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class String
  # Provides a margin controlled string.
  #
  #   require 'facet/string/margin'
  #
  #   x = %Q{
  #         | This
  #         |   is
  #         |     margin controlled!
  #         }.margin
  #
  #--
  # This may still need a bit of tweaking.
  #++
  def margin(n=0,d='|')
    if n == 0
      gsub(/\n\s*\Z/,'').gsub(/^\s*[#{d}]/, '')
    else
      gsub(/\n\s*\Z/,'').gsub(/^\s*[#{d}]/, ' ' * n)
    end
  end
  
  # Same as #margin, but the parameters are in reverse order.
  def trim(d='|',n=0)
    margin(n,d)
  end
end

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

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