Class: String

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

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#format ⇒ Object

Use this to see what format you’ve set to the string.

s = '<some><xml>text</xml></some>'
s.format = :xml
s.format
=> :xml



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# File 'lib/formatted_string.rb', line 10

def format
  @format
end

#format=(fmat) ⇒ Object

Use this to specify that this string is a certain format.

s = '<some><xml>text</xml></some>'
s.format = :xml
s.to_hash # a method extended onto the `s' object from the xml format module.
=> {'some' => {'xml' => 'text'}}



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# File 'lib/formatted_string.rb', line 19

def format=(fmat)
  require "formatted_string/formats/#{fmat.to_s}" rescue nil
  extend Object.module_eval("::FormattedString::Formats::#{Inflector.camelize(fmat.to_s)}", __FILE__, __LINE__)
  @format = [@format, fmat].flatten.compact
end

#formatted(fmat) ⇒ Object

Simply sets format=, but returns the string object.



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

def formatted(fmat)
  self.format = fmat
  self
end