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Rails Singularization Saturday, September 1, 12

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Pluralization Rails Saturday, September 1, 12

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Inflections Rails Saturday, September 1, 12

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Inflections ARE MAGIC Saturday, September 1, 12

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Inflections ARE MAGIC Saturday, September 1, 12

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Inflections ARE MAGIC Saturday, September 1, 12

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ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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handles IZATION TITLE ‘2001: a space odyssey’.titleize # => “2001: A Space Odyssey” ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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HUMAN ‘shopping_cart_id’.humanize # => “Shopping cart” handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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ORDINAL 2001.ordinalize # => “2001st” handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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PARAMETER ‘Só ëxòtîc! Fjørds!’.parameterize # => “so-exotic-fjords” handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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TABLE ‘KnickKnack’.tableize # => “knick_knacks” handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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DEMODULE ‘ActiveSupport::Inflector::Inflections’.demodulize # => “Inflections” handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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DECONSTANT ‘Deeply::Nested::Model’.deconstantize # => “Deeply::Nested” handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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CONSTANT ‘ActiveSupport’.constantize # => ActiveSupport handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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SINGULAR ‘hard drives’.singularize # => “hard drife” handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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PLURAL ‘cow’.pluralize # => “kine” handles IZATION ActiveSupport::Inflector Saturday, September 1, 12

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WHY IS THIS HAPPENING WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE Saturday, September 1, 12

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IZATION PLURAL isn’t really that hard Saturday, September 1, 12

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MOST WORDS Add -s internet → internets Saturday, September 1, 12

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SIBILANT SOUNDS Add -es to words ending in a consonant sibilant sound (-s, -x, -z, -ch, -sh) precious → preciouses Saturday, September 1, 12

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THE OES RULE Add -es if the word ends in -o preceded by a consonant tomato → tomatoes Saturday, September 1, 12

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THE IES RULE berry → berries Saturday, September 1, 12

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Change -y to -ies if the -y is THE IES RULE berry → berries Saturday, September 1, 12

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Change -y to -ies if the -y is preceded by a consonant THE IES RULE berry → berries Saturday, September 1, 12

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require 'active_support/inflector/inflections' module ActiveSupport Inflector.inflections do |inflect| inflect.plural(/$/, 's') inflect.plural(/([sxz]|[cs]h)$/i, '\1es') inflect.plural(/([^aeiouy]o)$/i, '\1es') inflect.plural(/([^aeiouy])y$/i, '\1ies') inflect.singular(/s$/i, '') inflect.singular(/(ss)$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/([sxz]|[cs]h)es$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/([^aeiouy]o)es$/i, '\1') inflect.singular(/([^aeiouy])ies$/i, '\1y') inflect.irregular('person', 'people') inflect.irregular('child', 'children') inflect.irregular('self', 'selves') inflect.uncountable(%w(series)) end end Saturday, September 1, 12

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WE GO FROM TO TO Saturday, September 1, 12

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WE GO FROM TO 21 PLURALIZATION RULES 4 27 SINGULARIZATION RULES 5 7 IRREGULARITIES 3 10 UNCOUNTABLES 1 TO Saturday, September 1, 12

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WE GO FROM TO 21 PLURALIZATION RULES 4 27 SINGULARIZATION RULES 5 7 IRREGULARITIES 3 10 UNCOUNTABLES 1 TO Saturday, September 1, 12

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WE GO FROM TO 21 PLURALIZATION RULES 4 27 SINGULARIZATION RULES 5 7 IRREGULARITIES 3 10 UNCOUNTABLES 1 TO Saturday, September 1, 12

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WE GO FROM TO 21 PLURALIZATION RULES 4 27 SINGULARIZATION RULES 5 7 IRREGULARITIES 3 10 UNCOUNTABLES 1 TO Saturday, September 1, 12

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Rails Inflections A Cautionary Tale Saturday, September 1, 12

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davidcelis/ Inflections Saturday, September 1, 12

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That’s it? Saturday, September 1, 12

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That’s it? NO Saturday, September 1, 12

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COMING SOON TO EDGE RAILS Saturday, September 1, 12

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ActiveSupport::Inflector GOES GLOBAL Saturday, September 1, 12

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module ActiveSupport Inflector.inflections(:en) do |inflect| # english rules go here end end module ActiveSupport Inflector.inflections(:es) do |inflect| # spanish rules go here end end >> 'person'.pluralize(:en) => “people” >> 'avión'.pluralize(:es) => “aviones” >> 'avión'.pluralize(:en) => “avións” Saturday, September 1, 12

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davidcelis/ Inflections Saturday, September 1, 12

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davidcelis/ Inflections Saturday, September 1, 12

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Currently Supported: Saturday, September 1, 12

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Currently Supported: • English Saturday, September 1, 12

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Currently Supported: • English • Spanish Saturday, September 1, 12

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Currently Supported: • English • Spanish • YEP Saturday, September 1, 12

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YOUR LANGUAGES GIVE THEM TO ME Saturday, September 1, 12

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@davidcelis Saturday, September 1, 12