nytimes-style 0.1.0 → 0.2.0

data/README.rdoc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 = nytimes-style
 
-Helper methods for generating text that conforms to _The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage_.
+Helper methods for generating text that conforms to <em>The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage</em>.
 
 Annotated source code: http://ascheink.github.com/nytimes-style
 

data/index.html

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-        <p>Helper methods for generating text that conforms to <em>The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage</em>.</p>
+        <p>A small set of helper methods for generating text that conforms to <em>The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage</em>,
+written by <a href="https://andreischeinkman.com">Andrei Scheinkman</a> and hosted on <a href="https://github.com/ascheink/nytimes-style">Github</a>.</p>
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       <td class=code>
         <div class='highlight'><pre><span class="k">module</span> <span class="nn">Nytimes</span>
-  <span class="k">module</span> <span class="nn">Style</span></pre></div>
+  <span class="k">module</span> <span class="nn">Style</span>
+    </pre></div>
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@@ -45,6 +47,27 @@
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+        <blockquote><p>&ldquo;In general, spell out the first nine cardinal and
+ordinal numbers [but] spell any number that begins a sentence&hellip;&rdquo;
+There are many exceptions to this rule including &ldquo;ages of people
+and animals,&rdquo; &ldquo;sums of money,&rdquo; &ldquo;degrees of temperature&rdquo; and &ldquo;mentions of the Twelve
+Apostles and the Ten Commandments.&rdquo;</p></blockquote>
+      </td>
+      <td class=code>
+        <div class='highlight'><pre>    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">nytimes_number</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span>
+      <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span> <span class="mi">10</span>
+        <span class="sx">%w(one two three four five six seven eight nine ten)</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">n</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">]</span>
+      <span class="k">else</span>
+        <span class="n">n</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_s</span>
+      <span class="k">end</span>
+    <span class="k">end</span></pre></div>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr id='section-4'>
+      <td class=docs>
+        <div class="pilwrap">
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         <blockquote><p>&ldquo;Abbreviate the names of months from August through
 February in news copy when they are followed by numerals: Aug. 1; Sept.
 2; Oct. 3; Nov. 4; Dec. 5; Jan. 6; Feb. 7. Do not abbreviate March,
@@ -65,10 +88,10 @@ April, May, June and July except as a last resort in a chart or table.&rdquo;</p
     <span class="k">end</span></pre></div>
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+    <tr id='section-5'>
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         <blockquote><p>&ldquo;The abbreviation to be used for each state, after the names of cities,
 towns and counties&hellip; Use no

data/lib/nytimes-style.rb

@@ -1,16 +1,32 @@
 require 'date'
 require 'yaml'
 
-# Helper methods for generating text that conforms to _The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage_.
+# A small set of helper methods for generating text that conforms to _The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage_,
+# written by [Andrei Scheinkman](https://andreischeinkman.com) and hosted on [Github](https://github.com/ascheink/nytimes-style).
 module Nytimes
   module Style
+    
+    # > "In general, spell out the first nine cardinal and 
+    # > ordinal numbers [but] spell any number that begins a sentence..."
+    # There are many exceptions to this rule including "ages of people 
+    # and animals," "sums of money," "degrees of temperature" and "mentions of the Twelve 
+    # Apostles and the Ten Commandments."
+    def nytimes_number(n)
+      if n < 10
+        %w(one two three four five six seven eight nine ten)[n - 1]
+      else
+        n.to_s
+      end
+    end
 
     # > "Abbreviate the names of months from August through
     # > February in news copy when they are followed by numerals: Aug. 1; Sept.
     # > 2; Oct. 3; Nov. 4; Dec. 5; Jan. 6; Feb. 7. Do not abbreviate March,
     # > April, May, June and July except as a last resort in a chart or table."
-    def nytimes_date(date)
-      "#{nytimes_month_and_day date}, #{date.year}"
+    def nytimes_date(date, opts={})
+      str = ""
+      str << date.strftime('%A, ') if opts[:day_of_week]
+      str << "#{nytimes_month_and_day date}, #{date.year}"
     end
     
     def nytimes_month_and_day(date)

data/lib/nytimes-style/version.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Nytimes
   module Style
-    VERSION = "0.1.0"
+    VERSION = "0.2.0"
   end
 end

data/test/test_nytimes_style.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class NytimesStyleTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     date = Date.civil(2001, 9, 11)
     assert_equal nytimes_month_and_day(date), "Sept. 11"
     assert_equal nytimes_date(date), "Sept. 11, 2001"
+    assert_equal nytimes_date(date, :day_of_week => true), "Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001"
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) { nytimes_month(0) }
   end
   
@@ -16,4 +17,9 @@ class NytimesStyleTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) { nytimes_state_abbrev('Canada') }
   end
   
+  def test_numbers
+    assert_equal nytimes_number(5), 'five'
+    assert_equal nytimes_number(12), '12'
+  end
+  
 end

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: nytimes-style
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  hash: 27
+  hash: 23
   prerelease: false
   segments: 
   - 0
-  - 1
+  - 2
   - 0
-  version: 0.1.0
+  version: 0.2.0
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Andrei Scheinkman
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2011-05-12 00:00:00 -04:00
+date: 2011-05-18 00:00:00 -04:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []