Underscoming a class

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If I have a String like “DistributionMethod” is there any helper out
there that will turn it into “distribution_method” ?

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On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Allen W. [email protected]
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

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On Sep 29, 11:22 pm, Allen W. [email protected] wrote:

If I have a String like “DistributionMethod” is 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.