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singularize

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singularize(word) public

The reverse of pluralize, returns the singular form of a word in a string.

Examples:

"posts".singularize            # => "post"
"octopi".singularize           # => "octopus"
"sheep".singularize            # => "sheep"
"word".singularize             # => "word"
"CamelOctopi".singularize      # => "CamelOctopus"

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/inflections.rb, line 148
    def singularize(word)
      result = word.to_s.dup

      if inflections.uncountables.any? { |inflection| result =~ /\b(#{inflection})\Z/ }
        result
      else
        inflections.singulars.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
        result
      end
    end

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