Class: String

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• String

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Defined in:

merb-core/lib/merb-core/test/test_ext/string.rb,
merb-helpers/lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

• - (Boolean) contain?(value) (also: #contains?)
• - (Boolean) match?(regex) (also: #matches?)
• - (Object) truncate(length = 30, truncate_string = "...")

  Truncates a string to the given length and appends the given suffix if the string is, in fact, truncated.

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# File 'merb-core/lib/merb-core/test/test_ext/string.rb', line 2

def contain?(value)
  self.include?(value)
end

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# File 'merb-core/lib/merb-core/test/test_ext/string.rb', line 8

def match?(regex)
  self.match(regex)
end

"This is a long string right here".truncate(10, "...")
#=> "This is..."

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# File 'merb-helpers/lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb', line 54

def truncate(length = 30, truncate_string = "...")
  return self unless self.length > length
  length = length - truncate_string.split(//).length
  self[0...length] + truncate_string
end