JS - Helpful Snippets

helpful-snippets.js

// Detect if dark mode

const isDarkMode = () => globalThis.matchMedia?.("(prefers-color-scheme:dark)").matches ?? false;

isDarkMode();


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// Copy to clipboard

const copyToClipboard = (text) => navigator?.clipboard?.writeText(text) ?? false;

copyToClipboard("Hello World!");


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// Make items in an array unique

const uniqueArray = (array) => [...new Set(array)];

uniqueArray([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]


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// Get random number

const getRandomNumber = (min, max) => ~~(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;

getRandomNumber(1, 10); // Random number between 1 and 10


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// Get random hex color

const getRandomHexColor = () => "#" + ((Math.random() * 0xffffff) << 0).toString(16);

getRandomHexColor(); // Random hex color

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// Shuffle array

const shuffleArray = (array) => array.sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5);

shuffleArray([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]); // Randomly shuffled array


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// Loop a function x times

const loop = (x, fn) => [...Array(x)].forEach(fn);

loop(10, () => console.log("Hello World!"));


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// Get random element from array

const getRandomElement = (array) => array[~~(Math.random() * array.length)];

getRandomElement([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]); // Random element from array


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// Get random string

const getRandomString = (length) =>
	[...Array(length)]
		.map(() => String.fromCharCode(~~(Math.random() * 26) + 97))
		.join("");

getRandomString(10); // Random string with 10 characters


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// Get random boolean

const getRandomBoolean = () => Math.random() >= 0.5;

getRandomBoolean(); // Random boolean


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// Get cookie

const getCookie = (name) => ("; " + document.cookie).split(`; ${name}=`).pop().split(";")[0];

getCookie("name"); // Value of cookie "name"



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// Clear all cookies

const clearCookies = () =>
	document.cookie
		.split(";")
		.forEach(
			(c) =>
				(document.cookie = c
					.replace(/^ +/, "")
					.replace(/=.*/, "=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC"))
		);

clearCookies(); // Clear all cookies


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// Scroll to top of element

const scrollToTop = (element) => element.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth" });

scrollToTop(document.querySelector("#element"));


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// Get average of numbers

const avg = (...numbers) => numbers.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / numbers.length;

avg(1, 2, 3, 4, 5); // 3


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// Validate email

const validateEmail = (email) => /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/.test(email);

validateEmail("[email protected]"); // true


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// Validate object

const validateObject = (object, rules) => Object.keys(rules).every((key) => rules[key](object[key]));

const rules = {
	name: (name) => name.length > 0,
	email: (email) => validateEmail(email),
	password: (password) => password.length > 0,
};

validateObject({ name: "", email: "", password: "" }, rules); // false


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// Chunk array

const chunkArray = (array, chunkSize) =>
	[...Array(Math.ceil(array.length / chunkSize))].map((_, index) =>
		array.slice(index * chunkSize, (index + 1) * chunkSize)
	);

chunkArray([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], 3); // [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9], [10]]


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// RGB to HEX

const rgbToHex = (r, g, b) => "#" + ((r << 16) + (g << 8) + b).toString(16).padStart(6, "0");

rgbToHex(255, 0, 0); // #ff0000


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// Compare two objects

const compareObjects = (obj1, obj2) => {
	const c = Object.keys(obj1);
	const n = Object.keys(obj2);
	return c.length === n.length && c.every((c) => obj1[c] === obj2[c]);
};

compareObjects({ a: 1, b: 2 }, { a: 1, b: 2 }); // true


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// Get selected text

const getSelectedText = () => window.getSelection().toString();

getSelectedText(); // Selected text


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// Get object of query params in the url

const getQueryParams = (url) => new URLSearchParams(url.split("?")[1]);

getQueryParams("https://example.com?a=1&b=2"); // { a: "1", b: "2" }


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// Convert number to word

const numToWord = (number) => number.toLocaleString("en-US", { notation: "compact" });

numToWord(1000000); // "1M"


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// Count number of duplicates in array

const countDuplicates = (c) => {
	const t = {};
	return c.forEach((c) => (t[c] = (t[c] || 0) + 1)), t;
};

countDuplicates([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]); // { 1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1, 4: 1, 5: 1, 6: 1, 7: 1, 8: 1, 9: 1, 10: 1 }


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// Generate tree from depth

const generateTree = (depth) => [...Array(depth)].map(() => ({ tree: generateTree(depth - 1) }));

generateTree(3); // [{ tree: [{ tree: [{ tree: [] }, { tree: [] }] }, { tree: [{ tree: [] }, { tree: [] }] }] }, { tree: [{ tree: [] }, { tree: [] }] }]