Section 1.1: Utilizing the String.prototype.replace Method

To convert a string to camel case, we can leverage the replace method available on string instances. This method allows us to adjust each word, converting the initial word to lowercase and the subsequent words to uppercase, while also removing any whitespace.

Here’s how you can implement it:

const camelize = (str) => {

return str.replace(/(?:^w|[A-Z]|bw)/g, (word, index) => {

return index === 0 ? word.toLowerCase() : word.toUpperCase();

}).replace(/s+/g, '');

}

console.log(camelize("EquipmentClass name"));

In this code snippet, the replace method is invoked with a regular expression that identifies word boundaries using b and w.

• b signifies a word boundary.
• w matches any alphanumeric character from the Latin alphabet.

We check the index of the word: if it’s the first word (index 0), we convert the first character to lowercase. For all other words, we convert the first character to uppercase. Finally, we call replace again with the regex /s+/g to eliminate spaces.

The output of this function for the input "EquipmentClass name" will be 'equipmentClassName'.

Section 1.2: Using Lodash's camelCase Method

Alternatively, we can utilize the Lodash library’s camelCase method to achieve the same result. Here’s an example:

console.log(_.camelCase("EquipmentClass name"));

This will yield the same camel case output as the earlier method.