From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2006-09-15T20:40:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Keep only one part of a string

Zouplaz wrote:
> Sorry, what I would like to know is if there is a another String method
>   to delete a part of a string instead of gsub
>
> In the string "REF:90 REFERAL"
>
> I want REF: to be deleted but not the REF or REFERAL
>
> I've tried with the .delete method but each R, E F : char was deleted in
> the string

You want String#slice!

s = 'REF:90 REFERAL'
s.slice!('REF:') # => "REF:"
s # => "90 REFERAL"

Check out the core documentation for the String class:
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.html

Regards,
Jordan