Module: Capybara::Helpers

Defined in:

lib/capybara/helpers.rb

Class Method Summary

• .normalize_whitespace(text) ⇒ String

  Normalizes whitespace space by stripping leading and trailing whitespace and replacing sequences of whitespace characters with a single space.

• .to_regexp(text) ⇒ String

  Escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regexp if text is not a regexp.

Class Method Details

.normalize_whitespace(text) ⇒ String

Normalizes whitespace space by stripping leading and trailing whitespace and replacing sequences of whitespace characters with a single space.

Parameters:

• text (String) —

  Text to normalize

Returns:

• (String) —

  Normalized text

# File 'lib/capybara/helpers.rb', line 15

def normalize_whitespace(text)
  text.to_s.gsub(/[[:space:]]+/, ' ').strip
end

.to_regexp(text) ⇒ String

Escapes any characters that would have special meaning in a regexp if text is not a regexp

Parameters:

• text (String) —

  Text to escape

Returns:

• (String) —

  Escaped text

# File 'lib/capybara/helpers.rb', line 27

def to_regexp(text)
  text.is_a?(Regexp) ? text : Regexp.escape(normalize_whitespace(text))
end