Class: Patter::Inflector

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Patter::Inflector

Defined in:

lib/patter/inflector.rb

Constant Summary

RULES =

[
    [/(z)ombies$/i, '\\1ombies'],
    [/(z)ombie$/i, '\\1ombies'],
    [/k(?i)ine$/, 'kine'],
    [/K(?i)ine$/, 'Kine'],
    [/c(?i)ow$/, 'kine'],
    [/C(?i)ow$/, 'Kine'],
    [/(m)oves$/i, '\\1oves'],
    [/(m)ove$/i, '\\1oves'],
    [/(s)exes$/i, '\\1exes'],
    [/(s)ex$/i, '\\1exes'],
    [/(c)hildren$/i, '\\1hildren'],
    [/(c)hild$/i, '\\1hildren'],
    [/(m)en$/i, '\\1en'],
    [/(m)an$/i, '\\1en'],
    [/(p)eople$/i, '\\1eople'],
    [/(p)erson$/i, '\\1eople'],
    [/(quiz)$/i, '\\1zes'],
    [/^(oxen)$/i, '\\1'],
    [/^(ox)$/i, '\\1en'],
    [/^(m|l)ice$/i, '\\1ice'],
    [/^(m|l)ouse$/i, '\\1ice'],
    [/(matr|vert|ind)(?:ix|ex)$/i, '\\1ices'],
    [/(x|ch|ss|sh)$/i, '\\1es'],
    [/([^aeiouy]|qu)y$/i, '\\1ies'],
    [/(hive)$/i, '\\1s'],
    [/(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$/i, '\\1\\2ves'],
    [/sis$/i, 'ses'],
    [/([ti])a$/i, '\\1a'],
    [/([ti])um$/i, '\\1a'],
    [/(buffal|tomat)o$/i, '\\1oes'],
    [/(bu)s$/i, '\\1ses'],
    [/(alias|status)$/i, '\\1es'],
    [/(octop|vir)i$/i, '\\1i'],
    [/(octop|vir)us$/i, '\\1i'],
    [/^(ax|test)is$/i, '\\1es'],
    [/s$/i, 's'],
    [/$/, 's'],
]

UNCOUNTABLES =

%w[
    equipment
    information
    rice
    money
    species
    series
    fish
    sheep
    jeans
    police
]

Class Method Summary

• .pluralize(str) ⇒ Object

Class Method Details

.pluralize(str) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/patter/inflector.rb', line 57

def pluralize(str)
    if str.empty? || UNCOUNTABLES.any?(str)
        return str
    end

    RULES.each do |(rule, replacement)|
        break if str.gsub!(rule, replacement)
    end

    str
end