# utils-extend [![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/utils-extend.png?downloads=true&downloadRank=true&stars=true)](https://nodei.co/npm/utils-extend/) Extend nodejs util api, and it is light weight and simple. ``` var util = require('utils-extend'); ``` ### install ``` npm install utils-extend --save ``` ## API ### util Extend api in nodejs util module, ### util.extend Deep clone soure object to target ```js var target = {}; var source = { k: 'v', k2: [] }; var source2 = { k3: { } }; util.extend(target, source, source2); ``` ### util.isObject Check target is object, array and function return false. ### util.isArray Chck target is array ``` uitl.isArray = Array.isArray ``` ### util.isNumber ### util.isDate ### util.isRegExp ### util.isFunction ### util.isString ### util.isUndefined ### util.noop Empty function ### util.unique Make array unique. ``` var arr = [4, 5, 5, 6]; var result = uitl.unique(arr); ``` ### util.pick Return a copy of the object with list keys ```js util.pick({ key: 'value' }, 'key'); util.pick({ key: 'value' }, function(value, key, object) { }); ``` ### util.escape Escapes a string for insertion into HTML, replacing &, <, >, ", `, and ' characters. ```js var html = '
' var result = util.escape('') ``` ### util.unescape The opposite of escape ### util.path.isAbsolute Return true is path isabsolute, otherwise return false. ``` util.path.isAbsolute('C:\\file\\path'); // windows util.path.isAbsolute('/file/path'); // unix ``` ### util.path.unixifyPath Normalize \ paths to / paths.