From 68dd44cc62062c8f3c82dde678bf99e8f2245bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xavier Noria Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:28:58 +0100 Subject: AS guide: documents String#pluralize --- .../guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 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 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: + + +"table".pluralize # => "tables" +"ruby".pluralize # => "rubies" +"equipment".pluralize # => "equipment" + + +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 -- cgit v1.2.3