instance method `underscore`

Ruby on Rails 2.3.18

Since v2.2.3

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18 v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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underscore(camel_cased_word)

The reverse of camelize. Makes an underscored, lowercase form from the expression in the string.

Changes ‘::’ to ‘/’ to convert namespaces to paths.

Examples:

"ActiveRecord".underscore         # => "active_record"
"ActiveRecord::Errors".underscore # => active_record/errors

Parameters

camel_cased_word req

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb, line 207
    def underscore(camel_cased_word)
      camel_cased_word.to_s.gsub(/::/, '/').
        gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2').
        gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
        tr("-", "_").
        downcase
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb line 207 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::Inflector

Signature

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