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class String

  # converts a camel cased word to an underscored word
  def underscore
    self.gsub(/::/, '/').
        gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2').
        gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
        tr("-", "_").
        downcase
  end

  # Gets the constant when it is defined that corresponds to this string
  def classify
    Object.const_get self
  end
  
end

Version data entries

12 entries across 12 versions & 2 rubygems

Version	Path
casualjim-caricature-0.5.0	lib/core_ext/string.rb
casualjim-caricature-0.6.0	lib/core_ext/string.rb
casualjim-caricature-0.6.1	lib/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.7.6	lib/caricature/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.7.5	lib/caricature/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.7.2	lib/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.7.1	lib/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.7.0	lib/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.6.3	lib/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.5.0	lib/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.6.1	lib/core_ext/string.rb
caricature-0.6.0	lib/core_ext/string.rb