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8.2.1 Class methods

	Input	Output
pluralize	Apple, Orange, Person, Man	Apples, Oranges, People, Men
singularize	Apples, Oranges, People, Men	Apple, Orange, Person, Man
camelize	Apple_pie, some_thing, people_person	ApplePie, SomeThing, PeoplePerson
underscore	It should be noted that underscore will only convert camelCase formatted words. Words that contains spaces will be lower-cased, but will not contain an underscore.
underscore	applePie, someThing	apple_pie, some_thing
humanize	apple_pie, some_thing, people_person	Apple Pie, Some Thing, People Person
tableize	Apple, UserProfileSetting, Person	apples, user_profile_settings, people
classify	apples, user_profile_settings, people	Apple, UserProfileSetting, Person
variable	apples, user_result, people_people	apples, userResult, peoplePeople
slug	Slug converts special characters into latin versions and converting unmatched characters and spaces to underscores. The slug method expects UTF-8 encoding.
slug	apple purée	apple_puree