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CamelCase to underscore and back again w/Elixir

If you have a mix project name with multiple words, then those multiple words are generally separated with underscores in the project directory name, like honey_bears. The module name for the project however is HoneyBears.

Converting a string from underscore to CamelCase is built into Elixir. Its in the Macro module:

> Macro.camelize("honey_bear")
"HoneyBear"

The reverse case also can be solved with a Macro function.

> Macro.underscore("HoneyBear")
"honey_bear"

The Macro module has a number of convience functions for working with macros.

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