Class | String |
In: |
lib/rake.rb
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Parent: | Object |
User defined methods to be added to String.
Map the path according to the given specification. The specification controls the details of the mapping. The following special patterns are recognized:
The %d specifier can also have a numeric prefix (e.g. ’%2d’). If the number is positive, only return (up to) n directories in the path, starting from the left hand side. If n is negative, return (up to) |n| directories from the right hand side of the path.
Examples:
'a/b/c/d/file.txt'.pathmap("%2d") => 'a/b' 'a/b/c/d/file.txt'.pathmap("%-2d") => 'c/d'
Also the %d, %p, %f, %n, %x, and %X operators can take a pattern/replacement argument to perform simple string substititions on a particular part of the path. The pattern and replacement are speparated by a comma and are enclosed by curly braces. The replacement spec comes after the % character but before the operator letter. (e.g. "%{old,new}d"). Muliple replacement specs should be separated by semi-colons (e.g. "%{old,new;src,bin}d").
Regular expressions may be used for the pattern, and back refs may be used in the replacement text. Curly braces, commas and semi-colons are excluded from both the pattern and replacement text (let‘s keep parsing reasonable).
For example:
"src/org/onestepback/proj/A.java".pathmap("%{^src,bin}X.class")
returns:
"bin/org/onestepback/proj/A.class"
If the replacement text is ’*’, then a block may be provided to perform some arbitrary calculation for the replacement.
For example:
"/path/to/file.TXT".pathmap("%X%{.*,*}x") { |ext| ext.downcase }
Returns:
"/path/to/file.txt"
Extract a partial path from the path. Include n directories from the front end (left hand side) if n is positive. Include |n| directories from the back end (right hand side) if n is negative.
Preform the pathmap replacement operations on the given path. The patterns take the form ‘pat1,rep1;pat2,rep2…’.