add .logReduced, closes #2

dist/beautylog.log.d.ts

@@ -36,4 +36,13 @@ export declare let error: (logText: any) => void;
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
 export declare let dir: (logText: any) => void;
+/**
+ * creates a new empty line
+ * @param linesArg
+ * @returns void
+ */
 export declare let newLine: (linesArg?: number) => void;
+/**
+ * logs a reduced log that only logs changes of consequential log messages
+ */
+export declare let logReduced: (logTextArg: string, repeatEveryTimesArg?: number) => void;

dist/beautylog.log.js

@@ -51,11 +51,32 @@ exports.error = function (logText) {
 exports.dir = function (logText) {
     return beautylog_log_helpers_1.log(logText, 'dir');
 };
+/**
+ * creates a new empty line
+ * @param linesArg
+ * @returns void
+ */
 exports.newLine = function (linesArg) {
     if (linesArg === void 0) { linesArg = 1; }
     for (var i = 0; i < linesArg; i++) {
         console.log("\n");
     }
 };
+/**
+ * logs a reduced log that only logs changes of consequential log messages
+ */
+exports.logReduced = function (logTextArg, repeatEveryTimesArg) {
+    if (repeatEveryTimesArg === void 0) { repeatEveryTimesArg = 0; }
+    if (logTextArg == previousMessage && (repeatEveryTimesArg == 0 || sameMessageCounter != repeatEveryTimesArg)) {
+        sameMessageCounter++;
+    }
+    else {
+        sameMessageCounter = 0;
+        previousMessage = logTextArg;
+        beautylog_log_helpers_1.log(logTextArg);
+    }
+};
+var previousMessage = "";
+var sameMessageCounter = 0;
 
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dist/index.d.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import "typings-global";
 export { Table } from "./beautylog.classes.table";
 export { Ora } from "./beautylog.classes.ora";
-export { dir, error, info, log, ok, success, warn, newLine } from "./beautylog.log";
+export { dir, error, info, log, logReduced, ok, success, warn, newLine } from "./beautylog.log";
 export { figlet, figletSync } from "./beautylog.figlet";

dist/index.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ exports.dir = beautylog_log_1.dir;
 exports.error = beautylog_log_1.error;
 exports.info = beautylog_log_1.info;
 exports.log = beautylog_log_1.log;
+exports.logReduced = beautylog_log_1.logReduced;
 exports.ok = beautylog_log_1.ok;
 exports.success = beautylog_log_1.success;
 exports.warn = beautylog_log_1.warn;
@@ -19,4 +20,4 @@ var beautylog_figlet_1 = require("./beautylog.figlet");
 exports.figlet = beautylog_figlet_1.figlet;
 exports.figletSync = beautylog_figlet_1.figletSync;
 
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test/test.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ describe("beautylog",function(){
             beautylog.info('beautylog.dir(), with normal logText, without logType');
         });
     });
+    describe(".logReduced(message)",function(){
+        it("should only log two messages",function(){
+            beautylog.logReduced("Message 1");
+            beautylog.logReduced("Message 1");
+            beautylog.logReduced("Message 1");
+            beautylog.logReduced("Message 1");
+            beautylog.logReduced("Message 2");
+            beautylog.logReduced("Message 2");
+        })
+    })
     describe(".ok(message)",function(){
         it("should display a green ok message",function(){
             beautylog.ok('beautylog.ok(), with normal logText, without logType');

ts/beautylog.log.ts

@@ -57,8 +57,28 @@ export let dir = (logText) => {
     return log(logText, 'dir');
 };
 
+/**
+ * creates a new empty line
+ * @param linesArg
+ * @returns void
+ */
 export let newLine = (linesArg:number = 1) => {
     for(let i = 0; i < linesArg;i++){
         console.log("\n");
     }
-}
+}
+
+/**
+ * logs a reduced log that only logs changes of consequential log messages
+ */
+export let logReduced = (logTextArg:string,repeatEveryTimesArg:number = 0) => {
+    if(logTextArg == previousMessage && (repeatEveryTimesArg == 0 || sameMessageCounter != repeatEveryTimesArg)){
+        sameMessageCounter++;
+    } else {
+        sameMessageCounter = 0;
+        previousMessage = logTextArg;
+        log(logTextArg);
+    }
+};
+let previousMessage:string = "";
+let sameMessageCounter:number = 0;

ts/index.ts

@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ export {Table} from "./beautylog.classes.table";
 export {Ora} from "./beautylog.classes.ora";
 
 // export methods
-export {dir,error,info,log,ok,success,warn,newLine} from "./beautylog.log";
+export {dir,error,info,log,logReduced,ok,success,warn,newLine} from "./beautylog.log";
 export {figlet,figletSync} from "./beautylog.figlet"