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Prepend a line number to each line of a text document

Written byPhuoc Nguyen
Category
String
Created
07 Jun, 2021
Last updated
13 Oct, 2021
JavaScript version
prependNumbers.js
const prependNumbers = (str) =>
str
.split(/\r?\n/)
.map((line, i) => `${(i + 1).toString().padStart(2, ' ')} ${line}`)
.join('\n');
TypeScript version
prependNumbers.ts
const prependNumbers = (str: string): string =>
str
.split(/\r?\n/)
.map((line, i) => `${(i + 1).toString().padStart(2, ' ')} ${line}`)
.join('\n');
Examples
examples.js
prependNumbers(`one
two
three
four`);

/* Output */
/*
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
*/

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