Module: Volt::Inflector

Defined in:
lib/volt/extra_core/inflector/methods.rb,
lib/volt/extra_core/inflector/inflections.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Inflections

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.inflections(locale = :en) ⇒ Object

Yields a singleton instance of Inflector::Inflections so you can specify additional inflector rules. If passed an optional locale, rules for other languages can be specified. If not specified, defaults to :en. Only rules for English are provided.

ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections(:en) do |inflect|
  inflect.uncountable 'rails'
end



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# File 'lib/volt/extra_core/inflector/inflections.rb', line 197

def self.inflections(locale = :en)
  if block_given?
    yield Inflections.instance(locale)
  else
    Inflections.instance(locale)
  end
end

.pluralize(word, locale = :en) ⇒ Object

Returns the plural form of the word in the string.

If passed an optional locale parameter, the word will be pluralized using rules defined for that language. By default, this parameter is set to :en.

'post'.pluralize             # => "posts"
'octopus'.pluralize          # => "octopi"
'sheep'.pluralize            # => "sheep"
'words'.pluralize            # => "words"
'CamelOctopus'.pluralize     # => "CamelOctopi"
'ley'.pluralize(:es)         # => "leyes"



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# File 'lib/volt/extra_core/inflector/methods.rb', line 21

def self.pluralize(word, locale = :en)
  apply_inflections(word, inflections(locale).plurals)
end

.singularize(word, locale = :en) ⇒ Object

The reverse of pluralize, returns the singular form of a word in a string.

If passed an optional locale parameter, the word will be pluralized using rules defined for that language. By default, this parameter is set to :en.

'posts'.singularize            # => "post"
'octopi'.singularize           # => "octopus"
'sheep'.singularize            # => "sheep"
'word'.singularize             # => "word"
'CamelOctopi'.singularize      # => "CamelOctopus"
'leyes'.singularize(:es)       # => "ley"



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# File 'lib/volt/extra_core/inflector/methods.rb', line 38

def self.singularize(word, locale = :en)
  apply_inflections(word, inflections(locale).singulars)
end