From 6259131a2a655305f42b90fb54bde951d0e651f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fkscorpion <florian.stoetzel@chronext.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:26:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added options to alter pre- and suffixes for date stamps and
 labels

---
 README.md     | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 defaults.json |  4 ++++
 main.js       |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73750f1..c352285 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ From version 2.0 the second parameter is an object with several options. As a ba
 
 * **options.label** {Boolean}<br>If true it will show the label (LOG | INFO | WARN | ERROR)<br>**Default**: true
 
+* **options.labelPrefix** {String}<br>A custom prefix for the label.<br>For an example see [Custom prefix and suffix example](#custom-pre-and-suffixes)<br>**Default:** "["
+
+* **options.labelSuffix** {String}<br>A custom suffix for the label.<br>For an example see [Custom prefix and suffix example](#custom-pre-and-suffixes)<br>**Default:** "]"
+
 * **options.include** {Array}<br>An array containing the methods to include in the patch<br>**Default**: ["log", "info", "warn", "error", "dir", "assert"]
 
 * **options.exclude** {Array}<br>An array containing the methods to exclude in the patch<br>**Default**: [] \(none)
@@ -56,7 +60,10 @@ From version 2.0 the second parameter is an object with several options. As a ba
     * **options.colors.label** {String/Array<String>/Function} <br>**Default:** []
 
     * **options.colors.metadata** {String/Array<String>/Function} <br>**Default:** []
+    
+* **options.datePrefix** {String}<br>A custom prefix for the datestamp.<br>For an example see [Custom prefix and suffix example](#custom-pre-and-suffixes)<br>**Default:** "["
 
+* **options.dateSuffix** {String}<br>A custom suffix for the datestamp.<br>For an example see [Custom prefix and suffix example](#custom-pre-and-suffixes)<br>**Default:** "]"
 Note: To combine colors, bgColors and style, set them as an array like this:
 
     ...
@@ -251,3 +258,20 @@ Result:
 Result:
 
     [18:10:30.875] [LOG] [14503936] Metadata applied.
+
+<a name="custom-pre-and-suffixes"></a>
+### Custom prefix and suffix example
+If you don't want to use the default brackets, you can also define your own custom pre- and suffixes like so:
+
+    require('console-stamp')(console, {
+        datePrefix: '####',
+        dateSuffix: '####',
+        labelPrefix: '{',
+        labelSuffix: '}'
+    });
+    
+    console.log('Custom pre- and suffixed log');
+
+Result:
+
+    ####Fri Sep 15 2017 16:58:29#### {LOG} Custom pre- and suffixed log                                                            
diff --git a/defaults.json b/defaults.json
index 87cca63..156ceca 100644
--- a/defaults.json
+++ b/defaults.json
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
   "disable": [],
   "level": "log",
   "extend": {},
+  "datePrefix": "[",
+  "dateSuffix": "]",
   "label": true,
+  "labelPrefix": "[",
+  "labelSuffix": "]",
   "colors": {
     "stamp":[],
     "label":[],
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 0ab7180..ac3b93a 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ module.exports = function ( con, options, prefix_metadata ) {
 
         con[f] = function () {
 
-            var prefix = colorTheme.stamp( "[" + dateFormat( pattern ) + "]" ) + " ";
+            var prefix = colorTheme.stamp( options.datePrefix + dateFormat( pattern ) + options.dateSuffix ) + " ";
             var args = slice.call( arguments );
 
             // Add label if flag is set
             if ( options.label ) {
-                prefix += colorTheme.label( "[" + f.toUpperCase() + "]" ) + "      ".substr( f.length );
+                prefix += colorTheme.label( options.labelPrefix + f.toUpperCase() + options.labelSuffix ) + "      ".substr( f.length );
             }
 
             // Add metadata if any