From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby@...>
Date: 2004-10-11T23:23:39+09:00
Subject: Re: string replacement

J.Lang 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?
> 
> 
> cheers
> mike and john
> 
string = "abcd " * 30
string.gsub /(.{30}\S)\s/, '\1<br>'

regards,

Brian
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