instance method `singularize`

Ruby on Rails 3.0.20

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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singularize(word)

The reverse of pluralize, returns the singular form of a word in a string.

Examples:

"posts".singularize            # => "post"
"octopi".singularize           # => "octopus"
"sheep".singularize            # => "sheep"
"word".singularize             # => "word"
"CamelOctopi".singularize      # => "CamelOctopus"

Parameters

word req

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/inflections.rb, line 148
    def singularize(word)
      result = word.to_s.dup

      if inflections.uncountables.any? { |inflection| result =~ /\b(#{inflection})\Z/i }
        result
      else
        inflections.singulars.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
        result
      end
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/inflections.rb line 148 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::Inflector

Signature

Parameters