hello-message-pkg

A simple Node.js package that provides functions to print and generate hello messages.

Installation

npm install hello-message-pkg

Usage

CommonJS (Node.js)

const { sayHello, getHelloMessage, sayHelloColorful } = require('hello-message-pkg');

// Print "Hello, World!" to console
sayHello();

// Print "Hello, Alice!" to console
sayHello('Alice');

// Get hello message as string without printing
const message = getHelloMessage('Bob');
console.log(message); // "Hello, Bob!"

// Print colorful hello message (if terminal supports colors)
sayHelloColorful('Charlie');

ES Modules

import { sayHello, getHelloMessage, sayHelloColorful } from 'hello-message-pkg';

sayHello('World');

API

sayHello(name?: string): string

Prints a hello message to the console and returns the message string.

• name (optional): Name to include in the greeting. Defaults to "World".
• Returns: The hello message string.

getHelloMessage(name?: string): string

Returns a hello message string without printing it to the console.

• name (optional): Name to include in the greeting. Defaults to "World".
• Returns: The hello message string.

sayHelloColorful(name?: string): string

Prints a colorful hello message to the console (if terminal supports ANSI colors) and returns the plain message string.

• name (optional): Name to include in the greeting. Defaults to "World".
• Returns: The plain hello message string (without color codes).

Testing

npm test

License

MIT

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.