Class: Symbol

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Symbol

Extended by:

FatCore::Symbol::ClassMethods

Includes:

FatCore::Symbol

Defined in:

lib/fat_core/symbol.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #as_string ⇒ String (also: #entitle) included from FatCore::Symbol

  Convert to a title-ized string, that is, convert all '_' to a space, then call String#entitle on the result.

• #as_sym ⇒ Symbol included from FatCore::Symbol

  Return self.

• #tex_quote ⇒ String included from FatCore::Symbol

  Prepare this symbol for use in a TeX document by converting to String then quoting it.

Instance Method Details

#as_string ⇒ String Also known as: entitle Originally defined in module FatCore::Symbol

Convert to a title-ized string, that is, convert all '_' to a space, then call String#entitle on the result.

Examples:

:hello_world.entitle #=> "Hello World"
:hello_world.as_string #=> "Hello World"
:joy_to_the_world #=> 'Joy to the World'

Returns:

• (String)

#as_sym ⇒ Symbol Originally defined in module FatCore::Symbol

Return self. This (together with String#as_sym) allows #as_sym to be applied to a string or Symbol and get back a Symbol with out testing for type.

Returns:

• (Symbol) —

  just self

#tex_quote ⇒ String Originally defined in module FatCore::Symbol

Prepare this symbol for use in a TeX document by converting to String then quoting it.

Examples:

:hammer_smith.tex_quote  #=> "hammer\\_smith"

Returns:

• (String)