string.rb in mack-facets-0.8.2

- old
+ new

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 class String
-  include Style
   
   alias_instance_method :snakecase, :underscore
   
   def /(other)
     File.join(self, other.to_s)
@@ -76,9 +75,19 @@
     n_middle.squeeze!("_")
     
     x.gsub!(orig_middle, n_middle)
     x.gsub!("_=", "=")
     x
+  end
+  
+  # Capitalizes the first word and turns underscores into spaces and strips _id.
+  # Like titleize, this is meant for creating pretty output.
+  #
+  # Examples
+  #   "employee_salary" #=> "Employee salary"
+  #   "author_id" #=> "Author"
+  def humanize
+    self.gsub(/_id$/, "").gsub(/_/, " ").capitalize
   end
   
   # Returns a constant of the string.
   # 
   # Examples: