From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-08-15T15:46:14+09:00
Subject: Re: YANQ (yet another newbie question): "string"[0.."e"]


basi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to say in Ruby:
>
> "astring"[0../r/]     #"ast"
> "astring"[/ast/..-1]  #"ring"

Another approach is to remove what you don't want:

"astring".sub(/r.*/,'')   -->   "ast"

"astring".sub(/^ast/,'')   -->   "ring"