Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/string.rb

Overview

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Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#camelize ⇒ Object

Camelize converts strings to UpperCamelCase



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# File 'lib/string.rb', line 27

def camelize
  self.to_s.gsub(/\/(.?)/) { "::#{$1.upcase}" }.gsub(/(?:^|_)(.)/) { $1.upcase }
end

#classify ⇒ Object

Create a class name from string



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# File 'lib/string.rb', line 20

def classify
  self.singularize.camelize
end

#convert ⇒ Object

Convert string to float if string value seems like Float



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# File 'lib/string.rb', line 49

def convert
  return self.to_f if self.strip =~ /^([\d\.]+$)/
  self
end

#pluralize ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/string.rb', line 40

def pluralize
  return self + 'es' if self =~ /ess$/
  return self[0, self.length-1] + "ies" if self =~ /ty$/
  return self if self =~ /data$/
  self + "s"
end

#sanitize ⇒ Object

Simply converts whitespaces and - symbols to ‘_’ which is safe for Ruby



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# File 'lib/string.rb', line 55

def sanitize
  self.strip.gsub(/(\W+)/, '_')
end

#singularize ⇒ Object

Strip ‘s’ character from end of string



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# File 'lib/string.rb', line 34

def singularize
  self.gsub(/s$/, '')
end