Module: StrQuote::Quote

Included in:
String
Defined in:
lib/str_quote/quote.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#quote(opts = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/str_quote/quote.rb', line 3

def quote(opts = {})
  opts = {quote_char: '"', escape_char: '\\'}.merge opts
  unless opts[:escape_char].nil?
    e = self.gsub(opts[:quote_char], "#{opts[:escape_char]}#{opts[:quote_char]}")
  else
    e = self
  end
  "#{opts[:quote_char]}#{e}#{opts[:quote_char]}"
end

#unquote(opts = {}) ⇒ Object Also known as: dequote 



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# File 'lib/str_quote/quote.rb', line 13

def unquote(opts = {})
 opts = {quote_char: ['"',"'"], strip: true, escape_char: '\\'}.merge opts
 
  # Should we strip this string first?     
  if opts[:strip]
    s = self.strip
  else
    s = self
  end
  
  # Get the quote string into an array, to simplify the logic below
  if opts[:quote_char].is_a? String
    opts[:quote_char] = [ opts[:quote_char] ]
  end
  
  # If it's too short to quote, we're done.
  return s if s.length < 2
  
  # Now it has to be quoted before we do anything.
  opts[:quote_char].each do |qc|
    if s[0..qc.length-1] == qc and s[0-qc.length..-1] == qc
      unless opts[:escape_char].nil?
        return s[qc.length..0-(qc.length+1)].gsub("#{opts[:escape_char]}#{qc}", qc)
      else
        return s[qc.length..0-(qc.length+1)]
      end
    end
  end
  
  # Not quoted according to the rules passed to us
  s
end