From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-03-22T00:19:59+09:00
Subject: Re: string.tr and \


"Christian Neukirchen" <chneukirchen@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:m2mzsxvxyl.fsf@lilith.local...
> "Robert Klemme" <bob.news@gmx.net> writes:
>
> > "Tom Counsell" <tamc2@cam.ac.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:193f68dcbb7799e1110cab8eb7a02248@cam.ac.uk...
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> I'm a little confused and would appreciate your help.  I would like
to
> >> remove any \ characters from a string as well as some other
characters.
> >>
> >
> > You're abusing String#tr - this method is intended to replace single
chars
> > by other single chars.  That you can remove characters is a special
case
> > with empty replacement strings.  You really should be using gsub or
gsub!:
> >
> >>> 'b\\c'.gsub /\\/, ''
> > => "bc"
>
> String#delete exists.

Cool!  Wasn't aware of that.  Thx for the pointer!

    robert