Re: String#nstrip ?

On Fri, 19 May 2006, Daniel Berger wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When using the Win32API package, I often have to resort to this idiom to get 
> a string out of a buffer:
>
> string.split(0.chr).first
>
> The problem is that it's kinda slow.  No, I can't use String#rstrip or 
> String#gsub because often there's other junk at the end of the string that 
> would prevent those methods from working.
>
> What about adding a String#nstrip (null strip) method that would return a 
> string up to the first NULL character?  Here's a simple implementation:

harp:~ > ruby -e'  p "42\0\0"[ /^[^\0]*/ ]  '
"42"

harp:~ > ruby -e'  p "42"[ /^[^\0]*/ ]  '
"42"

harp:~ > ruby -e'  p ""[ /^[^\0]*/ ]  '
""

regards.

-a
-- 
be kind whenever possible... it is always possible.
- h.h. the 14th dali lama