Class: Edumacator

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/edumacator.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.educate(string) ⇒ Object 



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

def self.educate(string)
  result = string.gsub %r{(\S)"},    %q{\1”} # closing double quote
  result = result.gsub %r{"},        %q{“}   # opening double quote
                                      
  result = result.gsub %r{(\S)'},    %q{\1’} # closing single quote
  result = result.gsub %r{'},        %q{‘}   # opening single quote
    
  result = result.gsub %r{\.\.\.},   %q{…}   # ellipsis
  result = result.gsub %r{\. \. \.}, %q{…}   # ellipsis with spaces
  
  result = result.gsub %r{--},       %q{—}   # em dash
end