Move helper functions to a separate library

bin/build

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ t_start = Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
 require 'logger'
 require 'haml'
 require_relative '../models'
+require_relative '../lib/helpers'
 
 OUTPUT_DIR = '_site'
 VIEWS_DIR = File.join('..', 'views')
@@ -19,57 +20,6 @@ LAYOUT_FN = File.join(VIEWS_DIR, 'layout.haml')
 
 @pages = 0
 
-class String
-  def pluralize(num)
-    if num == 1
-      return self
-    end
-
-    case self[-1]
-      when 'y'
-        self[0..-2] + 'ies'
-      when 's'
-        self + "es"
-      else
-        self + "s"
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-def commify(num)
-  num.to_s.reverse.gsub(/(\d\d\d)(?=\d)(?!\d*\.)/,'\1,').reverse
-end
-
-# From http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/593
-def to_ordinal(num)
-  num = num.to_i
-  if (10...20) === num
-    "#{num}th"
-  else
-    g = %w{ th st nd rd th th th th th th }
-    a = num.to_s
-    c = a[-1..-1].to_i
-    a + g[c]
-  end
-end
-
-def format_percent(num)
-  sprintf("%.0f%%", num)
-end
-
-def short_date(d)
-  d.strftime("%e %b %Y")
-end
-
-def long_date(d)
-  d.strftime("%e %B %Y")
-end
-
-# Exception for Labour/Co-operative candidacies
-def party_name(labcoop, party_name)
-  labcoop ? "Labour and Co-operative Party" : party_name
-end
-
 def write_page(path_items, template, locals = {})
   dir = File.join(path_items)
   FileUtils.mkdir_p(dir)

lib/helpers.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+class String
+  def pluralize(num)
+    if num == 1
+      return self
+    end
+
+    case self[-1]
+      when 'y'
+        self[0..-2] + 'ies'
+      when 's'
+        self + "es"
+      else
+        self + "s"
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+def commify(num)
+  num.to_s.reverse.gsub(/(\d\d\d)(?=\d)(?!\d*\.)/,'\1,').reverse
+end
+
+# From http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/593
+def to_ordinal(num)
+  num = num.to_i
+  if (10...20) === num
+    "#{num}th"
+  else
+    g = %w{ th st nd rd th th th th th th }
+    a = num.to_s
+    c = a[-1..-1].to_i
+    a + g[c]
+  end
+end
+
+def format_percent(num)
+  sprintf("%.0f%%", num)
+end
+
+def short_date(d)
+  d.strftime("%e %b %Y")
+end
+
+def long_date(d)
+  d.strftime("%e %B %Y")
+end
+
+# Exception for Labour/Co-operative candidacies
+def party_name(labcoop, party_name)
+  labcoop ? "Labour and Co-operative Party" : party_name
+end