---
title: "@std/text"
description: "Utilities for working with text"
jsr: jsr:@std/text
pkg: text
version: 1.0.17
generated: true
stability: stable
---
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## Overview

<p>Utility functions for working with text.</p>

```js
import { toCamelCase, compareSimilarity } from "@std/text";
import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert";

assertEquals(toCamelCase("snake_case"), "snakeCase");

const words = ["hi", "help", "hello"];

// Words most similar to "hep" will be at the front
assertEquals(words.sort(compareSimilarity("hep")), ["help", "hi", "hello"]);
```

### Add to your project

```sh
deno add jsr:@std/text
```

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