Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/nub/string.rb

Overview

Monkey patch string with some useful methods

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_ascii ⇒ Object

Convert the string to ascii, stripping out or converting all non-ascii characters



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# File 'lib/nub/string.rb', line 26

def to_ascii
  options = {
    :invalid => :replace,
    :undef => :replace,
    :replace => '',
    :universal_newline => true
  }
  return self.encode(Encoding.find('ASCII'), options)
end