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| author | Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> | 2010-08-29 23:50:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> | 2010-08-29 23:52:38 +0200 |
| commit | 475ea14fd0a84604158ec30d9c718d3c8ae055d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 37fa903848fb4eb623aed26a66abbffb1dafb1f4 /activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/strip.rb | |
| parent | a302a333f8edc373e299da4c123bafadcc3a1306 (diff) | |
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implements String#strip_heredoc
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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/strip.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/strip.rb new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..84d279adbc --- /dev/null +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/strip.rb @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +class String + # Strips indentation in heredocs. + # + # For example in + # + # if options[:usage] + # puts <<-USAGE.strip_heredoc + # This command does such and such. + # + # Supported options are: + # -h This message + # ... + # USAGE + # end + # + # the user would see the usage message aligned against the left margin. + # + # Technically, it looks for the least indented line in the whole string, and removes + # that amount of leading whitespace. + def strip_heredoc + indent = chomp.scan(/^\s*/).min.size + gsub(/^\s{#{indent}}/, '') + end +end
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