Class: String

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

Instance Method Summary collapse

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(method_name, *arguments) ⇒ Object

this lets you do things like f = ‘foo’ f.foo? #=> true f.woo? #=> false

inspired by StringInquirer in ActiveSupport



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

def method_missing(method_name, *arguments)
  if method_name.to_s[-1,1] == "?"
    self == method_name.to_s[0..-2]
  else
    super
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#sluggify(length = 40) ⇒ Object

squeezes non-alphanumeric character sequences down to one underscore also makes sure it doesn’t start or end with an underscore: W neither letter or digit W Any non-word character [^a-zA-Z0-9_]

more at http://www.roblocher.com/technotes/regexp.aspx



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# File 'lib/tidbits.rb', line 9

def sluggify(length = 40)
  downcase.gsub(/\W/, ' ').strip.gsub(' ', '-').squeeze('-')
end