Module: TextUtils::AddressHelper

Included in:
TextUtils
Defined in:
lib/textutils/helper/address_helper.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#find_city_in_addr(address, country_key) ⇒ Object

todo/fix: add _in_adr or _in_addr to name - why? why not?

-- make country_key optional - why? why not?
    n move to second pos; use opts={} why? why not?



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# File 'lib/textutils/helper/address_helper.rb', line 33

def find_city_in_addr( address, country_key )

  return nil if address.blank?    # do NOT process nil or empty address lines; sorry

  lines = address.split( '//' )

  if country_key == 'at' || country_key == 'de'
    # first line strip numbers (assuming zip code) and whitespace
    line1 = lines[0]
    line1 = line1.gsub( /\b[0-9]+\b/, '' )   # use word boundries (why? why not?)
    line1 = line1.strip
    
    return nil if line1.blank?   # nothing left sorry; better return nil
    
    line1   # assume its the city
  else
    nil   # unsupported country/address schema for now; sorry
  end
end

#normalize_addr(old_address) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/textutils/helper/address_helper.rb', line 7

def normalize_addr( old_address )
  # for now only checks german 5-digit zip code
  #
  #  e.g.  Alte Plauener Straße 24 // 95028 Hof  becomes
  #        95028 Hof // Alte Plauener Straße 24 

  new_address = old_address   # default - do nothing - just path through

  lines = old_address.split( '//' )

  if lines.size == 2   # two lines / check for switching lines
    line1 = lines[0].strip
    line2 = lines[1].strip
    if line2 =~ /^[0-9]{5}\s/
      new_address = "#{line2} // #{line1}"   # swap - let line w/ 5-digit zip code go first
    end
  end

  new_address
end