From: Benedikt Heinen <ruby@...>
Date: 2005-11-22T21:34:54+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie question


> irb(main):001:0> name = "Jasmine"
> => "Jasmine"
> irb(main):002:0> phrase = "ja"
> => "ja"
> irb(main):003:0> name.sub(/ja/i, '**')
> => "**smine"
> irb(main):004:0> name.sub(/phrase/i, '**')
> => "Jasmine"

Just the same way you do variable substitution in strings (like in puts):

irb(main):005:0> name.sub(/#{phrase}/i, '**')
=> "**smine"





Benedikt

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