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class LooseTightDictionary
  # A tightener just strips a string down to its core
  class Tightener
    include ExtractRegexp
    
    attr_reader :regexp
    
    def initialize(regexp_or_str)
      @regexp = extract_regexp regexp_or_str
    end
    
    # A tightener applies when its regexp matches and captures a new (shorter) string
    def apply?(str)
      !!(regexp.match(str))
    end
    
    # The result of applying a tightener is just all the captures put together.
    def apply(str)
      if match_data = regexp.match(str)
        match_data.captures.join
      else
        str
      end
    end
    
    def inspect
      "#<Tightener regexp=#{regexp.inspect}>"
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
loose_tight_dictionary-0.1.1	lib/loose_tight_dictionary/tightener.rb
loose_tight_dictionary-0.1.0	lib/loose_tight_dictionary/tightener.rb