Does rails have an opposite of 'humanize' for strings?

Question

Rails adds a humanize() method for strings that works as follows (from the Rails RDoc):

\"employee_salary\".humanize # => \"Employee salary\"         


        

Answer 1

the string.parameterize.underscore will give you the same result

"Employee salary".parameterize.underscore       # => employee_salary
"Some Title: Sub-title".parameterize.underscore # => some_title_sub_title

or you can also use which is slightly more succinct (thanks @danielricecodes).

• Rails < 5 Employee salary".parameterize("_") # => employee_salary
• Rails > 5 Employee salary".parameterize(separator: "_") # => employee_salary