StringJoiner

Adds StringJoiner class providing simple functionality for joining strings, such that you don't need to worry about blanks, separators, symbols, nils, TypeErrors etc. Has no (production) dependecies. Requires Ruby 2.0 .

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'string_joiner'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install string_joiner

Usage

    StringJoiner.new << ' ' << :lala << "loves" << ' ' << 'me!' << nil << ' ' # => "lala, loves, me!"

    StringJoiner.new('', ',', allow_blanks: true, allow_leading_separator: true) << ' ' << :lala << "loves" << ' ' << 'me!' << nil << ' ' # => ", ,lala,loves, ,me!,, "

Also take a peek at tests.

  • If you want to convert your StringJoiner instance to a regular String, just call to_s on it.
  • Note, that StringJoiner does not override String#concat nor String#+. You can monkey patch this if you wish (just delegating these two to <<)
  • It also doesn't strip provided strings, i. e. StringJoiner.new << " lala \n\t " # => " lala \n\t "

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/string_joiner. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.