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fix(#113): Adds regex to random.word to trim unwanted characters #218

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion src/random.ts
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Expand Up @@ -199,11 +199,15 @@ export class Random {
'name.jobArea',
'name.jobType',
];
// regex statement used to remove unwanted characters from beginning/end of words
const wordSanitizerRegex = /^[\s()\[\]{}.,\-'"]+|[\s()\[\]{}.,\-'"]+$/g;

// randomly pick from the many faker methods that can generate words
const randomWordMethod = this.faker.random.arrayElement(wordMethods);
const result = this.faker.fake('{{' + randomWordMethod + '}}');
return this.faker.random.arrayElement(result.split(' '));

// sanitize and return word
return this.faker.random.arrayElement(result.split(' ')).replace(wordSanitizerRegex, "");
}

readonly randomWord: Random['word'] = this.word.bind(this);
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