cite-me 0.0.1

checksums.yaml

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data/lib/cite-me.rb

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+class Cite_Me 
+  def initialize()
+  end
+
+  def generate_citation(options)
+    case options[:type]
+    when 'book'
+      mla_book_generate_citation(options)
+    when 'magazine'
+      mla_magazine_generate_citation(options)
+    when 'web'
+      mla_web_generate_citation(options)
+    end
+  end
+  
+  private
+
+  def mla_book_generate_citation(options)
+   clean_options = clean_hash(options)
+   output = ''
+   output <<  authors(clean_options[:authors])
+   output <<  "<i>" + clean_options[:title] + "</i>. " if clean_options[:title]
+   output <<  clean_options[:city_of_publication] + ": " if clean_options[:city_of_publication]
+   output <<  clean_options[:publisher] + ", " if clean_options[:publisher]
+   output <<  year_of_publication(clean_options[:year_of_publication])
+   output <<  clean_options[:medium] + "." if clean_options[:medium]
+
+   output
+  end
+
+  def mla_magazine_generate_citation(options)
+   clean_options = clean_hash(options)
+   output = ''
+   output <<  authors(clean_options[:authors])
+   output <<  %{"#{clean_options[:title_of_article]}." }
+   output <<  "<i>" + clean_options[:title_of_periodical] + "</i> "
+   output <<  clean_options[:publication_date] + ": "
+   output <<  clean_options[:pages] + ". "
+   output <<  clean_options[:medium] + "."
+
+   output
+  end
+  
+  def mla_web_generate_citation(options)
+   clean_options = clean_hash(options)
+   output = ''
+   output <<  authors(clean_options[:authors])
+   output <<  "<i>" + clean_options[:name_of_site] + "</i>. "
+  output << clean_options[:name_of_organization] + ", "
+   output <<  clean_options[:date_of_creation] + ". "
+   output <<  'Web. ' 
+   output <<  clean_options[:date_of_access] + "."
+
+   output
+  end
+  
+  def authors(option)
+    author_string = ''
+    option.each_with_index do |author, index|
+      if author =~ /,/
+        author_string += author
+        author_string += index == option.length - 1 ? ". " : "and , "
+      else
+        # John A. Doe
+        name = author.split(" ")
+        middle_initial = author.scan(/ \w\. /)
+        author_string += name.last + ", " + name.first + middle_initial.first.to_s
+        # add a period if it's the last entry and NOT a name with a middle initial
+        author_string += index == option.length - 1 ? ". " : "and , " if middle_initial.empty?
+      end
+    end
+    author_string
+  end
+
+  def year_of_publication(option)
+    if option
+      option.to_s + ". "
+    else
+      'n.d. '
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def clean_hash(options)
+    clean_options = {}
+    options.map do |key, value|
+      if value == ''
+        clean_options[key] = nil
+      else
+        clean_options[key] = value
+      end
+    end
+    clean_options
+  end
+
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: cite-me
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.0.1
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Jacob Smith
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2014-02-07 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: Provide information about a source and recieve properly MLA formatted
+  citations (suitable for a bibliography).
+email: jacob.wesley.smith@gmail.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- lib/cite-me.rb
+homepage: http://rubygems.org/gems/cite-me
+licenses:
+- MIT
+metadata: {}
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 2.1.11
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 4
+summary: Create MLA citations
+test_files: []