Add String#remove(pattern) as a short-hand for the common pattern of String#gsub(pattern, '')

Author: David Heinemeier Hansson

activesupport/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*   Add String#remove(pattern) as a short-hand for the common pattern of String#gsub(pattern, '')
+
+    *DHH*
+
 *   Adds a new deprecation behaviour that raises an exception. Throwing this
     line into +config/environments/development.rb+
 

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb

@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ def squish!
     self
   end
 
+  # Returns a new string with all occurances of the pattern removed. Short-hand for String#gsub(pattern, '').
+  def remove(pattern)
+    gsub pattern, ''    
+  end
+
+  # Alters the string by removing all occurances of the pattern. Short-hand for String#gsub!(pattern, '').
+  def remove!(pattern)
+    gsub! pattern, ''
+  end
+
   # Truncates a given +text+ after a given <tt>length</tt> if +text+ is longer than <tt>length</tt>:
   #
   #   'Once upon a time in a world far far away'.truncate(27)

activesupport/test/core_ext/string_ext_test.rb

@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ def test_truncate_multibyte
   def test_truncate_should_not_be_html_safe
     assert !"Hello World!".truncate(12).html_safe?
   end
+  
+  def test_remove
+    assert_equal "Summer", "Fast Summer".remove(/Fast /)
+    assert_equal "Summer", "Fast Summer".remove!(/Fast /)
+  end
 
   def test_constantize
     run_constantize_tests_on do |string|