=begin heavily based on Masao Mutoh's gettext String interpolation extension http://github.com/mutoh/gettext/blob/f6566738b981fe0952548c421042ad1e0cdfb31e/lib/gettext/core_ext/string.rb Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Masao Mutoh You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same license terms as Ruby. =end begin raise ArgumentError if ("a %{x}" % {:x=>'b'}) != 'a b' rescue ArgumentError # KeyError is raised by String#% when the string contains a named placeholder # that is not contained in the given arguments hash. Ruby 1.9 includes and # raises this exception natively. We define it to mimic Ruby 1.9's behaviour # in Ruby 1.8.x class KeyError < IndexError def initialize(message = nil) super(message || "key not found") end end unless defined?(KeyError) # Extension for String class. This feature is included in Ruby 1.9 or later but not occur TypeError. # # String#% method which accept "named argument". The translator can know # the meaning of the msgids using "named argument" instead of %s/%d style. class String # For older ruby versions, such as ruby-1.8.5 alias :bytesize :size unless instance_methods.find {|m| m.to_s == 'bytesize'} alias :interpolate_without_ruby_19_syntax :% # :nodoc: INTERPOLATION_PATTERN = Regexp.union( /%\{(\w+)\}/, # matches placeholders like "%{foo}" /%<(\w+)>(.*?\d*\.?\d*[bBdiouxXeEfgGcps])/ # matches placeholders like "%.d" ) INTERPOLATION_PATTERN_WITH_ESCAPE = Regexp.union( /%%/, INTERPOLATION_PATTERN ) # % uses self (i.e. the String) as a format specification and returns the # result of applying it to the given arguments. In other words it interpolates # the given arguments to the string according to the formats the string # defines. # # There are three ways to use it: # # * Using a single argument or Array of arguments. # # This is the default behaviour of the String class. See Kernel#sprintf for # more details about the format string. # # Example: # # "%d %s" % [1, "message"] # # => "1 message" # # * Using a Hash as an argument and unformatted, named placeholders. # # When you pass a Hash as an argument and specify placeholders with %{foo} # it will interpret the hash values as named arguments. # # Example: # # "%{firstname}, %{lastname}" % {:firstname => "Masao", :lastname => "Mutoh"} # # => "Masao Mutoh" # # * Using a Hash as an argument and formatted, named placeholders. # # When you pass a Hash as an argument and specify placeholders with %d # it will interpret the hash values as named arguments and format the value # according to the formatting instruction appended to the closing >. # # Example: # # "%d, %.1f" % { :integer => 10, :float => 43.4 } # # => "10, 43.3" def %(args) if args.kind_of?(Hash) dup.gsub(INTERPOLATION_PATTERN_WITH_ESCAPE) do |match| if match == '%%' '%' else key = ($1 || $2).to_sym raise KeyError unless args.has_key?(key) $3 ? sprintf("%#{$3}", args[key]) : args[key] end end elsif self =~ INTERPOLATION_PATTERN raise ArgumentError.new('one hash required') else result = gsub(/%([{<])/, '%%\1') result.send :'interpolate_without_ruby_19_syntax', args end end end end