From: Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@...>
Date: 2004-10-11T23:22:58+09:00
Subject: Re: string replacement

Hi,

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:06:58 +0900, J.Lang <jlang@ywesee.com> wrote:
> we need to replace a  whitespace with a <br> if the string is longer
> then 30 chars (next whitespace after 30 chars)
> 
> does someone have a idea to programm this in ruby?

Maybe:

5.times{
s = ' ' * (rand * 50)
len = s.size
z = s[30..-1]
if z
  s = s[0..29] + z.gsub(' ', '<br />')
end

p "s (#{len}): #{s}", '---', "z: #{z}", '---'
}

Cheers,
Joao