def append
  string = ''
  5.times do
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def parse_query(s)
  if s.count(':') == 0
    return s
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class String
  
  def titlecap
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def dedent()
            sRaw    =   self;
            sep     =   "\n";
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def compress(source)
    source.gsub!(/\s+/, " ") # collapse space
    source.gsub!(/\/\*(.*?)\*\//, "") # remove comments - caution, might want to remove this if using css hacks
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class Race < ActiveRecord::Base
  
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class String 
  def postal?  
    self.match(/[a-zA-Z]{1}\d{1}[a-zA-Z]{1}([\x20-])*\d{1}[a-zA-Z]{1}\d{1}/) ? true : false
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