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pluralize

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Method deprecated or moved

This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v2.1.0) is shown here.

These similar methods exist in v7.1.3.2:

pluralize(word) public

Returns the plural form of the word in the string.

Examples:

  "post".pluralize             # => "posts"
  "octopus".pluralize          # => "octopi"
  "sheep".pluralize            # => "sheep"
  "words".pluralize            # => "words"
  "the blue mailman".pluralize # => "the blue mailmen"
  "CamelOctopus".pluralize     # => "CamelOctopi"

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb, line 119
  def pluralize(word)
    result = word.to_s.dup

    if word.empty? || inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase)
      result
    else
      inflections.plurals.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
      result
    end
  end

April 28, 2009

1 thank

Moved to ActiveSupport::Inflector

This isn’t gone, it’s just been moved to the ActiveSupport module namespace.

See: ActiveSupport::Inflector#pluralize

pluralize

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Method deprecated or moved

Moved to ActiveSupport::Inflector