prototype/src/string.js

Object.extend(String, {
  interpret: function(value) {
    return value == null ? '' : String(value);
  },
  specialChar: {
    '\b': '\\b',
    '\t': '\\t',
    '\n': '\\n',
    '\f': '\\f',
    '\r': '\\r',
    '\\': '\\\\'
  }
});

Object.extend(String.prototype, {
  gsub: function(pattern, replacement) {
    var result = '', source = this, match;
    replacement = arguments.callee.prepareReplacement(replacement);
    
    while (source.length > 0) {
      if (match = source.match(pattern)) {
        result += source.slice(0, match.index);
        result += String.interpret(replacement(match));
        source  = source.slice(match.index + match[0].length);
      } else {
        result += source, source = '';
      }
    }
    return result;
  },
  
  sub: function(pattern, replacement, count) {
    replacement = this.gsub.prepareReplacement(replacement);
    count = count === undefined ? 1 : count;
    
    return this.gsub(pattern, function(match) {
      if (--count < 0) return match[0];
      return replacement(match);
    });
  },
  
  scan: function(pattern, iterator) {
    this.gsub(pattern, iterator);
    return this;
  },
  
  truncate: function(length, truncation) {
    length = length || 30;
    truncation = truncation === undefined ? '...' : truncation;
    return this.length > length ? 
      this.slice(0, length - truncation.length) + truncation : String(this);
  },

  strip: function() {
    return this.replace(/^\s+/, '').replace(/\s+$/, '');
  },
  
  stripTags: function() {
    return this.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');
  },

  stripScripts: function() {
    return this.replace(new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img'), '');
  },
  
  extractScripts: function() {
    var matchAll = new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img');
    var matchOne = new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'im');
    return (this.match(matchAll) || []).map(function(scriptTag) {
      return (scriptTag.match(matchOne) || ['', ''])[1];
    });
  },
  
  evalScripts: function() {
    return this.extractScripts().map(function(script) { return eval(script) });
  },

  escapeHTML: function() {
    var self = arguments.callee;
    self.text.data = this;
    return self.div.innerHTML;
  },

  unescapeHTML: function() {
    var div = new Element('div');
    div.innerHTML = this.stripTags();
    return div.childNodes[0] ? (div.childNodes.length > 1 ? 
      $A(div.childNodes).inject('', function(memo, node) { return memo+node.nodeValue }) : 
      div.childNodes[0].nodeValue) : '';
  },
  
  toQueryParams: function(separator) {
    var match = this.strip().match(/([^?#]*)(#.*)?$/);
    if (!match) return {};
    
    return match[1].split(separator || '&').inject({}, function(hash, pair) {
      if ((pair = pair.split('='))[0]) {
        var key = decodeURIComponent(pair.shift());
        var value = pair.length > 1 ? pair.join('=') : pair[0];
        if (value != undefined) value = decodeURIComponent(value);
        
        if (key in hash) {
          if (hash[key].constructor != Array) hash[key] = [hash[key]];
          hash[key].push(value);
        }
        else hash[key] = value;
      }
      return hash;
    });
  },
  
  toArray: function() {
    return this.split('');
  },

  succ: function() {
    return this.slice(0, this.length - 1) +
      String.fromCharCode(this.charCodeAt(this.length - 1) + 1);
  },
  
  times: function(count) {
    var result = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) result += this;
    return result;
  },
  
  camelize: function() {
    var parts = this.split('-'), len = parts.length;
    if (len == 1) return parts[0];
    
    var camelized = this.charAt(0) == '-' 
      ? parts[0].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + parts[0].substring(1)
      : parts[0];
    
    for (var i = 1; i < len; i++)
      camelized += parts[i].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + parts[i].substring(1);
   
    return camelized;
  },
  
  capitalize: function() {
    return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + this.substring(1).toLowerCase();
  },
  
  underscore: function() {
    return this.gsub(/::/, '/').gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'#{1}_#{2}').gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'#{1}_#{2}').gsub(/-/,'_').toLowerCase();
  },

  dasherize: function() {
    return this.gsub(/_/,'-');
  },

  inspect: function(useDoubleQuotes) {
    var escapedString = this.gsub(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/, function(match) {
      var character = String.specialChar[match[0]];
      return character ? character : '\\u00' + match[0].charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
    });
    if (useDoubleQuotes) return '"' + escapedString.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
    return "'" + escapedString.replace(/'/g, '\\\'') + "'";
  },
  
  toJSON: function() {
    return this.inspect(true);
  },

  unfilterJSON: function(filter) {
    return this.sub(filter || Prototype.JSONFilter, '#{1}');
  },

  isJSON: function() {
    var str = this.replace(/\\./g, '@').replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"/g, '');
    return (/^[,:{}\[\]0-9.\-+Eaeflnr-u \n\r\t]*$/).test(str);
  },
  
  evalJSON: function(sanitize) {
    var json = this.unfilterJSON();
    try {
      if (!sanitize || json.isJSON()) return eval('(' + json + ')');
    } catch (e) { }
    throw new SyntaxError('Badly formed JSON string: ' + this.inspect());
  },
  
  include: function(pattern) {
    return this.indexOf(pattern) > -1;
  },

  startsWith: function(pattern) {
    return this.indexOf(pattern) === 0;
  },

  endsWith: function(pattern) {
    var d = this.length - pattern.length;
    return d >= 0 && this.lastIndexOf(pattern) === d;
  },
  
  empty: function() {
    return this == '';
  },
  
  blank: function() {
    return /^\s*$/.test(this);
  }
});

if (Prototype.Browser.WebKit || Prototype.Browser.IE) Object.extend(String.prototype, {
  escapeHTML: function() {
    return this.replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;');
  },
  unescapeHTML: function() {
    return this.replace(/&amp;/g,'&').replace(/&lt;/g,'<').replace(/&gt;/g,'>');
  }
});

String.prototype.gsub.prepareReplacement = function(replacement) {
  if (typeof replacement == 'function') return replacement;
  var template = new Template(replacement);
  return function(match) { return template.evaluate(match) };
}

String.prototype.parseQuery = String.prototype.toQueryParams;

Object.extend(String.prototype.escapeHTML, {
  div:  document.createElement('div'),
  text: document.createTextNode('')
});

with (String.prototype.escapeHTML) div.appendChild(text);

var Template = Class.create();
Template.Pattern = /(^|.|\r|\n)(#\{(.*?)\})/;
Template.prototype = {
  initialize: function(template, pattern) {
    this.template = template.toString();
    this.pattern  = pattern || Template.Pattern;
  },
  
  evaluate: function(object) {
    return this.template.gsub(this.pattern, function(match) {
      var before = match[1];
      if (before == '\\') return match[2];
      return before + String.interpret(object[match[3]]);
    });
  }
}