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class String

  def remove(string_or_rx)
    sub(string_or_rx, '')
  end

  def remove!(string_or_rx)
    sub!(string_or_rx, '')
  end

  def remove_all(string_or_rx)
    gsub(string_or_rx, '')
  end

  def remove_all!(string_or_rx)
    gsub!(string_or_rx, '')
  end

  # Return the constant that this string refers to, or nil if ActiveSupport cannot load such a
  # constant. This is much safer than `rescue NameError`, as that will mask genuine NameErrors
  # that have been made in the code being loaded (#safe_constantize will not)
  def safe_constantize
    Object.class_eval self
  rescue NameError => e
    # Unfortunately we have to rely on the error message to figure out which constant was missing.
    # NameError has a #name method but it is always nil
    if e.message !~ /\b#{self}$/
      # oops - some other name error
      raise
    else
      nil
    end
  end


end

Version data entries

11 entries across 11 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre21	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre20	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre19	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre18	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre16	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre15	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre14	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre13	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre12	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre11	lib/hobo_support/string.rb
hobo_support-1.3.0.pre10	lib/hobo_support/string.rb