require 'active_support/core_ext/string/multibyte' class String # Returns the string, first removing all whitespace on both ends of # the string, and then changing remaining consecutive whitespace # groups into one space each. # # Examples: # %{ Multi-line # string }.squish # => "Multi-line string" # " foo bar \n \t boo".squish # => "foo bar boo" def squish dup.squish! end # Performs a destructive squish. See String#squish. def squish! strip! gsub!(/\s+/, ' ') self end # Truncates a given +text+ after a given length if +text+ is longer than length: # # 'Once upon a time in a world far far away'.truncate(27) # # => "Once upon a time in a wo..." # # Pass a string or regexp :separator to truncate +text+ at a natural break: # # 'Once upon a time in a world far far away'.truncate(27, :separator => ' ') # # => "Once upon a time in a..." # # 'Once upon a time in a world far far away'.truncate(27, :separator => /\s/) # # => "Once upon a time in a..." # # The last characters will be replaced with the :omission string (defaults to "...") # for a total length not exceeding :length: # # 'And they found that many people were sleeping better.'.truncate(25, :omission => '... (continued)') # # => "And they f... (continued)" def truncate(truncate_at, options = {}) return dup unless length > truncate_at options[:omission] ||= '...' length_with_room_for_omission = truncate_at - options[:omission].length stop = \ if options[:separator] rindex(options[:separator], length_with_room_for_omission) || length_with_room_for_omission else length_with_room_for_omission end self[0...stop] + options[:omission] end end