Class: Quotinator

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/quotinator.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.about ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quotinator.rb', line 5

def self.about
  puts "This is a basic gem which is designed to replace all "
  puts "the special and fancy characters Microsoft places in "
  puts "its text with the basic counterparts."
end

.doublequotes(txt) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quotinator.rb', line 26

def self.doublequotes(txt)
  txt = txt.gsub(/”/,'"').gsub(/“/,'"')
  # There seems to be two different sets of special quotes.
  txt = txt.gsub(/”/,'"').gsub(/“/,'"')
  txt.gsub!(/[\u201c\u201d]/, '"')
  return txt
end

.ellipsis(txt) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quotinator.rb', line 39

def self.ellipsis(txt)
  txt.gsub!(/…/,"...")
  return txt
end

.longdash(txt) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quotinator.rb', line 44

def self.longdash(txt)
  txt.gsub!(/—/,"-")
  return txt
end

.replace(txt) ⇒ Object

Just a shorthand function for the replace_all function.



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# File 'lib/quotinator.rb', line 12

def self.replace(txt)
  return replace_all(txt)
end

.replace_all(txt) ⇒ Object

txt.gsub!(/ /,“ ”) ?? Need to figure this character out.



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# File 'lib/quotinator.rb', line 18

def self.replace_all(txt)
  txt = doublequotes(txt)
  txt = singlequotes(txt)
  txt = ellipsis(txt)
  txt = longdash(txt)
  return txt
end

.singlequotes(txt) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quotinator.rb', line 34

def self.singlequotes(txt)
  txt = txt.gsub(/’/,"'").gsub(/‘/,"'")
  return txt
end