From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2005-05-06T08:53:30+09:00
Subject: Re: String Manipulation Nuby Question

On 05 May 2005, at 16:45, Logan Capaldo wrote:

> On 5/5/05, Chris Roos <chris@seagul.co.uk> wrote:
>> I have a Person with title, forename and surname (all of which are
>> optional).  I want to return a 'pretty' name for this person in the 
>> format..
>>
>> title + <space> + forename + <space> + surname
>>
>> ..where any extraneous spaces are removed.
>
> "#{title} #{forename} #{surname}".strip

This leaves spaces in the middle.

[title, forename, surname].join(' ').gsub(/  /, ' ')

require 'test/unit'

class TestFullName < Test::Unit::TestCase

   def setup
     @title = "Mr."
     @surname = "Hodel"
   end

   def test_strip
     assert_equal "Mr. Hodel", "#{@title} #{@forename} #{@surname}".strip
   end

   def test_join_gsub
     assert_equal("Mr. Hodel",
                  [@title, @forename, @surname].join(' ').gsub(/  /, ' 
'))
   end

end

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