string_extensions_refi 0.1.0

data/lib/string_extensions_refi.rb

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+# encoding: UTF-8
+
+class String
+
+  # creates an aconym from a string
+	def acronymize
+		return self.gsub(/(([a-zA-Z0-9])([a-zA-Z0-9])*)./,"\\2")
+	end
+
+  # this method is very likely removed soon
+  # blob_to_hash allows this:
+  #tmp = <<eof
+  #metadata: 
+  #	create table metadata(
+  #		nam string, 
+  #
+  #		primary key(nam)
+  #	);
+  #sheet: 
+  #	create table sheet(
+  #		id integer, 
+  #		nam string, 
+  #	);
+  #some_name:
+  #\tblah
+  #\t+blup
+  #\n
+  #\ttub
+  #other_name:
+  #\tfoo
+  #eof
+  #a_hash = tmp.blob_to_hash
+  #puts a_hash[metadata]
+	def blob_to_hash
+		tmp = {}
+		scan(/^(.+): *\n(((\t.*\n)|(\n))*)/){|m|
+			name = m[0]
+			value = m[1].strip_a_lot
+			tmp[name] = value 
+		}
+		tmp
+	end
+
+  # substitutes all tabs, newlines and multiple spaces
+  # with a single space
+  # (and removes leading and trailing spaces after that)
+	def strip_a_lot
+		#return self.gsub(/\t|\n/," ").gsub(/  +/," ").strip
+		return self.gsub(/[\t\n ]+/," ").strip
+	end
+
+
+	def unescape_c_string #(s)
+		s = self
+		state = 0
+
+    # this speeds things up a lot if no backslashes are used at all
+		unless s.index("\\")
+			return s
+		else
+			# TODO the index could be used to speed things up...
+		end
+		res = ''
+		s.each_char { |c|
+			case state
+			when 0
+				case c
+				when "\\" then state = 1
+				else res << c
+				end
+			when 1
+				case c
+				when "\\" then res << "\\" ; state = 0
+				when '"' then res << "\"" ; state = 0
+				when 'n' then res << "\n" ; state = 0
+				when 't' then res << "\t" ; state = 0
+				else res << "\\" ; res << c ; state = 0
+				end
+			end
+		}
+		return res
+	end
+end
+

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: string_extensions_refi
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  prerelease: false
+  segments: 
+  - 0
+  - 1
+  - 0
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Robert Fey
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2011-07-21 00:00:00 +02:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: []
+
+description: |-
+  unescaping c strings, 
+    create acronyms from strings, 
+    collapse tab newline and space characters to a single space with strip_a_lot
+email: feyrob@gmail.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+files: 
+- lib/string_extensions_refi.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://rubygems.org/gems/string_extensions_refi
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  none: false
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: nowarning
+rubygems_version: 1.3.7
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: some extensions for the standard string class
+test_files: []
+