1. module dedent
   1. function dedent (strings)

module dedent

function dedent (strings)

• description and source-code

  function dedent(strings) {
  
    var raw = void 0;
    if (typeof strings === "string") {
      // dedent can be used as a plain function
      raw = [strings];
    } else {
      raw = strings.raw;
    }
  
    // first, perform interpolation
    var result = "";
    for (var i = 0; i < raw.length; i++) {
      result += raw[i].
      // join lines when there is a suppressed newline
      replace(/\\\n[ \t]*/g, "").
  
      // handle escaped backticks
      replace(/\\`/g, "`");
  
      if (i < (arguments.length <= 1 ? 0 : arguments.length - 1)) {
        result += arguments.length <= i + 1 ? undefined : arguments[i + 1];
      }
    }
  
    // now strip indentation
    var lines = result.split("\n");
    var mindent = null;
    lines.forEach(function (l) {
      var m = l.match(/^(\s+)\S+/);
      if (m) {
        var indent = m[1].length;
        if (!mindent) {
          // this is the first indented line
          mindent = indent;
        } else {
          mindent = Math.min(mindent, indent);
        }
      }
    });
  
    if (mindent !== null) {
      result = lines.map(function (l) {
        return l[0] === " " ? l.slice(mindent) : l;
      }).join("\n");
    }
  
    // dedent eats leading and trailing whitespace too
    result = result.trim();
  
    // handle escaped newlines at the end to ensure they don't get stripped too
    return result.replace(/\\n/g, "\n");
  }

• example usage

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