const stringUtils = { formatPhone: function formatPhone(sourcePhone) { var destPhone = sourcePhone; destPhone = destPhone.replace(' ', ''); // remove spaces destPhone = destPhone.replace('-', ''); destPhone = destPhone.replace('(', ''); destPhone = destPhone.replace(')', ''); destPhone = destPhone.replace('/', ''); destPhone = destPhone.replace('.', ''); // replace common punctuation var destLen = destPhone.length; if (destLen === 10) { var first = destPhone.substring(0, 3); var second = destPhone.substring(3, 6); var third = destPhone.substring(6, 10); destPhone = '(' + first + ') ' + second + '-' + third; } return destPhone; }, newlinesToSpaces: function newlinesToSpaces(source) { var dest = source.replace('\r', ' '); dest = dest.replace('\n', ' '); return dest; } };