External module "nlp/expand-contractions/docs/types/index.d"

Export assignment expandContractions

• expandContractions(str: string): string

• Expands all contractions to their formal equivalents.

  Parameters

  • str: string

    string to convert

  Returns string

  string with expanded contractions

  Example

  var str = 'I won\'t be able to get y\'all out of this one.';
  var out = expandContractions( str );
  // returns 'I will not be able to get you all out of this one.'

  Example

  var str = 'It oughtn\'t to be my fault, because, you know, I didn\'t know';
  var out = expandContractions( str );
  // returns 'It ought not to be my fault, because, you know, I did not know'