From: Harry Kakueki <list.push@...>
Date: 2007-05-23T09:26:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Substituting variables in a method

On 5/23/07, Michael W. Ryder <_mwryder@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I am trying to figure out how to pass variables for the parameters to a
> method.  I want to do something like b = a.tr({c}, {d}) where 'c' is the
> text to be matched and 'd' is the replacement text.  Obviously the above
> does not work, nor does b = a.tr(#{c}, ${d}).  Is this even possible or
> do I need to work out some regular expression to do the same thing.
> What I am trying to do is have a method where I can say change all
> periods to commas and commas to periods or change all *s to #s or ...
>
>

I'm not sure if this is what you want, but..


str1 = "I am a string. "
str2 = "You are not. "
str3 = str1 + str2

str4 = str3.gsub("#{str1}","#{str2}")
p str1
p str2
p str3
p str4

Harry

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