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docs: add docs to require() #23605

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docs: add review suggestions to require()
ErickWendel Oct 12, 2018
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[Squash] nits and clarification
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Expand Up @@ -552,7 +552,18 @@ added: v0.1.13

* {Function}

To require modules.
Used to import modules, `JSON` and local files. Modules can be imported from `node_modules`. Local modules and JSON files can be imported using the pattern `'./'`.
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Nit: This line is more than 80 characters I believe.

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Nit: Also, mentioning "relative path" would be better here, maybe with ./ in the brackets.


```js
// importing localModule
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Nit: Importing a local module.

const myLocalModule = require('./path/myLocalModule');

// importing JSON file
const jsonData = require('./path/filename.json');

// importing module from node_modules or Node.js internals
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Nit: Node.js built-in module would be better I believe

const crypto = require('crypto');
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#### require.cache
<!-- YAML
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