numerator

A simple script, that increments serial numbers, containing non-digit symbols

Useful for numbering documents, catalogs, users and etc.

Quickstart

npm install numerator

Then make reference inside yor module...

const numerator = require('numerator');

// ... start numeration from begining with given template
numerator.next('IN/2019/000'); // ⇨ 'IN/2019/001'

// ... or to get next of the given number
numerator.next('IN/2019/056'); // ⇨ 'IN/2019/057'

// ... to get first number with only given prefix
numerator.next('USER-', true); // ⇨ 'USER-1'

// ... or to get next number with expanding template
numerator.next('USER-99', true); // ⇨ 'USER-100'

API

next(num, [expand])

Generates and returns next number based on given number

Arguments

• num - (string | number) A number, that must be icremented
• expand - (boolen) optional; true, if we want to expand number template (to increase its lenght) in case, when quantity of digits of the number must be increased; by default it is false

Note: if you pass "USER-99" as num and expand is false, it will throw Error (not returns "USER-100"), so if you need "USER-100", expand mast be true

Returns

string - result of inrementing

getPrefix(num)

Returns the prefix of given number

Arguments

• num - (string | number) A number, we want to get prefix of

Returns

string - prefix of the number, if the number has it

Note: prefix will be returned without leading zeros, if the number has them

Testing

npm test

License

MIT