From: Shalev NessAiver <shalev@...>
Date: 2005-08-08T06:16:34+09:00
Subject: Re: sub(/variable/,'')

On Aug 7, 2005, at 5:11 PM, Spock wrote:

> James Edward Gray II napisal(a):
>
>> On Aug 7, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Marcin Jurczuk wrote:
>>
>
>
>>>
>>> How use variable "a" as sub argument ?
>>>
>>
>> Just as you include a variable in a string:
>>
>> b.sub(/#{a}/, "")
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> James Edward Gray II
>

You can also do:

irb(main):002:0> a = /DEL/
=> /DEL/
irb(main):003:0> b = "DELETE"
=> "DELETE"
irb(main):004:0> b.sub(a,'')
=> "ETE"