class String


str.terminate # => “Hello World.”
str.compress # => “Hello World”
str.clean # => “Hello World”
str = “ Hello, World! ”
@example
compressing, and manipulating strings.
This module extends the String class with additional methods for cleaning,
String extensions for RandomWords

def clean

Returns:
  • (String) - The cleaned string.
  • (String) - The string with unwanted characters removed. 
def clean
  gsub(/[^-a-zA-Z0-9\s]/, '').strip
end

def compress

Returns:
  • (String) - The string with extra spaces compressed. 
def compress
  gsub(/\s+/, ' ').strip
end

def no_term

Returns:
  • (String) - The string with the last punctuation mark removed. 
def no_term
  sub(/[.!?;,-]*$/, '')
end

def split_lines

Returns:
  • (Array) - The string split into lines, cleaned, and empty lines removed. 
def split_lines
  strip.split("\n").map(&:clean).reject(&:empty?)
end

def terminate

Returns:
  • (String) - The string with a random punctuation mark at the end. 
def terminate
  terminators = %w[. . . ! ! ?]
  terminator = terminators.sample
  sub(/[.!?;,-]*$/, terminator)
end