formgen/source/logic/helpers/string.ts

namespace formgen.helpers.string
{
	
	/**
	 */
	let _indices : Record<string, int> = {};
	
	
	/**
	 */
	export function coin(
		template : string,
		arguments_ : Record<string,string>
	) : string
	{
		let result = template;
		for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(arguments_))
		{
			result = result.replace(
				new RegExp("{{" + key + "}}", "g"),
				value
			);
		}
		return result;
	}


	/**
	 */
	export function generate(
		{
			"prefix": prefix = "",
		}
		:
		{
			prefix ?: string;
		}
		=
		{
		}
	) : string
	{
		if (! (prefix in _indices))
		{
			_indices[prefix] = 0;
		}
		else
		{
			// do nothing
		}
		_indices[prefix] += 1;
		return (prefix + _indices[prefix].toFixed(0));
	}

}