class String
Public Instance Methods
to_slug()
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Create a custom method to convert strings to Slugs
# File lib/octocore-mongo/utils.rb, line 60 def to_slug #strip the string ret = self.strip #blow away apostrophes ret.gsub!(/['`]/,'') # @ --> at, and & --> and ret.gsub!(/\s*@\s*/, ' at ') ret.gsub!(/\s*&\s*/, ' and ') #replace all non alphanumeric, underscore or periods with underscore ret.gsub!(/\s*[^A-Za-z0-9\.\-]\s*/, '_') #convert double underscores to single ret.gsub!(/_+/,'_') #strip off leading/trailing underscore ret.gsub!(/\A[_\.]+|[_\.]+\z/,'') ret end