> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.squidex.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.squidex.io/id-02-documentation/developer-guides/scripting/scripting-helper-methods.md). # Scripting Helper Methods The following helper methods are not part of the ES5 JavaScript standard, but they are very helpful for a lot of use cases.

Name	Description
`html2Text(text)`	Converts a HTML string to plain text.
`markdown2Text(text)`	Converts a markdown string to plain text.
`formatDate(date,pattern)`	Formats a JavaScript date object using the specified pattern.
`formatTime(date,pattern)`	Same as `formatDate`.
`wordCount(text)`	Counts the number of words in a text. Useful in combination with `html2Text` or `markdown2Text`.
`characterCount(text)`	Counts the number of characters in a text. Useful in combination with `html2Text` or `markdown2Text`.
`toCamelCase(text)`	Converts a text to camelCase.
`toPascalCase(text)`	Converts a text to PascalCase.
`sha256(text)`	Calculate the SHA256 hash from a given string. Use this method for hashing passwords.
`md5(text)`	Calculate the MD5 hash from a given string. Use this method for hashing passwords, when backwards compatibility is important.
`slugify(text)`	Calculates the slug of a text by removing all special characters and whitespaces to create a friendly term that can be used for SEO-friendly URLs.

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