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/*
* Copyright (C) Sapphirecode - All Rights Reserved
* This file is part of graphviz-builder which is released under MIT.
* See file 'LICENSE' for full license details.
* Created by Timo Hocker <timo@scode.ovh>, May 2020
*/
/**
* removes invalid characters from a string and throws an error
* if left with an empty string
*
* @param name - name to check and transform
*/
function validate_name (name: string): string {
const new_name = name
.replace (/[^a-z0-9]/giu, '')
.replace (/^[0-9]+/iu, '');
if (new_name === '')
throw new Error (`invalid node name ${name}`);
return new_name;
}
export { validate_name };