Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/freightrain/string_patch.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#from_convention ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/freightrain/string_patch.rb', line 29

def from_convention
  return self.capitalize.gsub(/_./) { |s| s.delete("_").capitalize }
end

#to_convention ⇒ Object

TODO: maybe activesupport has something like this



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# File 'lib/freightrain/string_patch.rb', line 5

def to_convention
  return "" if self.empty?
  clone = self.clone
  first_letter = clone.slice!(0)
  result = first_letter.chr.downcase
  #fix, each_char seems not to be implemented
  #before 1.8.7
  (0...clone.length).each do |index|
    letter = clone[index].chr
    if letter =~ /^[A-Z]/
      result += "_"
      result += letter.downcase
    else
      result += letter
    end
  end
  return result.downcase
end

#to_convention_sym ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/freightrain/string_patch.rb', line 24

def to_convention_sym
  return nil if self.to_convention.empty?
  return self.to_convention.to_sym
end