Module: Slugalizer

Defined in:
lib/slugalizer.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.to_slug(string = '') ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/slugalizer.rb', line 2

def self.to_slug(string = '')
  return '' if string.nil?

  # strip the string
  ret = string.strip

  # blow away apostrophes and dots
  ret.gsub! /['`\.]/,""

  # replace all non alphanumeric with dashes
  ret.gsub! /\s*[^A-Za-z0-9]\s*/, '-'

  # convert double dashes to single
  ret.gsub! /-+/,"-"

  # strip off leading/trailing dashes
  ret.gsub! /\A[-\.]+|[-\.]+\z/,""

  # transform to downcase
  ret.downcase
end