class String

add_html_typography() click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 97
def add_html_typography
  gsub(%r{\b(\d+)/(\d+)\b}, '<sup>\1</sup>&frasl;<sub>\2</sub>')
end

add_typography() click to toggle source

Return a new string enhanced with UTF-8 typographic characters:

Single quotes: ’
Section sign:  §
Double quotes: “”

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 91
def add_typography
  tr("'", '’')
    .gsub(/\bSec\./, '§')
    .gsub(/"([^"]+)"/, '“\1”')
end

capitalize_first_letter() click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 109
def capitalize_first_letter
  return '' if self == ''

  new_string = clone(freeze: false)
  new_string.capitalize_first_letter!
  new_string
end

capitalize_first_letter!() click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 117
def capitalize_first_letter!
  return self if self == ''

  self[0] = self[0].upcase
end

in?(an_array) click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 15
def in?(an_array)
  an_array.include?(self)
end

initialism?() click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 23
def initialism?
  INITIALISMS.include?(self)
end

initials?() click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 19
def initials?
  INITIALS_REGEX.match?(self)
end

md5_sum() click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 31
def md5_sum
  Digest::MD5.hexdigest(self)
end

starts_with?(str) click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 27
def starts_with?(str)
  start_with?(str)
end

tail() click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 74
def tail
  self[1..-1]
end

titleize() click to toggle source

A better titleize that creates a usable title according to English grammar rules. It's coded to reduce object allocation.

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 39
def titleize
  new_string = clone(freeze: false)

  new_string.tr!('_', ' ')
  final_string = new_string.split(WHITESPACES_REGEX)
                           .map { |w| titleize_word(w) }
                           .join(' ')
  final_string.capitalize_first_letter!
  final_string
end

titleize!() click to toggle source

Replace my value with the titleized version.

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 81
def titleize!
  replace titleize
end

titleize_word(word) click to toggle source

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 50
def titleize_word(word)
  if word.start_with?('"', '(', '[', '{')
    extra = word[0]
    word  = word.tail
  else
    extra = ''
  end

  word.downcase!
  if NOT_CAPITALIZED.include?(word)
    # Do nothing
  elsif word.initials? || word.initialism?
    word.upcase!
  else
    word.capitalize!
  end

  if extra == ''
    word
  else
    extra + word
  end
end

utf8_safe() click to toggle source

Take text with potential encoding problems and aggressively make it safe for UTF-8 import.

# File lib/law_string.rb, line 105
def utf8_safe
  encode('UTF-8', 'binary', invalid: :replace, undef: :replace, replace: '')
end

Constants

Public Instance Methods