Method: Howzit::StringUtils#get_metadata

Defined in:
lib/howzit/stringutils.rb

#get_metadata ⇒ Hash

Examine text for multimarkdown-style metadata and return key/value pairs

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    The metadata as key/value pairs



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# File 'lib/howzit/stringutils.rb', line 291

def get_metadata
  data = {}
  scan(/(?mi)^(\S[\s\S]+?): ([\s\S]*?)(?=\n\S[\s\S]*?:|\Z)/).each do |m|
    data[m[0].strip.downcase] = m[1]
  end
  out = normalize_metadata(data)
  Howzit.named_arguments ||= {}
  Howzit.named_arguments = out.merge(Howzit.named_arguments)
  out
end