From: Analogy Analogy <analogy47@...>
Date: 2007-09-19T05:14:05+09:00
Subject: Re: converting text

Sebastian Hungerecker wrote:
> Analogy Analogy wrote:
> 
>> I tried cutting and pasting this in SciTE to see if it works...it
>> didn't, but thanks for directing me in the right direction.
> 
> How does it not work? Both versions work just fine in irb:
>>> ["1.80%", "14.50%", "ruby", "3.10%"].map do |string|
>>>   string.gsub(/\d+(\.\d+)?/) {|match| "%.1f" % match}
>>> end
> => ["1.8%", "14.5%", "ruby", "3.1%"]
> 
>>> ["1.80%", "14.50%", "ruby", "3.10%"].map do |string|
>>>   string.gsub(/\d+(\.\d+)?/) {|match| match.to_f.to_s}
>>> end
> => ["1.8%", "14.5%", "ruby", "3.1%"]

My fault, I stand corrected. Thank you sir!
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