From: Jamey Cribbs <cribbsj@...>
Date: 2004-06-23T05:03:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question - how to replace multiple whitespace	withinastring?

Brian Tully wrote:

>So in these examples I would hope for the following:
>
>     @state = @user['state'].squeeze(" ")
>
>if @user['state'] was originally "New   York" I would hope that the above
>would set @state to "New York".
>
>In addition if @user['state'] was originally "California" I would hope that
>the above would still set @state to "California".
>
>
>
>squeeze! - Squeezes str in place, returning either str, or  nil if no
>changes were made.
>
>I interpret this as if no changes were made "nil" will be returned, so in my
>example of "California" wouldn't this set @state to nil?
>
>  
>
You are correct.

Jamey

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