gistfile1.rb

module IncrementifyString
	# Helps create a user friendly unique string
	# For example, calling incrementify! repeatedly starting with
	# 'string' would yield:
	#   'string' => 'string1' => 'string2' => 'string3' ... 'string9' => 'string10' => 'string11' ... etc
	def incrementify!
		if match(/[0-8]$/)
			succ! # this is faster than regex parse and to_i + 1 to_s
		elsif ends_with?('9')
			m = match(/(\d+)$/)
			gsub!(/\d+$/, (m[1].to_i + 1).to_s)
		else
			self << '1'
		end
	end

end

String.send :include, IncrementifyString