http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:50:57 GMT DZone Snippets: model code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2135 Given a table object, it returns the related string object; e.g. SubAttribute => 'sub-attribute'. Useful if you want to make a list of all your tables with perhaps their fields listed out to the side. <br /> <br /><code> <br />def stringify_table( table, replace_char = '-', pluralize = false ) <br /> string = table.to_s.gsub( /([A-Za-z])([A-Z])/, '\1' << replace_char.to_s << '\2' ) <br /> string = string.pluralize if pluralize <br /> string <br />end <br /></code> <br /> <br />Given a string akin to the name of a table, it returns the related table object; e.g. 'sub_attributes' => SubAttribute. <br /> <br /><code> <br />def tablify_string( string ) <br /> eval( string.to_s.gsub( /_id/, '' ).singularize.split( '_' ).collect { |word| word.capitalize }.join ) <br />end <br /></code> Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:50:06 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2135 moneypenny ()