Method: ActiveSupport::Inflector#singularize

Defined in:
lib/jinx/active_support/inflector.rb

#singularize(word) ⇒ Object

The reverse of pluralize, returns the singular form of a word in a string.

Examples:

"posts".singularize            #=>"post"
"octopi".singularize           #=>"octopus"
"sheep".singluarize            #=>"sheep"
"word".singularize             #=>"word"
"CamelOctopi".singularize      #=>"CamelOctopus"


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# File 'lib/jinx/active_support/inflector.rb', line 157

def singularize(word)
  result = word.to_s.dup

  if inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase)
    result
  else
    inflections.singulars.each {  |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement)  }
    result
  end
end