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String Direction

String Direction is a JavaScript library for detection of direction of String objects in JavaScript.

Usage

#getDirection

var stringDirection = require('string-direction');

stringDirection.getDirection("Hello, world!"); // 'ltr'
stringDirection.getDirection("سلام دنیا"); // 'rtl'

#patch Patching String objects globally

By using patch() method a getDirection method will be exposed in String object.

require('string-direction').patch();

"Hello, world!".getDirection(); // "ltr"
"سلام دنیا".getDirection(); // "rtl"

Installation

String Direction works both in browser or NodeJS environment

Node

Install via NPM

npm install string-direction

Browser

Use script tag to include the library

Credits

This library is influenced by string-direction Ruby library by Marc Busqué

License

MIT