* WIP on views

core/string_util.js

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+/* jslint node: true */
+'use strict';
+
+exports.stylizeString	= stylizeString;
+
+//	:TODO: create Unicode verison of this
+var VOWELS = [ 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' ];
+
+VOWELS.forEach(function onVowel(v) {
+	VOWELS.push(v.toUpperCase());
+});
+
+var SIMPLE_ELITE_MAP = {
+	'a' : '4',
+	'e' : '3',
+	'i' : '1',
+	'o' : '0',
+	's' : '5',
+	't' : '7'
+};
+
+function stylizeString(s, style) {
+	var len = s.length;
+	var c;
+	var i;
+	var stylized = '';
+
+	switch(style) {
+		//	UPPERCASE
+		case 'U' : return s.toUpperCase();
+
+		//	lowercase
+		case 'l' : return s.toLowerCase();
+
+		//	Proper Case
+		case 'P' :
+			return s.replace(/\w\S*/g, function onProperCaseChar(t) {
+				return t.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + t.substr(1).toLowerCase();
+			});
+
+		//	fIRST lOWER
+		case 'f' :
+			return s.replace(/\w\S*/g, function onFirstLowerChar(t) {
+				return t.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + t.substr(1).toUpperCase();
+			});
+
+		//	SMaLL VoWeLS
+		case 'v' :
+			for(i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+				c = s[i];
+				if(-1 !== VOWELS.indexOf(c)) {
+					stylized += c.toLowerCase();
+				} else {
+					stylized += c.toUpperCase();
+				}
+			}
+			return stylized;
+
+		//	bIg vOwELS
+		case 'V' :
+			for(i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+				c = s[i];
+				if(-1 !== VOWELS.indexOf(c)) {
+					stylized += c.toUpperCase();
+				} else {
+					stylized += c.toLowerCase();
+				}
+			}
+			return stylized;
+
+		//	Small i's: DEMENTiA
+		case 'i' : return s.toUpperCase().replace('I', 'i');
+
+		//	mIxeD CaSE (random upper/lower)
+		case 'M' :
+			for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+				if(Math.random() < 0.5) {
+					stylized += s[i].toUpperCase();
+				} else {
+					stylized += s[i].toLowerCase();
+				}
+			}
+			return stylized;
+
+		//	l337 5p34k
+		case '3' :
+			for(i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+				c = SIMPLE_ELITE_MAP[s[i].toLowerCase()];
+				stylized += c || s[i];				
+			}
+			return stylized;
+	}
+
+	return s;
+}