedZeroWord } from "get_zero";

• getLocalizedZeroWord() returns the word for zero in the auto-detected system locale;
• getLocalizedZeroWord("es") returns "cero";