go get github.com/markbates/inflect
package inflect
func AddAcronym(word string)
func AddHuman(suffix, replacement string)
func AddIrregular(singular, plural string)
func AddPlural(suffix, replacement string)
func AddSingular(suffix, replacement string)
func AddUncountable(word string)
func Asciify(word string) string
func Camelize(word string) string
func CamelizeDownFirst(word string) string
func Capitalize(word string) string
func Dasherize(word string) string
func ForeignKey(word string) string
func ForeignKeyCondensed(word string) string
func Humanize(word string) string
func Ordinalize(word string) string
func Parameterize(word string) string
func ParameterizeJoin(word, sep string) string
func Pluralize(word string) string
func Singularize(word string) string
func Tableize(word string) string
func Titleize(word string) string
func Typeify(word string) string
func Uncountables() map[string]bool
func Underscore(word string) stringtype Rule struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}used by rulesets
type Ruleset struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}a Ruleset is the config of pluralization rules you can extend the rules with the Add* methods
func NewDefaultRuleset() *Ruleset
create a new ruleset and load it with the default set of common English pluralization rules
func NewRuleset() *Ruleset
create a blank ruleset. Unless you are going to build your own rules from scratch you probably won't need this and can just use the defaultRuleset via the global inflect.* methods
func (rs *Ruleset) AddAcronym(word string)
if you use acronym you may need to add them to the ruleset to prevent Underscored words of things like "HTML" coming out as "h_t_m_l"
func (rs *Ruleset) AddHuman(suffix, replacement string)
Human rules are applied by humanize to show more friendly versions of words
func (rs *Ruleset) AddIrregular(singular, plural string)
Add any inconsistent pluralizing/singularizing rules to the set here.
func (rs *Ruleset) AddPlural(suffix, replacement string)
add a pluralization rule
func (rs *Ruleset) AddPluralExact(suffix, replacement string, exact bool)
add a pluralization rule with full string match
func (rs *Ruleset) AddSingular(suffix, replacement string)
add a singular rule
func (rs *Ruleset) AddSingularExact(suffix, replacement string, exact bool)
same as AddSingular but you can set exact to force
a full string match
func (rs *Ruleset) AddUncountable(word string)
add a word to this ruleset that has the same singular and plural form for example: "rice"
func (rs *Ruleset) Asciify(word string) string
transforms Latin characters like é -> e
func (rs *Ruleset) Camelize(word string) string
"dino_party" -> "DinoParty"
func (rs *Ruleset) CamelizeDownFirst(word string) string
same as Camelcase but with first letter downcased
func (rs *Ruleset) Capitalize(word string) string
uppercase first character
func (rs *Ruleset) Dasherize(word string) string
"SomeText" -> "some-text"
func (rs *Ruleset) ForeignKey(word string) string
an underscored foreign key name "Person" -> "person_id"
func (rs *Ruleset) ForeignKeyCondensed(word string) string
a foreign key (with an underscore) "Person" -> "personid"
func (rs *Ruleset) Humanize(word string) string
First letter of sentence capitalized Uses custom friendly replacements via AddHuman()
func (rs *Ruleset) Ordinalize(str string) string
"1031" -> "1031st"
func (rs *Ruleset) Parameterize(word string) string
param safe dasherized names like "my-param"
func (rs *Ruleset) ParameterizeJoin(word, sep string) string
param safe dasherized names with custom separator
func (rs *Ruleset) Pluralize(word string) string
returns the plural form of a singular word
func (rs *Ruleset) Singularize(word string) string
returns the singular form of a plural word
func (rs *Ruleset) Tableize(word string) string
Rails style pluralized table names: "SuperPerson" -> "super_people"
func (rs *Ruleset) Titleize(word string) string
Capitalize every word in sentence "hello there" -> "Hello There"
func (rs *Ruleset) Typeify(word string) string
"something_like_this" -> "SomethingLikeThis"
func (rs *Ruleset) Uncountables() map[string]bool
func (rs *Ruleset) Underscore(word string) string
lowercase underscore version "BigBen" -> "big_ben"