function camelize(str) { return str .split('-') // splits 'my-long-word' into array ['my', 'long', 'word'] .map( // capitalizes first letters of all array items except the first one // converts ['my', 'long', 'word'] into ['my', 'Long', 'Word'] (word, index) => index == 0 ? word : word[0].toUpperCase() + word.slice(1) ) .join(''); // joins ['my', 'Long', 'Word'] into 'myLongWord' }