string-class

Support for string manipulation in javascript
The String class is extended using prototype

List of methods (Extends String Class)

• hasVowels
• toUpper
• toLower
• ucFirst
• isQuestion
• words
• wordCount
• toCurrency
• fromCurrency

hasVowels

Returns true if the string contains any of the vowel letter _a, e, i, o, u_
e.g ('String class extended').hasVowels() equals `true`

toUpper

Converts string characters to uppercases
e.g ("String class extended").toUpper() equals `"STRING CLASS EXTENDED"`

toLower

Converts string characters to lowercases
e.g ("STRING CLASS EXTENDED").toLower() equals `"string class extended"`

ucFirst

Converts the first string characters to uppercase, and the rest to lowercases
e.g ('string class extended').ucFirst() equals `"String class extended"`

isQuestion

Returns true if the string represensts a question i.e end with a `?` mark
e.g ("String class extended?").isQuestion() equals `true`

words

Returns an array of words in the string  (words are assumed to only consist of alphabets, apostrophe and hyphen)
e.g ('String class extended').words() equals `["String", "class", "extended"]`

wordCount

Counts the number of words in the string based on words().length
e.g ('String class extended').wordCount() equals `3`

toCurrency

Formats the string of numbers into currency format by inserting commas
e.g ("1234567.56").toCurrency() equals `1,234,567.56`

toCurrency

Returns the equivalent numeric value of currency formatted string
e.g ("1,234,567.56").fromCurrency() equals `1234567.56`

Note: The method extended from the string class utilizes regex for manipulating string datatypes