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# text
The `text` function and its methods handle string conversion and manipulation.
## Conversion
### text(array, separator)
Convert an array to text, joining elements with a separator (default: space).
```javascript
text([1, 2, 3]) // "1 2 3"
text([1, 2, 3], ", ") // "1, 2, 3"
text(["a", "b"], "-") // "a-b"
```
### text(number, radix)
Convert a number to text. Radix is 2-36 (default: 10).
```javascript
text(255) // "255"
text(255, 16) // "ff"
text(255, 2) // "11111111"
```
### text(text, from, to)
Extract a substring from index `from` to `to`.
```javascript
text("hello world", 0, 5) // "hello"
text("hello world", 6) // "world"
```
## Methods
### text.lower(text)
Convert to lowercase.
```javascript
text.lower("HELLO") // "hello"
```
### text.upper(text)
Convert to uppercase.
```javascript
text.upper("hello") // "HELLO"
```
### text.trim(text, reject)
Remove characters from both ends. Default removes whitespace.
```javascript
text.trim(" hello ") // "hello"
text.trim("xxhelloxx", "x") // "hello"
```
### text.search(text, target, from)
Find the position of `target` in `text`. Returns `null` if not found.
```javascript
text.search("hello world", "world") // 6
text.search("hello world", "xyz") // null
text.search("hello hello", "hello", 1) // 6
```
### text.replace(text, target, replacement, cap)
Replace occurrences of `target` with `replacement`. If `cap` is not specified, replaces all occurrences.
```javascript
text.replace("hello", "l", "L") // "heLLo" (replaces all)
text.replace("hello", "l", "L", 1) // "heLlo" (replaces first only)
// With function
text.replace("hello", "l", function(match, pos) {
return pos == 2 ? "L" : match
}) // "heLLo" (replaces all by default)
```
### text.format(text, collection, transformer)
Substitute `{key}` placeholders with values from a collection.
```javascript
text.format("Hello, {name}!", {name: "World"})
// "Hello, World!"
text.format("{0} + {1} = {2}", [1, 2, 3])
// "1 + 2 = 3"
```
### text.normalize(text)
Unicode normalize the text (NFC form).
```javascript
text.normalize("café") // normalized form
```
### text.codepoint(text)
Get the Unicode codepoint of the first character.
```javascript
text.codepoint("A") // 65
text.codepoint("😀") // 128512
```
### text.extract(text, pattern, from, to)
Match a pattern and extract named groups.
```javascript
text.extract("2024-01-15", /(\d+)-(\d+)-(\d+)/)
// Returns match info
```