Class: String

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

Constant Summary collapse

CAP_LIST_REGEX = 
Regexp.new('"([\w\s]+)"|(\S+)')
WHITESPACE_REGEX = 
Regexp.new('^\s+$')

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#blank? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:



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# File 'lib/rcap/extensions/string.rb', line 32

def blank?
  empty?
end

#for_cap_list ⇒ String

Reformats string for a CAP list. If the string contains whitespace it will enclose the contents in quotation marks.

Examples:

"one".for_cap_list       # => "one"
"two words".for_cap_list # => "\"two words\""

Returns:



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# File 'lib/rcap/extensions/string.rb', line 14

def for_cap_list
  if /\s/.match?(self)
    '"' + self + '"'
  else
    self
  end
end

#unpack_cap_list ⇒ Array<String>

Will unpack a string generated by Array#to_s_for_cap

Examples:

"one \"two words\" three".unpack_cap_list # => [ "one", "two words", "three" ]

Returns:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/rcap/extensions/string.rb', line 28

def unpack_cap_list
  split(CAP_LIST_REGEX).reject { |match| match == '' || match =~ WHITESPACE_REGEX }
end