Class: String

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

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_slug ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/core_ex/string.rb', line 2

def to_slug
  slug = self.downcase.strip

  #blow away apostrophes
  slug.gsub!(/['`]/, '')

  # @ --> at, and & --> and
  slug.gsub!(/\s*@\s*/, " at ")
  slug.gsub!(/\s*&\s*/, " and ")

  #replace all non alphanumeric to dash
  #slug.gsub!(/\W+/, ' ')
  slug.gsub!(/\s*[^a-z0-9]\s*/, '-')

  #Replace spaces with dashes
  slug.gsub!(' ', '-')

  #convert double dash to single
  slug.gsub!(/-+/, '-')

  #strip off leading/trailing dash
  slug.gsub!(/\A[-\.]+|[-\.]+\z/, '')

  slug
end