Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.small_words ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 4

def self.small_words
  @small_words ||= %w(a an and as at but by en for if in of on or the to v[.]? via vs[.]?)
end

Instance Method Details

#/(path) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 8

def /( path )
  ::File.join(self, path)
end

#collapse(character = " ") ⇒ Object

Removes specified character from the beginning and/or end of the string and then performs String#squeeze(character), condensing runs of the character within the string.

Note: This method has been superceded by ActiveSupport’s squish method.



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 157

def collapse(character = " ")
  sub(/^#{character}*/, "").sub(/#{character}*$/, "").squeeze(character)
end

#convert_accented_entities ⇒ Object

Converts HTML entities into the respective non-accented letters. Examples:

"á".convert_accented_entities # => "a"
"ç".convert_accented_entities # => "c"
"è".convert_accented_entities # => "e"
"î".convert_accented_entities # => "i"
"ø".convert_accented_entities # => "o"
"ü".convert_accented_entities # => "u"

Note: This does not do any conversion of Unicode/Ascii accented-characters. For that functionality please use to_ascii.



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 75

def convert_accented_entities
  gsub(/&([A-Za-z])(grave|acute|circ|tilde|uml|ring|cedil|slash);/, '\1')
end

#convert_misc_characters ⇒ Object

Converts various common plaintext characters to a more URI-friendly representation. Examples:

"foo & bar".convert_misc_characters # => "foo and bar"
"Chanel #9".convert_misc_characters # => "Chanel number nine"
"user@host".convert_misc_characters # => "user at host"
"google.com".convert_misc_characters # => "google dot com"
"$10".convert_misc_characters # => "10 dollars"
"*69".convert_misc_characters # => "star 69"
"100%".convert_misc_characters # => "100 percent"
"windows/mac/linux".convert_misc_characters # => "windows slash mac slash linux"

Note: Because this method will convert any & symbols to the string “and”, you should run any methods which convert HTML entities (convert_html_entities and convert_misc_entities) before running this method.



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 126

def convert_misc_characters
  dummy = dup.gsub(/\.{3,}/, " dot dot dot ") # Catch ellipses before single dot rule!
  {
    /\s*&\s*/ => "and",
    /\s*#/ => "number",
    /\s*@\s*/ => "at",
    /(\S|^)\.(\S)/ => '\1 dot \2',
    /(\s|^)\$(\d*)(\s|$)/ => '\2 dollars',
    /\s*\*\s*/ => "star",
    /\s*%\s*/ => "percent",
    /\s*(\\|\/)\s*/ => "slash",
  }.each do |found, replaced|
    replaced = " #{replaced} " unless replaced =~ /\\1/
    dummy.gsub!(found, replaced)
  end
  dummy = dummy.gsub(/(^|\w)'(\w|$)/, '\1\2').gsub(/[\.,:;()\[\]\/\?!\^'"_]/, " ")
end

#convert_misc_entities ⇒ Object

Converts HTML entities (taken from common Textile/RedCloth formattings) into plain text formats.

Note: This isn’t an attempt at complete conversion of HTML entities, just those most likely to be generated by Textile.



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 83

def convert_misc_entities
  dummy = dup
  {
    "#822[01]" => "\"",
    "#821[67]" => "'",
    "#8230" => "...",
    "#8211" => "-",
    "#8212" => "--",
    "#215" => "x",
    "gt" => ">",
    "lt" => "<",
    "(#8482|trade)" => "(tm)",
    "(#174|reg)" => "(r)",
    "(#169|copy)" => "(c)",
    "(#38|amp)" => "and",
    "nbsp" => " ",
    "(#162|cent)" => " cent",
    "(#163|pound)" => " pound",
    "(#188|frac14)" => "one fourth",
    "(#189|frac12)" => "half",
    "(#190|frac34)" => "three fourths",
    "(#176|deg)" => " degrees"
  }.each do |textiled, normal|
    dummy.gsub!(/&#{textiled};/, normal)
  end
  dummy.gsub(/&[^;]+;/, "")
end

#remove_formatting ⇒ Object

Performs multiple text manipulations. Essentially a shortcut for typing them all. View source below to see which methods are run.



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 50

def remove_formatting
  strip_html_tags.convert_accented_entities.convert_misc_entities.convert_misc_characters.collapse
end

#replace_whitespace(replace = " ") ⇒ Object

Replace runs of whitespace in string. Defaults to a single space but any replacement string may be specified as an argument. Examples:

"Foo       bar".replace_whitespace # => "Foo bar"
"Foo       bar".replace_whitespace("-") # => "Foo-bar"



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 149

def replace_whitespace(replace = " ")
  gsub(/\s+/, replace)
end

#strip_html_tags(leave_whitespace = false) ⇒ Object

Removes HTML tags from text. This code is simplified from Tobias Luettke’s regular expression in Typo.



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 56

def strip_html_tags(leave_whitespace = false)
  name = /[\w:_-]+/
  value = /([A-Za-z0-9]+|('[^']*?'|"[^"]*?"))/
  attr = /(#{name}(\s*=\s*#{value})?)/
  rx = /<[!\/?\[]?(#{name}|--)(\s+(#{attr}(\s+#{attr})*))?\s*([!\/?\]]+|--)?>/
  (leave_whitespace) ?  gsub(rx, "").strip : gsub(rx, "").gsub(/\s+/, " ").strip
end

#titlecase ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 12

def titlecase
  swrgxp = self.class.small_words.join('|')

  parts = self.split( %r/( [:.;?!][ ] | (?:[ ]|^)["“] )/x )
  parts.each do |part|
    part.gsub!(%r/\b[[:alpha:]][[:lower:].'’]*\b/) do |s|
      s =~ %r/\w+\.\w+/ ? s : s.capitalize
    end

    # Lowercase the small words
    part.gsub!(%r/\b(#{swrgxp})\b/i) {|w| w.downcase}

    # If the first word is a small word, then capitalize it
    part.gsub!(%r/\A([[:punct:]]*)(#{swrgxp})\b/) {$1 + $2.capitalize}

    # If the last word is a small word, then capitalize it
    part.gsub!(%r/\b(#{swrgxp})([^\w\s]*)\z/) {$1.capitalize + $2}
  end

  str = parts.join

  # Special cases:
  str.gsub!(/ V(s?)\. /, ' v\1. ')               # "v." and "vs."
  str.gsub!(/(['’])S\b/, '\1s')                  # 'S (otherwise you get "the SEC'S decision")
  str.gsub!(/\b(AT&T|Q&A)\b/i) { |w| w.upcase }  # "AT&T" and "Q&A", which get tripped up.

  str
end

#to_url ⇒ Object

Create a URI-friendly representation of the string.



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# File 'lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb', line 44

def to_url
  remove_formatting.downcase.replace_whitespace("-").collapse("-")
end