Module: Lazier::String

Extended by:

ActiveSupport::Concern

Defined in:

lib/lazier/string.rb

Overview

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

• - (Object) remove_accents

  Removes accents from the string, normalizing to the normal letter.

• - (String) replace_ampersands

  Returns the string with all & replaced with &.

• - (String) untitleize

  Returns the tagged version of a string.

• - (String) value

  Returns the string itself for use in form helpers.

"èòàù".remove_accents
# => "eoau"

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# File 'lib/lazier/string.rb', line 20

def remove_accents
  silence_warnings {
    self.mb_chars.normalize(:kd).gsub(/[^\x00-\x7F]/n, "").to_s
  }
end

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# File 'lib/lazier/string.rb', line 43

def replace_ampersands
  self.gsub(/&(\S+);/, "&\\1;")
end

"ABC cde".untitleize
# => "abc-cde"

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# File 'lib/lazier/string.rb', line 36

def untitleize
  self.downcase.gsub(" ", "-")
end

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# File 'lib/lazier/string.rb', line 50

def value
  self
end