Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/immosquare-extensions/string.rb

Overview

============================================================## This extension adds utility methods to the String class. ============================================================##

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#titleize_name ⇒ Object

============================================================## Titleize a proper name or a label — a person, an agency, a building, an enumeration value. Same apostrophe and accent handling as titleize_place, but every word is capitalized.

Examples: "o'brien".titleize_name => O'Brien "MAISON DE VILLE".titleize_name => Maison De Ville ============================================================##



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# File 'lib/immosquare-extensions/string.rb', line 73

def titleize_name
  titleize_words(:lower_particles => false)
end

#titleize_place ⇒ Object

============================================================## Titleize a PLACE NAME under French typographic rules: the letter after an apostrophe carries the capital, and particles stay lowercase unless they open the name. Hyphenated toponyms are the case standard titleize gets wrong.

Use titleize_name for anything that is not a place — there, no particle is lowered.

Examples: "SANT-ANDREA-D'ORCINO".titleize_place => Sant-Andrea-d'Orcino "saint-jean-sur-richelieu".titleize_place => Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu "st john's".titleize_place => St John's "SANT-ANDREA-D'ORCINO".titleize => Sant Andrea D'orcino ============================================================##



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# File 'lib/immosquare-extensions/string.rb', line 60

def titleize_place
  titleize_words(:lower_particles => true)
end

#to_boolean(default_value = nil) ⇒ Object

============================================================## Convert the string 'true' to true and 'false' to false. Any other value will return nil.

Examples: "true".to_boolean => true "false".to_boolean => false "random".to_boolean => nil "random".to_boolean(true) => true ============================================================##



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# File 'lib/immosquare-extensions/string.rb', line 34

def to_boolean(default_value = nil)
  case downcase
  when "true"
    true
  when "false"
    false
  else
    default_value
  end
end