instance method `squish!`

Ruby on Rails 4.2.9

Since v3.0.20

Available in: 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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squish!()

Performs a destructive squish. See String#squish.

str = " foo   bar    \n   \t   boo"
str.squish!                         # => "foo bar boo"
str                                 # => "foo bar boo"

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb, line 19
  def squish!
    gsub!(/\A[[:space:]]+/, '')
    gsub!(/[[:space:]]+\z/, '')
    gsub!(/[[:space:]]+/, ' ')
    self
  end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb line 19 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in String

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