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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 278d27ec67..b3e4bc778a 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile @@ -1249,6 +1249,22 @@ The call +str.last(n)+ is equivalent to +str.from(-n)+ if +n+ > 0, and returns a NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb+. +h4. Inflections + +h5. +pluralize+ + +The method +pluralize+ returns the plural of its receiver: + +<ruby> +"table".pluralize # => "tables" +"ruby".pluralize # => "rubies" +"equipment".pluralize # => "equipment" +</ruby> + +As the previous example shows, Active Support knows some irregular plurals and a few uncountable nouns. Builtin rules can be extended in +config/initializers/inflections.rb+. That file is generated by the +rails+ command and has instructions in comments. + +NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb+. + h3. Extensions to +Numeric+ h4. Bytes |