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simple class to shorten addresses and location descriptions
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class LocShortener | |
@@shortening_file = 'shortening.yaml' | |
@@shortenings = {} | |
yamlstr = File.read(@@shortening_file) | |
YAML.load(yamlstr).each {|k,v| @@shortenings[Regexp.new(k,Regexp::IGNORECASE)] = v} | |
class << self | |
def shortenings | |
@@shortenings | |
end | |
def shorten!(str) | |
str.strip! | |
@@shortenings.each {|pattern, shortstr| str.gsub!(pattern,shortstr)} | |
str | |
end | |
end | |
end |
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state park: S.P. | |
provincial park: P.P. | |
national park: N.P. | |
state\s*forest: S.F. | |
preserve: Pres. | |
reserve: Res. | |
county: Co. | |
region: Reg. | |
division: Div. | |
district: Dist. | |
parish: Par. | |
township : Twp. | |
lake: Lk. | |
river: R. | |
forest: For. | |
island or isle: Is. | |
park: Pk. | |
mount(ain)?: Mt. | |
saint: St. | |
sainte: Ste. | |
nature: Nat. | |
road: Rd. | |
highway: Hwy. | |
parkway: Pkwy. | |
university: U. | |
cent((re)|(er)): Ctr. | |
refuge: Ref. | |
station: Sta. | |
research station: Res. Sta. | |
mile(s)?: mi. | |
near. : nr. | |
north: N | |
north\s*west: NW | |
west: W | |
south\s*west: SW | |
south: S | |
south\s?east: SE | |
east: E | |
north\s?east: NE | |
first: 1st | |
second: 2nd | |
third: 3rd | |
fourth: 4th | |
fifth: 5th | |
sixth: 6th | |
seventh: 7th | |
eighth: 8th | |
ninth: 9th | |
one: '1' | |
two: '2' | |
three: '3' | |
four: '4' | |
five: '5' | |
six: '6' | |
seven: '7' | |
eight: '8' | |
nine: '9' | |
ten: '10' | |
eleven: '11' | |
tweleve: '12' | |
thirteen: '13' | |
fourteen: '14' | |
fifteen: '15' | |
sixteen: '16' | |
seventeen: '17' | |
eighteen: '18' | |
nineteen: '19' | |
twenty: '20' |
Author
billspat
commented
Jun 11, 2013
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