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# encoding: UTF-8
class String

  def with_superscript_characters
    self.gsub(/\^2\b/,"²").gsub(/\^3\b/,"³")
  end

  def without_superscript_characters
    self.gsub(/¹\b/,"").gsub(/²\b/,"^2").gsub(/³\b/,"^3")
  end
  
  def remove_underscores
    self.gsub("_"," ")
  end

  def words
    split(/\s+/)
  end

  def word_count
    words.size
  end

  def starts_with_number?
    (/\A#{Unit::NUMBER_REGEX}/i).match(self) ? true : false
  end
  
  def starts_with_valid_unit_term?
    return false unless 
    term = /\A#{Unit.unit_label_regex}#{Unit::INDEX_REGEX}?/.match(self) || 
           /\A#{Unit.unit_symbol_regex}#{Unit::INDEX_REGEX}?/.match(self) || 
           /\A#{Unit.unit_name_regex}#{Unit::INDEX_REGEX}?/.match(self)  || 
           /\A#{Unit::UNIT_DENOMINATOR_REGEX}/.match(self) || 
           /\A(#{Unit::UNIT_PREFIX_TERMS_REGEX}|#{Unit::UNIT_SUFFIX_TERMS_REGEX})/i.match(self) 
    return term[0]
  end

  def to_quantity
    Quantify::Quantity.parse(self)
  end
  alias :to_q :to_quantity

end

Version data entries

7 entries across 7 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
quantify-3.2.1	lib/quantify/core_extensions/string.rb
quantify-3.2.0	lib/quantify/core_extensions/string.rb
quantify-3.1.4	lib/quantify/core_extensions/string.rb
quantify-3.1.3	lib/quantify/core_extensions/string.rb
quantify-3.1.2	lib/quantify/core_extensions/string.rb
quantify-3.1.1	lib/quantify/core_extensions/string.rb
quantify-3.1.0	lib/quantify/core_extensions/string.rb