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| author | Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> | 2010-03-01 05:43:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> | 2010-03-01 05:43:56 +0100 |
| commit | 1064c533ceb46562da39b3b0e50709ceaf0d65d4 (patch) | |
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AS guide: documents String#singularize
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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile index 7ee414f34b..c1a79189bd 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile @@ -1276,6 +1276,29 @@ end NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb+. +h5. +singularize+ + +The inverse of +pluralize+: + +<ruby> +"tables".singularize # => "table" +"rubies".singularize # => "ruby" +"equipment".singularize # => "equipment" +</ruby> + +Associations compute the name of the corresponding default associated class using this method: + +<ruby> +# active_record/reflection.rb +def derive_class_name + class_name = name.to_s.camelize + class_name = class_name.singularize if collection? + class_name +end +</ruby> + +NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb+. + h3. Extensions to +Numeric+ h4. Bytes |