Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/octocore-cassandra/utils.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_slug ⇒ Object

Create a custom method to convert strings to Slugs



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# File 'lib/octocore-cassandra/utils.rb', line 60

def to_slug
  #strip the string
  ret = self.strip

  #blow away apostrophes
  ret.gsub!(/['`]/,'')

  # @ --> at, and & --> and
  ret.gsub!(/\s*@\s*/, ' at ')
  ret.gsub!(/\s*&\s*/, ' and ')

  #replace all non alphanumeric, underscore or periods with underscore
  ret.gsub!(/\s*[^A-Za-z0-9\.\-]\s*/, '_')

  #convert double underscores to single
  ret.gsub!(/_+/,'_')

  #strip off leading/trailing underscore
  ret.gsub!(/\A[_\.]+|[_\.]+\z/,'')

  ret
end