blank() -> Boolean

Check if the string is 'blank', meaning either empty or containing only whitespace.

camelize() -> string

Converts a string separated by dashes into a camelCase equivalent. For instance, 'foo-bar' would be converted to 'fooBar'.

capitalize() -> string

Capitalizes the first letter of a string and downcases all the others.

dasherize() -> string

Replaces every instance of the underscore character ("_") by a dash ("-").

empty() -> Boolean

Checks if the string is empty.

endsWith(substring) -> Boolean

Checks if the string ends with substring.

 escapeHTML() -> string

Converts HTML special characters to their entity equivalents.

evalJSON([sanitize = false]) -> object

Evaluates the JSON in the string and returns the resulting object. If the optional sanitize parameter is set to true, the string is checked for possible malicious attempts and eval is not called if one is detected.

evalScripts() -> [returnedValue...]

Evaluates the content of any script block present in the string. Returns an array containing the value returned by each script.

 extractScripts() -> [script...]

Exctracts the content of any script block present in the string and returns them as an array of strings.

gsub(pattern, replacement) -> string

Returns the string with every occurence of a given pattern replaced by either a regular string, the returned value of a function or a Template string. The pattern can be a string or a regular expression.

include(substring) -> Boolean

Check if the string contains a substring.

inspect([useDoubleQuotes = false]) -> String

Returns a debug-oriented version of the string (i.e. wrapped in single or double quotes, with backslashes and quotes escaped).

interpolate(object[, pattern]) -> string

Treats the string as a Template and fills it with object’s properties.

isJSON() -> boolean

Check if the string is valid JSON by the use of regular expressions. This security method is called internally.

Alias of toQueryParams.

scan(pattern, iterator) -> string

Allows iterating over every occurrence of the given pattern (which can be a string or a regular expression). Returns the original string.

startsWith(substring) -> Boolean

Checks if the string starts with substring.

strip() -> string

Strips all leading and trailing whitespace from a string.

stripScripts() -> string

Strips a string of anything that looks like an HTML script block.

stripTags() -> string

Strips a string of any HTML tag.

sub(pattern, replacement[, count = 1]) -> string

Returns a string with the first count occurrences of pattern replaced by either a regular string, the returned value of a function or a Template string. pattern can be a string or a regular expression.

succ() -> string

Used internally by ObjectRange. Converts the last character of the string to the following character in the Unicode alphabet.

times(count) -> string

Concatenates the string count times.

toArray() -> [character...]

Splits the string character-by-character and returns an array with the result.

toJSON() -> String

Returns a JSON string.

toQueryParams([separator = '']) -> Object

Parses a URI-like query string and returns an object composed of parameter/value pairs.

truncate([length = 30[, suffix = '...']]) -> string

Truncates a string to the given length and appends a suffix to it (indicating that it is only an excerpt).

underscore() -> string

Converts a camelized string into a series of words separated by an underscore ("_").

 unescapeHTML() -> string

Strips tags and converts the entity forms of special HTML characters to their normal form.

unfilterJSON([filter = Prototype.JSONFilter]) -> String

Strips comment delimiters around Ajax JSON or JavaScript responses. This security method is called internally.