substr-distance
v1.0.0
Published
Get the distance of a substring from the start of a line
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substr-distance
Get the distance of a substring from the start of a line
Installation
npm install substr-distanceUsage
const substrDistance = require('substr-distance');
const page = `
<html>
<body>
<p id="thing">Find me!</p>
</body>
</html>
`;
substrDistance(page, '<p id="thing">'); // => 4API
substrDistance(haystack, needle)
Find string needle in haystack, and return the number of characters needle sits from the beginning of the line.
- haystack (String): String to search in.
- needle (String): String to search for.
Returns distance from start of line to needle. If needle is not found at all, -1 is returned.
Local Development
git clone https://github.com/gakimball/substr-distance
cd substr-distance
npm install
npm testLicense
MIT © Geoff Kimball