Class String

Dedent a template literal with an auto-determined number of tabs. Remove up to n number of tabs from the beginning of each literal line in the template literal. Does not affect interpolated expressions. n is determined by the number of tabs following the first line break in the literal. If there are no line breaks, 0 is assumed.

Example

assert.strictEqual(dedent`
            this will be
    dedented by
        up to
                3 tabs
`, `
this will be
dedented by
up to
    3 tabs
`);
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Convert a thing into a string.

If the argument is an array, it is joined. If it is an object, JSON.stringify is called on it. This method calls .toString() on everything else, except null and undefined, which are converted to the strings 'null' and 'undefined' respectively. Useful for JSON objects where the value could be a single string or an array of strings.