Add qw helper

README.md

@@ -116,3 +116,24 @@ Can also be required directly:
 ```js
 import reflow from "@gustavnikolaj/string-utils/reflow";
 ```
+
+## qw
+
+A [qw (quote word) helper](https://perlmaven.com/qw-quote-word) for old,
+disgruntled perl programmers.
+
+```js
+import { qw } from "@gustavnikolaj/string-utils";
+
+const blah = "hey";
+
+console.log(qw`   foo   bar
+  quux   ${blah}   baz
+`); // => [ 'foo', 'bar', 'quux', 'hey', 'baz' ]
+```
+
+Can also be imported directly:
+
+```js
+import qw from "@gustavnikolaj/string-utils/qw";
+```

package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "index.js",
     "collapse.js",
     "deindent.js",
-    "reflow.js"
+    "reflow.js",
+    "qw.js"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "babel ./src --out-dir .",

src/index.js

@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ export const collapse = _collapse;
 
 import _reflow from "./reflow";
 export const reflow = _reflow;
+
+import _qw from "./qw";
+export const qw = _qw;

src/qw.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const zip = (strs, ...args) =>
+  strs.map((str, i) => (args[i] ? str + args[i] : str));
+
+export default function qw(strs, ...args) {
+  return zip(strs, ...args)
+    .join("")
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .filter(item => item);
+}

test/qw.spec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import expect from "unexpected";
+import qw from "../src/qw";
+
+describe("qw", () => {
+  it("should split a string into an array of words", () => {
+    const blah = "hey";
+
+    expect(
+      qw`
+        foo   bar
+          quux   ${blah}   baz
+      `,
+      "to equal",
+      ["foo", "bar", "quux", "hey", "baz"]
+    );
+  });
+});