lib/string_extensions.rb in royw-roys_extensions-0.0.2 vs lib/string_extensions.rb in royw-roys_extensions-0.0.3

@@ -22,9 +22,17 @@
     def escape_unicode
       self.each_byte.collect{|c| c.to_i > 127 ? "%#{c.to_i.to_s(16)}" : c.chr}.join('')
     end
   end
 
+  my_extension("remove_punctuation") do
+    # == Synopsis
+    # remove punctuation the shouldn't be in file names
+    def remove_punctuation
+      self.gsub(/([\?\:\!\"\'\,\.\-\/\*\~\;\@\#\$\%\^])/, ' ').gsub(/\s+/, ' ').strip
+    end
+  end
+
   my_extension("strip_tags") do
     # == Synopsis
     # remove angle bracket tags from the string
     def strip_tags
       gsub(/<\/?[^>]*>/, "")