Module: NameCase

Defined in:
lib/namecase.rb

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
'1.2.0'

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#nc(options = {}) ⇒ Object

Returns a new String with the contents properly namecased



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# File 'lib/namecase.rb', line 5

def nc(options = {})
  options = { :lazy => true, :irish => false }.merge options

  # Skip if string is mixed case
  if options[:lazy]
    first_letter_lower = self[0] == self.downcase[0]
    all_lower_or_upper = (self.downcase == self || self.upcase == self)

    return self unless first_letter_lower || all_lower_or_upper
  end

  localstring = downcase
  localstring.gsub!(/\b\w/) { |first| first.upcase }
  localstring.gsub!(/\'\w\b/) { |c| c.downcase } # Lowercase 's

  if options[:irish]
    if localstring =~ /\bMac[A-Za-z]{2,}[^aciozj]\b/ or localstring =~ /\bMc/
      match = localstring.match(/\b(Ma?c)([A-Za-z]+)/)
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMa?c[A-Za-z]+/) { match[1] + match[2].capitalize }

      # Now fix "Mac" exceptions
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacEvicius/, 'Macevicius')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacHado/, 'Machado')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacEdo/, 'Macedo')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacHar/, 'Machar')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacHin/, 'Machin')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacHlin/, 'Machlin')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacIas/, 'Macias')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacIulis/, 'Maciulis')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacKie/, 'Mackie')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacKle/, 'Mackle')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacKlin/, 'Macklin')
      localstring.gsub!(/\bMacQuarie/, 'Macquarie')
    end
    localstring.gsub!('Macmurdo','MacMurdo')
  end

  # Fixes for "son (daughter) of" etc
  localstring.gsub!(/\bAl(?=\s+\w)/, 'al')  # al Arabic or forename Al.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bAp\b/, 'ap')         # ap Welsh.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bBen(?=\s+\w)/,'ben') # ben Hebrew or forename Ben.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bDell([ae])\b/,'dell\1')  # della and delle Italian.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bD([aeiou])\b/,'d\1')   # da, de, di Italian; du French; do Brasil
  localstring.gsub!(/\bD([ao]s)\b/,'d\1')   # das, dos Brasileiros
  localstring.gsub!(/\bDe([lr])\b/,'de\1')   # del Italian; der Dutch/Flemish.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bEl\b/,'el')   # el Greek or El Spanish.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bLa\b/,'la')   # la French or La Spanish.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bL([eo])\b/,'l\1')      # lo Italian; le French.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bVan(?=\s+\w)/,'van')  # van German or forename Van.
  localstring.gsub!(/\bVon\b/,'von')  # von Dutch/Flemish

  # Fix roman numeral names
  localstring.gsub!(
    / \b ( (?: [Xx]{1,3} | [Xx][Ll]   | [Ll][Xx]{0,3} )?
           (?: [Ii]{1,3} | [Ii][VvXx] | [Vv][Ii]{0,3} )? ) \b /x
  ) { |match| match.upcase }

  localstring
end

#nc!(options = {}) ⇒ Object

Modifies str in place and properly namecases the string.



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# File 'lib/namecase.rb', line 66

def nc!(options = {})
  self.gsub!(self, self.nc(options))
end