Sometimes, we want to convert hyphens to camel case with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to convert hyphens to camel case with JavaScript.
How to convert hyphens to camel case with JavaScript?
To convert hyphens to camel case with JavaScript, we can use the string replace
method.
For instance, we write
const camelCased = myString.replace(/-([a-z])/g, (g) => {
return g[1].toUpperCase();
});
to call myString.replace
with a regex that matches a letter before hyphen and a callback that returns the replacement for the match.
We use -([a-z])
to match a hyphen with a lower case letter after it.
And we use the g
flag to return all matches.
Conclusion
To convert hyphens to camel case with JavaScript, we can use the string replace
method.