method

underscore

v1.2.6 - Show latest stable - Class: Inflector

underscore(camel_cased_word)

public

The reverse of camelize. Makes an underscored form from the expression in the string.

Changes ’::’ to ’/’ to convert namespaces to paths.

Examples

  "ActiveRecord".underscore #=> "active_record"
  "ActiveRecord::Errors".underscore #=> active_record/errors

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb, line 168
  def underscore(camel_cased_word)
    camel_cased_word.to_s.gsub(/::/, '/').
      gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2').
      gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
      tr("-", "_").
      downcase
  end

underscore

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