NAME

Myco::Util::Strings - a Myco entity class

SYNOPSIS

  use Myco::Util::Strings;

DESCRIPTION

A simple shell to store oft-used string-manipulation routines.

ADDED CLASS METHODS

pretty_print

  my $attribute_label = Myco::Util::Strings->pretty_print('person_last_name');
  my $do_these_words_match = $attribute_label eq 'Person Last Name';

Attempts to prettify any string.

get_last_uri_word

  my $title = Myco::Util::Strings->get_last_uri_word('/o/person/search/');
  my $nice_uri_last_word = $title eq 'Search';

Attempts to prettify and return the last word in a base uri.

js_dumper

  my %hash = ( a => 1, b => 2, c => 3 );
  my $javascript_hash = Myco::Util::Strings->get_javascript(\%hash);
  my $hashes_match = $javascript_hash eq "{ 'a' : 1, 'b' : 2, 'c' : 3 }";

Makes use of Data::Dumper to stringify a Perl data structure and format it for use as a javascript data structure.

classname

  my $strfmt = Myco::Util::Strings->new;
  my $abbr = $strfmt->get_abbr_classname('Myco::Animal::GiantSquid');
  my $isa_squid = $abbr eq 'Giant Squid';

Parses out a nice class name.

rand_str

  my $strfmt = Myco::Util::Strings->new;
  my $random_string = $strfmt->rand_str(6); # like 13d0vr

Generates a psudo-random alphanumeric string of n-length.

ssha_crypt

  my $password = Myco::Util::Strings->ssha_crypt('hush-hush', $salt);

Encrypt a string using the SSHA (Secure Salted Hash Algorithm). Salt is optional, and will be generated in its absence.

CPAN RT