Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/word_stats/string_extensions.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#remove_punctuation ⇒ Object

Removes all common forms of punctuation marks from the string.



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# File 'lib/word_stats/string_extensions.rb', line 4

def remove_punctuation
  regex = /[\.\,\!\?\;\[\]\(\)\'\"\/\\\`]/
  self.gsub(regex,'')
end