Merge pull request #229 from infinitered/symbolize_util

Symbolize utility method

motion/ruby_motion_query/utils.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ module RubyMotionQuery
         end
       end
 
+      # Converts any string to a friendly symbol version.
+      # Example:  RubyMotionQuery::RMQ.symbolize("This is a TEST!!")
+      # #=> :this_is_a_test
+      #
+      # @param [String]
+      # @return [Symbol]
+      def symbolize(s)
+        s.to_s.gsub(/\s+/,"_").gsub(/\W+/,"").downcase.to_sym
+      end
+
       # @param view
       # @return [UIViewController] The controller the view it is sitting in, or nil if it's not sitting anywhere in particular
       def controller_for_view(view)

spec/utils.rb

@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ describe 'utils' do
     @rmq.is_blank?({not_emtpy: true}).should == false
   end
 
+  it 'should return a usable snake_cased symbol' do
+    @rmq.symbolize("Help").should == :help
+    @rmq.symbolize("This is a test").should == :this_is_a_test
+    @rmq.symbolize("This Works Great!!!").should == :this_works_great
+  end
+
   it 'should return a string of a view' do
     v = UIView.alloc.initWithFrame(CGRectZero)
     s = @rmq.view_to_s(v)