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+var deburr = require('../string/deburr'),
+ words = require('../string/words');
+
+/**
+ * Creates a function that produces compound words out of the words in a
+ * given string.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @param {Function} callback The function to combine each word.
+ * @returns {Function} Returns the new compounder function.
+ */
+function createCompounder(callback) {
+ return function(string) {
+ var index = -1,
+ array = words(deburr(string)),
+ length = array.length,
+ result = '';
+
+ while (++index < length) {
+ result = callback(result, array[index], index);
+ }
+ return result;
+ };
+}
+
+module.exports = createCompounder;