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require 'darkext/hash'

class String
  # Parses a string like "1..10" to a Range
  def to_range
    case self.count('.')
    when 2
      elements = self.split('..')
      return Range.new(elements[0].to_i, elements[1].to_i)
    when 3
      elements = self.split('...')
      return Range.new(elements[0].to_i, elements[1].to_i-1)
    end
    return nil
  end

  # Executes the string with system
  # * :background => true to run command in the background using & (currently only works on *nix systems)
  # * :capture => true to capture the output. If :capture => true, background is voided
  def exec(opts = {})
    opts.with_defaults!(:background => false, :capture => false)
    cmd = self
    # TODO: Do this with threads maybe, so it's OS agnostic?
    cmd += " &" if opts[:background] && !opts[:capture]
    return system(cmd) if !opts[:capture]
    return `#{cmd}` if opts[:capture]
  end

  alias :/ :split
end

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
darkhelmet-darkext-0.1.0	lib/darkext/string.rb
darkhelmet-darkext-0.2.0	lib/darkext/string.rb
darkhelmet-darkext-0.3.0	lib/darkext/string.rb
darkhelmet-darkext-0.3.1	lib/darkext/string.rb