How do I require a partial?

Question

I'm fairly new to Rails and am trying to figure out how to add a method to the String class and have the code in my partial know that the String class has been added to. I'm not sure where I should put the require statement.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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lib/monkeypatch.rb

class String
  def some_new_func
    ...
  end
end

app/controllers/application.rb:

require "monkeypatch"

(or, if you only want the monkeypatch for a specific controller, put the require in that controller).

See also: Rails /lib modules and

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Jan 17 '10 at 05:42

Wayne Conrad

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Does there need to be quotes around `monkeypatch`, or does Rails convert `monkeypatch` into a string? – Andrew Grimm Nov 09 '11 at 02:18
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@Andrew, Thanks for the gentle reminder that I goofed here. Fixed. – Wayne Conrad Nov 11 '11 at 01:12

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 17 '10 at 05:40

Having never worked with Rails, I'm not sure if there's a "better" way to do this, but you could do this via the respond_to? method, like this:

# extend String class to add new method
class String
  def some_new_func; end
end

# check to see if a String instance has
# that method available
if "test".respond_to? :some_new_func
  puts "Works!"
else
  puts "Doesn't work."
end

# => "Works!"

How do I require a partial?

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