Underscoming a class

09-30-2008

If I have a String like "DistributionMethod" is there any helper out
there that will turn it into "distribution_method" ?
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09-30-2008

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Allen Walker <> wrote:
> If I have a String like "DistributionMethod" is there any helper out
> there that will turn it into "distribution_method" ?

I'm sure there's one out there, but for simple cases...

s = "SomeCamelCase"
s.scan(/.*?[A-Z].*?[^A-Z]*?/).map {|w| w.downcase}.join("_")

Todd

09-30-2008

On Sep 29, 11:22=A0pm, Allen Walker <ausw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I have a String like "DistributionMethod" =A0is there any helper out
> there that will turn it into "distribution_method" ?

Check out the English library (require 'english/style').

http://english.rubyforge.org

Also, Facets and ActiveSupport have such methods.

The method names to look for are #snakecase, #underscore, and
#methodize.

T.

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