Module: Utilities::Italicize

Defined in:
lib/utilities/italicize.rb

Constant Summary collapse

COMBINATION_INJECTIONS =

Used to italicize strings, whitespace (presently) matters Ultimately turn into Tokens to better handle whitespace

[
  ' (',
  ') ', # no trailing whitespace as it could be terminating in case of subgenus?
  ' [sic]',
  ' subsp.',
  ' var.',
  ' subvar.',
  ' f.',
  ' subf.',
  ' sect.', # not covered in original combination
  ' ser.',  # not covered in original combination
  'GENUS NOT SPECIFIED',
  'SPECIES NOT SPECIFIED',
  '[',
  ']',
  '† ', # fossil dagger
  ' ×',  # hybrid ×
  # 'Candidatus' ?
].freeze
COMBINATION_INJECTION_REGEX = 
COMBINATION_INJECTIONS.collect{|a| Regexp.escape(a) }.join('|').freeze

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.taxon_name(string) ⇒ String?

Returns:

  • (String, nil) 


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# File 'lib/utilities/italicize.rb', line 28

def self.taxon_name(string)
  # Don't use .blank?, anticipate moving out of Rails
  st = string.dup
  return nil if st.nil? || st == ''

  # May need to revert to this 1:1 form if we find that an individual COMBINATION_INJECTS element are found > 1 per name
  # TaxonName::COMBINATION_INJECTIONS.collect{|a| Regexp.escape(a)  }.each do |r|
  #   string.gsub!(/(#{r})/, '</i>\1<i>')
  # end

  st = st.gsub(/(#{COMBINATION_INJECTION_REGEX})/, '</i>\1<i>')
      st = "<i>#{st}</i>".
          gsub('<i> ', ' <i>').
          gsub(')</i>', '</i>)').
          gsub('<i></i>', '')
  st
end