From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2007-05-08T22:47:31+09:00
Subject: Re: general purpose chomp?

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:33:43PM +0900, Robert Dober wrote:
> On 5/8/07, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:
> >I wonder why we do not have one. Or maybe I just overlooked something?
> >
> >class String
> >  def lstripc c = ' \r\t\n'
> >    c = c.chr if c.kind_of? Integer
> >    idx = 0
> >    while c.include? self[idx]
> >      idx += 1
> >    end
> >    self[idx..-1]
> >  end
> >end
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Michal
> >
> >
> Some random thoughts
> * Chomp strips on the RHS of the string, right?
> * Sometimes I would just use sub /^<clever rgx>/, ""

Except that would be wrong in this case, since it wouldn't only chomp from
the left-hand side of the string.

Use /\A.../ not /^.../