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Normalize a query from to just lowercase letters and single spaces
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normalize.rb
def query
@query ||= params[:query].to_s.tap do |q|
q.strip!
q.downcase!
q.gsub!(/[^a-z\s]/, '')
q.gsub!(/\s+/, ' ')
end
end
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