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| author | David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com> | 2013-08-13 12:15:48 -0500 |
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| committer | David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com> | 2013-08-13 12:16:25 -0500 |
| commit | 5da23a3f921f0a4a3139495d2779ab0d3bd4cb5f (patch) | |
| tree | 4a4f6b44fb99f091418126261b684151d258fa48 /activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext | |
| parent | d126a081ed840340dff5c6299d01d42aaaf32608 (diff) | |
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Add String#remove(pattern) as a short-hand for the common pattern of String#gsub(pattern, '')
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| -rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb index a4cacaf789..2e2dd86a8b 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb @@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ class String self end + # Returns a new string with all occurances of the pattern removed. Short-hand for String#gsub(pattern, ''). + def remove(pattern) + gsub pattern, '' + end + + # Alters the string by removing all occurances of the pattern. Short-hand for String#gsub!(pattern, ''). + def remove!(pattern) + gsub! pattern, '' + end + # Truncates a given +text+ after a given <tt>length</tt> if +text+ is longer than <tt>length</tt>: # # 'Once upon a time in a world far far away'.truncate(27) |