mvanholstyn

[Ruby] On Easy - descending range

2008-08-01T04:17:50-07:00

rows_in_order = side == :white ? (0..7) : (0..7).to_a.reverse

[Ruby] On Human Date Method

2008-07-05T15:57:56-07:00

def date(date, time = false)
    date = Date.parse(date) if date.class.is_a? String
    format = time ? "%B #{date.day}, %Y at #{date.strftime('%I').to_i}:%M %p" : "%B #{date.day}, %Y"
    date.strftime(format)
end

[Ruby] On Rubyize this : 5th edition

2008-01-03T14:33:15-08:00

def highlight_text(input, words_to_highlight = [], wrapper = '*\1*')
  input.gsub(/\b(#{words_to_highlight.join("|")})\b/, wrapper)
end

[Ruby] On Simple Text Replacement

2007-11-16T04:30:15-08:00

bilson -- that code is running for me -- you sure the replacements are not taking place?

[Ruby] On Simple Text Replacement

2007-11-16T02:50:10-08:00

def replace_keywords(keyword_hash, text_to_parse)
  text_to_parse.gsub(/\{(.*?)\}/) do |match|
    keyword_hash[$1] || match
  end
end

my_hash = { 'city' => 'Chicago', 'state' => 'Illinois' }
my_text = "Welcome to {city}, {state}"

puts replace_keywords( my_hash, my_text ) # =>'Welcome to Chicago, Illinois'