freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/intermediate-algorithm-scripting/spinal-tap-case.md

id, title, challengeType, forumTopicId, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	forumTopicId	dashedName
a103376db3ba46b2d50db289	Spinal Tap Case	5	16078	spinal-tap-case

--description--

Convert a string to spinal case. Spinal case is all-lowercase-words-joined-by-dashes.

--hints--

spinalCase("This Is Spinal Tap") should return the string this-is-spinal-tap.

assert.deepEqual(spinalCase('This Is Spinal Tap'), 'this-is-spinal-tap');

spinalCase("thisIsSpinalTap") should return the string this-is-spinal-tap.

assert.strictEqual(spinalCase('thisIsSpinalTap'), 'this-is-spinal-tap');

spinalCase("The_Andy_Griffith_Show") should return the string the-andy-griffith-show.

assert.strictEqual(
  spinalCase('The_Andy_Griffith_Show'),
  'the-andy-griffith-show'
);

spinalCase("Teletubbies say Eh-oh") should return the string teletubbies-say-eh-oh.

assert.strictEqual(
  spinalCase('Teletubbies say Eh-oh'),
  'teletubbies-say-eh-oh'
);

spinalCase("AllThe-small Things") should return the string all-the-small-things.

assert.strictEqual(spinalCase('AllThe-small Things'), 'all-the-small-things');

--seed--

--seed-contents--

function spinalCase(str) {
  return str;
}

spinalCase('This Is Spinal Tap');

--solutions--

function spinalCase(str) {
  str = str.replace(/([a-z](?=[A-Z]))/g, '$1 ');
  return str.toLowerCase().replace(/\ |\_/g, '-');
}