instance method `apply_inflections`

Ruby on Rails 4.0.13

Since v3.2.22.5 Private

Available in: 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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apply_inflections(word, rules)

Applies inflection rules for singularize and pluralize.

apply_inflections('post', inflections.plurals)    # => "posts"
apply_inflections('posts', inflections.singulars) # => "post"

Parameters

word req
rules req

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb, line 331
    def apply_inflections(word, rules)
      result = word.to_s.dup

      if word.empty? || inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase[/\b\w+\Z/])
        result
      else
        rules.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.sub!(rule, replacement) }
        result
      end
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb line 331 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::Inflector

Signature

Parameters