/** * @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 nextGraphemeClusterBreak = require( './../../next-grapheme-cluster-break' ); var format = require( './../../format' ); // MAIN // /** * Removes the first character(s) of a string. * * @param {string} str - input string * @param {NonNegativeInteger} [n=1] - number of characters 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 = removeFirst( 'last man standing' ); * // returns 'ast man standing' * * @example * var out = removeFirst( 'presidential election' ); * // returns 'residential election' * * @example * var out = removeFirst( 'javaScript' ); * // returns 'avaScript' * * @example * var out = removeFirst( 'Hidden Treasures' ); * // returns 'idden Treasures' * * @example * var out = removeFirst( '🐶🐮🐷🐰🐸', 2 ); * // returns '🐷🐰🐸' * * @example * var out = removeFirst( 'foo bar', 4 ); * // returns 'bar' */ function removeFirst( str, n ) { var nextBreak; if ( !isString( str ) ) { throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must be a string. Value: `%s`.', str ) ); } if ( arguments.length > 1 ) { if ( !isNonNegativeInteger( n ) ) { throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be a nonnegative integer. Value: `%s`.', n ) ); } nextBreak = 0; while ( n > 0 ) { nextBreak = nextGraphemeClusterBreak( str, nextBreak ); n -= 1; } } else { nextBreak = nextGraphemeClusterBreak( str ); } // Value of `nextBreak` will be -1 if and only if `str` is an empty string or `str` has only 1 extended grapheme cluster... if ( str === '' || nextBreak === -1 ) { return ''; } return str.substring( nextBreak ); } // EXPORTS // module.exports = removeFirst;