Remove indentation from multiline strings
npm install dedent-jsRemoves indentation from multiline strings. Works with both tabs and spaces.
``
$ npm install dedent-js
`jsLine #1
// Dedent can be also used as a function.
expect(dedent
Line #2
Line #3).to.equal('Line #1\nLine #2\nLine #3');
// Leading/trailing line break is removed.
expect(
dedent
Line #1
Line #2
Line #3
).to.equal('Line #1\nLine #2\nLine #3');
// No more than one leading/trailing line break is removed.
expect(
dedent
Line #1
Line #2
Line #3
).to.equal('\nLine #1\nLine #2\nLine #3\n');
// Only the "base" indentation is removed.
expect(
dedent
Line #1
Line #2
Line #3
).to.equal('Line #1\n\tLine #2\n\t\tLine #3');
// The last line is ignored if it doesn't contain anything else than whitespace.
expect(
function () {
return dedent
Line #1
Line #2
Line #3
;
}()
).to.equal('Line #1\nLine #2\nLine #3');
// Escaped characters are NOT ignored.
expect(
dedent
\tLine #1
\tLine #2
\tLine #3
).to.equal('Line #1\nLine #2\nLine #3');