From: Chris Carter <cdcarter@...>
Date: 2007-06-29T04:52:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Forward Slash (/)

On 6/28/07, Vincent Predoehl <vpredoehl@phoenixwebgroup.com> wrote:
> I thought I knew everything about the Ruby syntax, then I saw this:
>
>  (doc/"#sidebar").remove
>
> What does the slash do, is it an operator?  What's it called?
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

The / is normally the division operator, but like most operators in
ruby, it can be overridden.  In this case, it is using the hpricot
library, and / is an alias to #select (or #at, can't remember which is
which).


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