Palindrome Detector

ccromer_palindrome is a sample Ruby gem created while following the Learn Enough Ruby to Be Dangerous by Michael Hartl.

Installation

To install ccromer_palindrome, add this line directly to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'ccromer_palindrome'

Then install as follows:

$ bundle install

Or install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile in one step by executing:

$ bundle add ccromer_palindrome

If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:

$ gem install ccromer_palindrome

Usage

ccromer_palindrome adds a palindrome? method to the String class, and can be used as follows:

$ irb
>> require 'ccromer_palindrome'
>> "honey badger".palindrome?
=> false
>> "deified".palindrome?
=> true
>> "Able was I, ere I saw Elba.".palindrome?
=> true
>> phrase = "Madam, I'm Adam."
>> phrase.palindrome?
=> true

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.