Class: String

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• String

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Defined in:

lib/rcap/extensions/string.rb

Constant Summary

CAP_LIST_REGEX =

Regexp.new( '"([\w\s]+)"|(\S+)' )

WHITESPACE_REGEX =

Regexp.new('^\s+$')

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

• - (String) for_cap_list

  Reformats string for a CAP list.

• - (Array<String>) unpack_cap_list

  Will unpack a string generated by Array#to_s_for_cap.

"one".for_cap_list       # => "one"
"two words".for_cap_list # => "\"two words\""

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# File 'lib/rcap/extensions/string.rb', line 12

def for_cap_list
  if self =~ /\s/
    '"'+self+'"'
  else
    self
  end
end

"one \"two words\" three".unpack_cap_list # => [ "one", "two words", "three" ]

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# File 'lib/rcap/extensions/string.rb', line 26

def unpack_cap_list
  self.split( CAP_LIST_REGEX ).reject{ |match| match == "" || match =~ WHITESPACE_REGEX }
end