How to convert Camel case string to snake case - string

Question

I have a string
str := "IGotInternAtGeeksForGeeks"
I try to convert it in to
str = "i_got_intern_at_geeks_for_geeks"

Answer 1

Try this,
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"regexp"
)
var matchFirstCap = regexp.MustCompile("(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)")
var matchAllCap = regexp.MustCompile("([a-z0-9])([A-Z])")
func ToSnakeCase(str string) string {
snake := matchFirstCap.ReplaceAllString(str, "${1}_${2}")
snake = matchAllCap.ReplaceAllString(snake, "${1}_${2}")
return strings.ToLower(snake)
}
Run:
func main() {
fmt.Println(ToSnakeCase("IGotInternAtGeeksForGeeks"))
}
Output:
i_got_intern_at_geeks_for_geeks
NOTE: This will not work for many non-English languages.

Answer 2

I know this is old post but, I've create a package named gobeam/Stringy You can easily convert camel case string to snake case and kebab case and vice versa. Example:
package main
import (
"fmt"
stringy "github.com/gobeam/Stringy"
)
func main() {
str := stringy.New("HelloGuysHowAreYou?")
snakeStr := str.SnakeCase("?", "")
fmt.Println(snakeStr.ToLower()) // hello_guys_how_are_you
fmt.Println(snakeStr.ToUpper()) // HELLO_GUYS_HOW_ARE_YOU
}

Answer 3

Without reguar expression version.
Letters only, because the use case is struct field db tag. Feel free to modify it for other use cases.
func ToSnake(camel string) (snake string) {
var b strings.Builder
diff := 'a' - 'A'
l := len(camel)
for i, v := range camel {
// A is 65, a is 97
if v >= 'a' {
b.WriteRune(v)
continue
}
// v is capital letter here
// irregard first letter
// add underscore if last letter is capital letter
// add underscore when previous letter is lowercase
// add underscore when next letter is lowercase
if (i != 0 || i == l-1) && ( // head and tail
(i > 0 && rune(camel[i-1]) >= 'a') || // pre
(i < l-1 && rune(camel[i+1]) >= 'a')) { //next
b.WriteRune('_')
}
b.WriteRune(v + diff)
}
return b.String()
}
// here is the test
func TestToSnake(t *testing.T) {
input := "MyLIFEIsAwesomE"
want := "my_life_is_awesom_e"
if got := ToSnake(input); got != want {
t.Errorf("ToSnake(%v) = %v, want %v", input, got, want)
}
}

Answer 4

Faster and simpler version:
import "bytes"
func SnakeCase(camel string) string {
var buf bytes.Buffer
for _, c := range camel {
if 'A' <= c && c <= 'Z' {
// just convert [A-Z] to _[a-z]
if buf.Len() > 0 {
buf.WriteRune('_')
}
bytes.WriteRune(c - 'A' + 'a')
} else {
bytes.WriteRune(c)
}
}
return buf.String()
}
Known bugs:
1. no-ascii
2. reversed upper abbreviate word, eg. baseURL will be ugly base_u_r_l, but not base_url, consider use white list to filter.

Answer 5

wrapped it into a package
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/buxizhizhoum/inflection"
)
func example () {
// to convert a string to underscore
res := inflection.Underscore("aA")
// will return a_a
fmt.Println(res)
// to convert a string to camelize
// will return AA
fmt.Println(inflection.Camelize("a_a", true))
}