Markdown Heading Parser in Ruby with Heredocs

This guide examines how to parse a Ruby Heredoc object and convert any lines with a hashtag to HTML H1 headings.

Summary

Parse a Ruby Heredoc and replace any lines that start with a hashtag with HTML H1 heading tags.

Exercise File

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Exercise Description

Given a Ruby Heredoc string, replace any lines that start with a hashtag and wrap them in HTML H1 heading tags.

Sample Input

content = <<-EOF
# Hey there
Some content
# Another heading
More content
EOF

Expected Output

"<h1>Hey there</h1>\n\nSome content\n\n<h1>Another heading</h1>\n\nMore content\n"

Real World Usage

When it comes to working with Rails helper methods, it’s important to understand how to parse large strings and replace patterns with other strings.

Solution

Can be found on the solutions branch on github.