/** * @license Apache-2.0 * * Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ 'use strict'; // MODULES // var isString = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-string' ).isPrimitive; var isNonNegativeInteger = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-nonnegative-integer' ).isPrimitive; var prevGraphemeClusterBreak = require( './../../prev-grapheme-cluster-break' ); var format = require( './../../format' ); // MAIN // /** * Removes the last character(s) of a string. * * @param {string} str - input string * @param {NonNegativeInteger} [n=1] - number of character to remove * @throws {TypeError} must provide a string primitive * @throws {TypeError} second argument must be a nonnegative integer * @returns {string} updated string * * @example * var out = removeLast( 'last man standing' ); * // returns 'last man standin' * * @example * var out = removeLast( 'presidential election' ); * // returns 'presidential electio' * * @example * var out = removeLast( 'javaScript' ); * // returns 'javaScrip' * * @example * var out = removeLast( 'Hidden Treasures' ); * // returns 'Hidden Treasure' * * @example * var out = removeLast( 'leader', 2 ); * // returns 'lead' */ function removeLast( str, n ) { var i; if ( !isString( str ) ) { throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must be a string. Value: `%s`.', str ) ); } if ( str === '' ) { return ''; } if ( arguments.length > 1 ) { if ( !isNonNegativeInteger( n ) ) { throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be a nonnegative integer. Value: `%s`.', n ) ); } if ( n === 0 ) { return str; } i = str.length - 1; while ( n > 0 ) { i = prevGraphemeClusterBreak( str, i ); n -= 1; } return str.substring( 0, i + 1 ); } return str.substring( 0, prevGraphemeClusterBreak( str, str.length-1 ) + 1 ); // eslint-disable-line max-len } // EXPORTS // module.exports = removeLast;