From: Steven Ketcham <steve@...>
Date: 2006-09-30T06:10:33+09:00
Subject: Re: string indexing/setting

Sorry! Wrong order in the copy-and-paste.


s = "000011481^3"
pos = s.index("11")
s[2..pos] = "BigString"

puts s

 

Thanks!

 

Steve

 

 


-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Kr�ger [mailto:SimonKroeger@gmx.de] 
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 5:06 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: string indexing/setting

Steven Ketcham wrote:
> I think I found a version difference between 1.82 and 1.84-20 Stable and I
> wanted to know what correct code was and what was not. 
> 
> pos = s.index("11")

what is 's' here?

> s = "000011481^3"
> 
> s[2..pos] = "BigString"
> 
> puts s


cheers

Simon