fancy-p

fancy-p is a Ruby gem that extends the Kernel module to dynamically define print methods with different characters. It allows you to create methods like p!, p1, p2, etc., which print a specified character 100 times before and after.

This exists simply because I found myself writing p '!' * 100 too often. I followed a similar pattern for p 1 * 100, p2 * 100, etc.

For unpermitted characters, you can use the fp method, which takes a string of any length and prints it with a specified special character or str.

You can also create your own print methods pf_factory method.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'fancy-p'

Usage

require 'fancy-p'

p! 'Hello, world!'
# => "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
# => "Hello, world!"
# => "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

p1 'Hello, world!'
# => "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"
# => "Hello, world!"
# => "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"

require 'fancy-p'

fp "@", "Hello, world!"
# => "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@"
# => "Hello, world!"
# => "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@"

fp "@", "Hello, world!", length: 14
# => "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@"
# => "Hello, world!"
# => "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@"

require 'fancy-p'

print_wat = fp_factory "WAT ", length: 10

print_wat['Hello, world!']
# => "WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT "
# => "Hello, world!"
# => "WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT "

print_wat['Some other string']
# => "WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT "
# => "Some other string"
# => "WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT "

In a Rails Project

To automatically load and initialize the gem in a Rails project, follow these steps:

Add the gem to your Gemfile:
```
gem 'fancy-p'
```
Run bundle install
Create an initializer file in config/initializers/fancy_p.rb and add the following code:
```
require 'fancy-p'
```

Now you can use the dynamic print methods anywhere in your Rails application, including controllers, models, views, and the Rails console.