Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/musicbrainz/string.rb

Overview

this file belongs in config/initializers

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#is_mbid ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/musicbrainz/string.rb', line 4

def is_mbid
  if self.length==36
    l=self.split("-")
    if l[0].length==8 &&
        l[1].length==4 &&
        l[2].length==4 &&
        l[3].length==4 &&
        l[4].length==12
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
end

#titleize_proper ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/musicbrainz/string.rb', line 19

def titleize_proper
  excluded_from_title=["a","an","the","and", "but", "or", "so",
                       "after", "before", "when", "while", "since",
                       "until", "although", "even if", "because",
                       "both", "either", "neither", "nor","as",
                       "at", "by", "for", "from", "in", "into",
                       "of", "off", "on", "onto", "than", "to",
                       "via", "with", "anti", "betwixt", "circa",
                       "per", "qua", "sans", "unto", "versus",
                       "vis-a-vis","ago", "hence",  "through",
                       "withal"]

  string_array=self.split(' ')
  title=Array.new
  string_array.each_with_index do |word,i|

    if i==0
      title<<word.capitalize
    elsif excluded_from_title.include?(word)
      title<<word
    else
      title<<word.capitalize
    end

  end
  title.join(' ')
end