/**
 * @license
 * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
 * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
 */
/**
 * Converts a camelized string into all lower case separated by underscores.
 *
 ```javascript
 decamelize('innerHTML');         // 'inner_html'
 decamelize('action_name');       // 'action_name'
 decamelize('css-class-name');    // 'css-class-name'
 decamelize('my favorite items'); // 'my favorite items'
 ```

 @method decamelize
 @param {String} str The string to decamelize.
 @return {String} the decamelized string.
 */
export declare function decamelize(str: string): string;
/**
 Replaces underscores, spaces, or camelCase with dashes.

 ```javascript
 dasherize('innerHTML');         // 'inner-html'
 dasherize('action_name');       // 'action-name'
 dasherize('css-class-name');    // 'css-class-name'
 dasherize('my favorite items'); // 'my-favorite-items'
 ```

 @method dasherize
 @param {String} str The string to dasherize.
 @return {String} the dasherized string.
 */
export declare function dasherize(str: string): string;
/**
 Returns the lowerCamelCase form of a string.

 ```javascript
 camelize('innerHTML');          // 'innerHTML'
 camelize('action_name');        // 'actionName'
 camelize('css-class-name');     // 'cssClassName'
 camelize('my favorite items');  // 'myFavoriteItems'
 camelize('My Favorite Items');  // 'myFavoriteItems'
 ```

 @method camelize
 @param {String} str The string to camelize.
 @return {String} the camelized string.
 */
export declare function camelize(str: string): string;
/**
 Returns the UpperCamelCase form of a string.

 ```javascript
 'innerHTML'.classify();          // 'InnerHTML'
 'action_name'.classify();        // 'ActionName'
 'css-class-name'.classify();     // 'CssClassName'
 'my favorite items'.classify();  // 'MyFavoriteItems'
 ```

 @method classify
 @param {String} str the string to classify
 @return {String} the classified string
 */
export declare function classify(str: string): string;
/**
 More general than decamelize. Returns the lower\_case\_and\_underscored
 form of a string.

 ```javascript
 'innerHTML'.underscore();          // 'inner_html'
 'action_name'.underscore();        // 'action_name'
 'css-class-name'.underscore();     // 'css_class_name'
 'my favorite items'.underscore();  // 'my_favorite_items'
 ```

 @method underscore
 @param {String} str The string to underscore.
 @return {String} the underscored string.
 */
export declare function underscore(str: string): string;
/**
 Returns the Capitalized form of a string

 ```javascript
 'innerHTML'.capitalize()         // 'InnerHTML'
 'action_name'.capitalize()       // 'Action_name'
 'css-class-name'.capitalize()    // 'Css-class-name'
 'my favorite items'.capitalize() // 'My favorite items'
 ```

 @method capitalize
 @param {String} str The string to capitalize.
 @return {String} The capitalized string.
 */
export declare function capitalize(str: string): string;
/**
 * Calculate the levenshtein distance of two strings.
 * See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance.
 * Based off https://gist.github.com/andrei-m/982927 (for using the faster dynamic programming
 * version).
 *
 * @param a String a.
 * @param b String b.
 * @returns A number that represents the distance between the two strings. The greater the number
 *   the more distant the strings are from each others.
 */
export declare function levenshtein(a: string, b: string): number;