Module: BGS::Utilities::Helpers

Included in:
BenefitClaim, Job
Defined in:
lib/bgs/utilities/helpers.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#normalize_composite_characters(str) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/bgs/utilities/helpers.rb', line 6

def normalize_composite_characters(str)
  # NFKD decomposes composite characters (e.g. ü, ñ) into their individual components, and here, `gsub`
  # removes any non-ASCII components (e.g. ü -> u; ñ -> n).
  str&.unicode_normalize(:nfkd)&.gsub(/[^\p{ASCII}]|[`!*%&@^]/, '')
end

#remove_special_characters_from_name(name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/bgs/utilities/helpers.rb', line 12

def remove_special_characters_from_name(name)
  # Interestingly, BGS permits names with forward slashes and hyphens, but not apostrophes.
  name&.gsub(%r{[^a-zA-Z\s/-]}, '')
end