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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([\d\s.,]+)/i).match(self) ? true : false
  end

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

end

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Version	Path
quantify-3.0.0	lib/quantify/core_extensions/string.rb