From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-02-15T08:53:51+09:00
Subject: Re: simple programming q

On Feb 14, 2006, at 3:33 PM, grrr wrote:

> I am a ruby newbie. I want to make a simple script that replaces  
> certain
> characters in a block of text with specific other characters.
>
> I am wondering what kind of loop or algo is thought to be most  
> effective
> for this kind of work..
> Maybe go through the block of text with a hashing table and replace
> each 'hit'? Would this be reasonable approach?
>
> #example pseudocode idea
> blokoftxt = 'Theres some text in block.'
> replacekey = { 'T' = 'W', 'a' = 'o', 'o' = 'a' }
>
> blokoftxt.each ( if equal to a replacekey, replace with key value )

blokoftxt.tr 'Tao', 'Woa'

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