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decamelize (5.0.1)

Published 2026-02-24 13:55:12 +00:00 by atheaadmin

Installation

Setup this registry in your project .npmrc file:

registry=

To install the package using npm, run the following command:

npm install decamelize@5.0.1

or add it to the package.json file:

"decamelize": "5.0.1"

For more information on the npm registry, see the documentation.

About this package

decamelize

Convert a camelized string into a lowercased one with a custom separator
Example: unicornRainbow → unicorn_rainbow

If you use this on untrusted user input, don't forget to limit the length to something reasonable.

Install

$ npm install decamelize

Usage

const decamelize = require('decamelize');

decamelize('unicornRainbow');
//=> 'unicorn_rainbow'

decamelize('unicornRainbow', {separator: '-'});
//=> 'unicorn-rainbow'

decamelize('testGUILabel', {preserveConsecutiveUppercase: true});
//=> 'test_GUI_label'

decamelize('testGUILabel', {preserveConsecutiveUppercase: false});
//=> 'test_gui_label'

API

decamelize(input, options?)

input

Type: string

options

Type: object

separator

Type: string
Default: '_'

Character or string inserted to separate words in string.

cosnt decamelize = require('decamelize');

decamelize('unicornRainbow');
//=> 'unicorn_rainbow'

decamelize('unicornRainbow', {separator: '-'});
//=> 'unicorn-rainbow'

preserveConsecutiveUppercase

Type: boolean
Default: false

Preserve sequences of uppercase characters.

const decamelize = require('decamelize');

decamelize('testGUILabel');
//=> 'test_gui_label'

decamelize('testGUILabel', {preserveConsecutiveUppercase: true});
//=> 'test_GUI_label'

Related

See camelcase for the inverse.

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Dependencies

Development Dependencies

ID	Version
ava	^2.4.0
tsd	^0.11.0
xo	^0.24.0

Keywords

decamelize decamelcase camelcase lowercase case dash hyphen string text convert

Details

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2026-02-24 13:55:12 +00:00

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Sindre Sorhus

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Versions (3) View all

4.0.0 2026-02-24

5.0.1 2026-02-24

1.2.0 2026-02-24