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title: Why would I use this?
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---
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I have seen developers doing this:
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```js
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const alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'.split('');
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```
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Or worse:
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```js
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const alphabet = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"];
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```
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My opinion about this? 🙄. It's ugly, it makes your code less readable
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(read: ugly) and it's simply not something you should want to have in your
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code! Instead, you should do it like so:
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```js
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import { latin } from 'alphabets';
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// or
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const alphabets = require('alphabets');
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```
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Much cleaner, right? That's why I made this package.
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## Why not?
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I see very few reasons not to use this package.
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### But doesn't it cost me performance?
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No. This package is only <800 bytes so it should not cost you any performance.
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Neither via [CDN](/usage/installation/#cdn) nor if you use a bundler like
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webpack, Parcel or Rollup.
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### Why not making an array on my own?
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It's a choice. This whole package is **opinionated**. *I* think you should not
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do `const alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'.split('');` in your code. *I*
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think you should use a package for that. Do you think it's OK to define your own
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alphabet array? Do that!
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