Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/extensions/string.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#pathize ⇒ Object

Transforms a namespace, i.e. a class or module name, into a viable file path.

"ExamplePathize".pathize           #=> "example_pathize"
"ExamplePathize::Example".pathize  #=> "example_pathize/example"

Compare this method to {String#modulize) and {String#methodize).



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# File 'lib/extensions/string.rb', line 12

def pathize
  gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
  gsub(/([a-z])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
  gsub('__','/').
  gsub('::','/').
  gsub(/\s+/, '').                # spaces are bad form
  gsub(/[?%*:|"<>.]+/, '').   # reserved characters
  downcase
end