Rails - Feb 2006 - extending a class

I''m trying to add this to my project:

class String
   def escape_quotes
     self.gsub(/["'']/) { |m| "\\#{m}" }
   end
end

I tried putting it in application_helper.rb, but it''s not getting
found.
Where does it need to go?

Thanks,
Chris

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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Chris Sepic wrote:
> I''m trying to add this to my project:
>
> class String
>   def escape_quotes
>     self.gsub(/["'']/) { |m| "\\#{m}" }
>   end
> end
>
> I tried putting it in application_helper.rb, but it''s not getting
found.
> Where does it need to go?
Are you putting it inside the helper module, like this:

module MyHelper
   class String
   ...

If so, you''re creating a new class called MyHelper::String.  You need
either to put the String stuff outside of any other module or class,
or do:

   class ::String

which means you want the top-level constant String.


David

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