From: "Wayne E. Seguin" <wayneeseguin@...>
Date: 2007-10-12T21:09:15+09:00
Subject: Re: How to delete specific characters from a string?

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On 10/12/07, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This little problem is quite enjoyable:
> >
> > class String
> >   def delete_indices(*indices)
> >     indices.each do |index|
> >       self[index] = ''
> >     end
> >     self
> >   end
> > end
>
> What's neat about that solution is that you can pass it a list or a range.
>
> >> "muppet".delete_indices(2,4)
> => "mupe"
> >> "muppet".delete_indices(2..4)
> => "mut"
>
> --
> Giles Bowkett



I love that observation, great point Giles! Truly enjoyable.

  ~Wayne

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