From: Carlos <angus@...>
Date: 2006-05-19T16:11:47+09:00
Subject: Re: String#nstrip ?

Getting STRING[0..(STRING.index(0.chr) || 0)-1]:

> STRING.split("\0").first

> STRING[0 .. STRING.index(0.chr)-1]

> STRING.scan(/^[^\000]+/).first

> STRING[/^.*?(?=\0)/]

> STRING[ /^[^\0]*/ ]

And the canonical (?):

   STRING.unpack("Z*")[0]

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