From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2004-09-28T17:23:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Wish list for 2.0

> A deletew or rmwhite where it deletes all the white space from a string
>  If you can use delete(/s) or something PLEASE let me know! :)

str = "  abc  def  \n  ghi  jkl  "
str.gsub!(/\s+/,'')
p str
# prints "abcdefghijkl"

You can define this as your own String#deletew method easily enough if you
need to use it over and over again:

class String
  def deletew!
    gsub!(/\s+/,'')
  end
  def deletew
    dup.deletew!
  end
end

Regards,

Brian.