From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-01-14T21:25:54+09:00
Subject: Re: "soemthing".pluralize/at/from/... -> NoMethodError

Hi --

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, David Krmpotic wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> I've been wondering about this for some time now.. Why don't any of the
> following methods work: string.at/from/first/last/humanize/pluralize ?
> IRB returns:
>
> NoMethodError: undefined method `pluralize' for "something":String
>
> You can try it yourself (also by using web IRB from here:
> http://tryruby.hobix.com/)
>
> Those methods are mentioned in "Agile Development with Rails" for
> example.. you can also see people using them on Google code search.
>
> However, they are not mentioned in documentation:
> http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.html
>
> This is funny. Also.. string.to_json and string.to_yaml are mentioned in
> the agile book, but don't work either.

Those methods are add-ons that come with Rails.  They're not part of
standard Ruby.


David

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