Capitalizing titles in Ruby - another take...
This code was inspired by Peter's code from May 17...
I basically extended his idea to be more flexible and added ! methods to modify the string in place. I chose to use a different regex selector because using "\b" breaks on apostrophes and leave you with words like "You'Re" instead of "You're"...
I basically extended his idea to be more flexible and added ! methods to modify the string in place. I chose to use a different regex selector because using "\b" breaks on apostrophes and leave you with words like "You'Re" instead of "You're"...
class String def titlecase() ignore_list = %w{of etc and by the for on is at to but nor or a via} capitalize_all_ex(ignore_list) end def titlecase!() ignore_list = %w{of etc and by the for on is at to but nor or a via} capitalize_all_ex!(ignore_list) end def capitalize_all(force_downcase = true) ignore_list = %w{} capitalize_all_ex(ignore_list, force_downcase) end def capitalize_all!(force_downcase = true) ignore_list = %w{} capitalize_all_ex!(ignore_list, force_downcase) end def capitalize_all_ex(ignore_list, force_downcase = true) # if force_downcase is true then the # string is, um, downcased first :-) if force_downcase self.downcase.gsub(/[\w\']+/){ |w| ignore_list.include?(w) ? w : w.capitalize } else self.gsub(/[\w\']+/){ |w| ignore_list.include?(w) ? w : w.capitalize } end end def capitalize_all_ex!(ignore_list, force_downcase = true) if force_downcase self.replace(self.downcase.gsub(/[\w\']+/){ |w| ignore_list.include?(w) ? w : w.capitalize }) else self.replace(self.gsub(/[\w\']+/){ |w| ignore_list.include?(w) ? w : w.capitalize }) end end end
