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String#to_id (See related posts)

Convert any (English) text to a programming-language friendly identifier.

class String
  def to_id
    downcase.gsub(/\W+/, ' ').strip.gsub(' ', '_')
  end
 
  def to_id!
    replace to_id
  end
end
to ruby string identifier by canadaduane on Tue Apr 04 23:04:13 -0400 2006

Comments on this post

peter posts on Apr 05, 2006 at 03:24
One minor problem might be if the first character was a digit, as those can often have problems with identifiers.

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