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class String
  # In place word filter.
  #
  #   require 'facet/string/word_filter!'
  #
  #   "a string".word_filter! { |word| ... }
  #
  def word_filter! #:yield:
    rest_of_string = self
    wordfind = /(\w+)/
    offset = 0
    while wmatch = wordfind.match(rest_of_string)
      word = wmatch[0]
      range = offset+wmatch.begin(0) ... offset+wmatch.end(0)
      rest_of_string = wmatch.post_match
      self[range] = yield( word )
      offset = self.length - rest_of_string.length
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-0.6.3	lib/facet/string/word_filter!.rb
facets-0.7.0	lib/facet/string/word_filter.rb
facets-0.7.1	lib/facet/string/word_filter.rb
facets-0.7.2	lib/facet/string/word_filter.rb