Module: UnicodeTools::StringExt::Squish

Included in:

String

Defined in:

lib/unicode-tools/string_ext/squish.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #squish ⇒ Object

  Removes leading, trailing whitespace and collapses remaining whitespace into one group each.

• #squish! ⇒ Object

Instance Method Details

#squish ⇒ Object

Removes leading, trailing whitespace and collapses remaining whitespace into one group each.

string = “ Hellofnrtv​u00A0u1680​u180eu2000​

\u2001\u2002

string.squish => “Hello World!”

# File 'lib/unicode-tools/string_ext/squish.rb', line 16

def squish
  dup.squish!
end

#squish! ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/unicode-tools/string_ext/squish.rb', line 20

def squish!
  gsub!(SURROUNDING_WHITESPACE_REGEX, '')
  gsub!(WHITESPACE_REGEX, ' ')
  self
end