class String

basic string extensions

these are pretty much ripped from:

github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb

Public Instance Methods

camelcase() click to toggle source
# File lib/ext/string.rb, line 9
def camelcase
  string = self.sub(/^(?:(?=\b|[A-Z_])|\w)/) { $&.downcase }
  string.gsub!(/(?:_|(\/))([a-z\d]*)/i) { "#{$1}#{$2.capitalize}" }
  string.gsub!('/', '::')
  string
end
underscore() click to toggle source
# File lib/ext/string.rb, line 16
def underscore
  acronym_regex = /(?=a)b/
  word = self.gsub('::', '/')
  word.gsub!(/(?:([A-Za-z\d])|^)(#{acronym_regex})(?=\b|[^a-z])/) { "#{$1}#{$1 && '_'}#{$2.downcase}" }
  word.gsub!(/([A-Z\d]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2')
  word.gsub!(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2')
  word.tr!("-", "_")
  word.downcase!
  word
end