MooTools

How to use

Use them like any other string method.

"AnimalCracker".pluralize()

Function String Camelize

By default, camelize converts strings to UpperCamelCase. If the argument to camelize is set to true then camelize produces lowerCamelCase.

Syntax:

str.camelize();

Arguments:

1. lower - (boolean) if true, will return lowerCamelCase.

Returns:

• (string) The camelized string.

Example:

"active_record".camelize(2); // "ActiveRecord"
"post_category".camelize(true); // "postCategory"

Function String Classify

Create a class name from a plural table name like Rails does for table names to models. Note that this returns a string and not a Class.

Syntax:

str.classify();

Returns:

• (string) The classifyd string.

Examples:

"egg_and_hams".classify(); // "EggAndHam"
"posts".classify(); // "Post"

Function String Dasherize

Replaces underscores and spaces with dashes in the string.

Syntax:

str.dasherize();

Returns:

• (string) The dasherized string.

Examples:

"puni_puni".dasherize(); // "puni-puni"
"puni puni".dasherize(); // "puni-puni"

Function String Foreign_key

Creates a foreign key name from a class name.

Syntax:

str.foreign_key([dontUnderScoreId]);

Arguments:

1. dontUnderScoreId - (boolean) - If true, will omit the '_'.

Returns:

• (string) The foreign_key-ed string.

Examples:

"Message".foreign_key(); // "message_id"
"Message".foreign_key(false); // "messageid"

Function String Humanize

Capitalizes the first word and turns underscores into spaces and strips a trailing "_id", if any. Like titleize, this is meant for creating pretty output.

Syntax:

str.humanize();

Returns:

• (string) The humanize-ed string.

Examples:

"employee_salary".humanize(); // "Employee salary"
"author_id".humanize(); // "Author"

Function String Ordinalize

Turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the position in an ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

Syntax:

str.ordinalize();

Returns:

• (string) The ordinalized string.

Examples:

"1".ordinalize(); // "1st"
"3".ordinalize(); // "3rd"
"24".ordinalize(); // "24th"

Note

See also Number.ordinalize.

Function String Pluralize

Returns the plural form of the word in the string.

Syntax:

str.pluralize([count]);

Arguments:

1. count - (number) - Optional, determines whether or not to pluralize the word.

Returns:

• (string) The pluralized string.

Examples:

"post".pluralize();         // "posts"
"sheep".pluralize();        // "sheep"
"matrix".pluralize();       // "matrices"
"person".pluralize();       // "people"
"CrazyOctopus".pluarlize(); // "CrazyOctopi"

"post".pluralize(1);     // "post"
"post".pluralize(0);     // "posts"
"post".pluralize(10);    // "posts"

Function String Singularize

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

Syntax:

str.singularize();

Returns:

• (string) The singularized string.

Examples:

"posts".singularize();       // "post"
"octopi".singularize();      // "octopus"
"CamelOctopi".singularize(); // "CamelOctopus"

Function String Tableize

Create the name of a table like Rails does for models to table names. This method uses the pluralize method on the last word in the string.

Syntax:

str.tableize();

Returns:

• (string) The tableized string.

Examples:

"RawScaledScorer".tableize(); // "raw_scaled_scorers"
"egg_and_ham".tableize(); // "egg_and_hams"
"fancyCategory".tableize(); // "fancy_categories"

Function String Titleize

Capitalizes all the words and replaces some characters in the string to create a nicer looking title.

Syntax:

str.titleize();

Returns:

• (string) The titleized string.

Examples:

"man from the boondocks".titleize(); // "Man From the Boondocks"
"x-men: the last stand".titleize(); // "X Men: The Last Stand"

Function String Underscore

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

Syntax:

str.underscore();

Returns:

• (string) The underscore-ed string.

Examples:

"ActiveRecord".underscore(); // "active_record"

Function String Capitalizefirst

Capitalizes the first letter of a string.

Syntax:

str.capitalizeFirst();

Returns:

• (string) The capitalizeFirst-ed string.

Examples:

"hello my name is Simon".capitalizeFirst(); // "Hell my name is Simon"

Function String Lowercasefirst

Lower cases the first letter of a string

Syntax:

str.lowercaseFirst();

Returns:

• (string) The lowercaseFirst-ed string.

Examples:

"Hello my name is Simon".lowercaseFirst(); // "hello my name is Simon"

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