Method: ActiveModel::Translation#human_attribute_name

Defined in:
activemodel/lib/active_model/translation.rb

#human_attribute_name(attribute, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Transforms attribute names into a more human format, such as “First name” instead of “first_name”.

Person.human_attribute_name("first_name") # => "First name"

Specify options with additional translating options.



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# File 'activemodel/lib/active_model/translation.rb', line 48

def human_attribute_name(attribute, options = {})
  attribute = attribute.to_s

  if attribute.include?(".")
    namespace, _, attribute = attribute.rpartition(".")
    namespace.tr!(".", "/")

    defaults = lookup_ancestors.map do |klass|
      :"#{i18n_scope}.attributes.#{klass.model_name.i18n_key}/#{namespace}.#{attribute}"
    end
    defaults << :"#{i18n_scope}.attributes.#{namespace}.#{attribute}"
  else
    defaults = lookup_ancestors.map do |klass|
      :"#{i18n_scope}.attributes.#{klass.model_name.i18n_key}.#{attribute}"
    end
  end

  raise_on_missing = options.fetch(:raise, Translation.raise_on_missing_translations)

  defaults << :"attributes.#{attribute}"
  defaults << options[:default] if options[:default]
  defaults << MISSING_TRANSLATION unless raise_on_missing

  translation = I18n.translate(defaults.shift, count: 1, raise: raise_on_missing, **options, default: defaults)
  translation = attribute.humanize if translation == MISSING_TRANSLATION
  translation
end