From 51e84bfbd6e53cef8b563bdf99ea47631bece677 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xavier Noria Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:35:01 +0100 Subject: AS guide: adds a real example for #pluralize --- railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'railties/guides') diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile index 23879827e2..7ee414f34b 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile @@ -1263,6 +1263,17 @@ The method +pluralize+ returns the plural of its receiver: As the previous example shows, Active Support knows some irregular plurals and 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. +Active Record uses this method to compute the default table name that corresponds to a model: + + +# active_record/base.rb +def undecorated_table_name(class_name = base_class.name) + table_name = class_name.to_s.demodulize.underscore + table_name = table_name.pluralize if pluralize_table_names + table_name +end + + NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb+. h3. Extensions to +Numeric+ -- cgit v1.2.3