Module: Imdb::StringExtensions

Defined in:
lib/imdb/string_extensions.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#blank? ⇒ Boolean

Strips out whitespace then tests if the string is empty.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/imdb/string_extensions.rb', line 22

def blank?
  strip.empty?
end

#imdb_strip_tags ⇒ Object

Strip tags



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# File 'lib/imdb/string_extensions.rb', line 17

def imdb_strip_tags
  gsub(/<\/?[^>]*>/, "")
end

#imdb_unescape_html ⇒ Object

Unescape HTML



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# File 'lib/imdb/string_extensions.rb', line 7

def imdb_unescape_html
  if String.method_defined?(:encode)
    CGI::unescapeHTML(self.encode("UTF-8", 'ISO-8859-1'))
  else
    require 'iconv'
    Iconv.conv("UTF-8", 'ISO-8859-1', CGI::unescapeHTML(self)) 
  end
end