class String

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Public Instance Methods

blank?() click to toggle source

Rails defines this for a number of other classes, including Object see activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb

# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 20
def blank?
    self !~ %r\S/
end
camelize(lowercase_first_letter=nil) click to toggle source
# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 57
def camelize(lowercase_first_letter=nil)
  s = split('_').map { |w| w.capitalize }.join
  lowercase_first_letter ? s.uncapitalize : s
end
pluralize() click to toggle source
# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 35
def pluralize
  return self + 'es' if self =~ %ress$/
  return self[0, self.length-1] + "ies" if self =~ %rty$/
  return self if self =~ %rdata$/
  self + "s"
end
singularize() click to toggle source
# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 42
def singularize
  return self.gsub(%ries$/, 'y') if self =~ %ries$/
  return self.gsub(%res$/, '') if self =~ %rsses$/
  self.gsub(%rs$/, '')
end
titlecase() click to toggle source

Title case.

"this is a string".titlecase
=> "This Is A String"

CREDIT: Eliazar Parra Copied from facets

# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 31
def titlecase
  gsub(%r\b\w/){ $`[-1,1] == "'" ? $& : $&.upcase }
end
truncate(length = 10) click to toggle source
# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 70
def truncate(length = 10)
  return self if self.length <= length
  end_string = "...#{self[(self.length-(length/2))..self.length]}"
  "#{self[0..(length/2)]}#{end_string}"
end
uncapitalize() click to toggle source
# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 62
def uncapitalize
  self[0, 1].downcase + self[1..-1]
end
underscore() click to toggle source
# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 48
def underscore
  return self.downcase if self =~ %rVSPs$/
  gsub(%r::/, '/').
  gsub(%r([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2').
  gsub(%r([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
  tr("-", "_").
  downcase
end
upcase_first() click to toggle source
# File lib/deltacloud/core_ext/string.rb, line 66
def upcase_first
  self[0, 1].upcase + self[1..-1]
end