From: yermej <yermej@...>
Date: 2008-02-28T08:50:04+09:00
Subject: Re: String interpolation method?

On Feb 27, 4:53 pm, John Carter <john.car...@tait.co.nz> wrote:
> Ok, I'm being stupid probably...
>
> But I can't spot a method to do string interpolation.
>
> I have a string...
>
> a = 'bra#{c}ket'
>
> The variable c isn't available at the stage of setting that up. Hence
> the use of '' instead of "".
>
> The variable will be available later....
>
> At that stage I want to do something like...
>
> c=' see '
> a.interpolate
>
> The closest I can get is a bit fugly...
>
> eval "\"#{a}\""
> => "bra see ket"
>
> Any better way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Carter                             Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
> Tait Electronics                        Fax   : (64)(3) 359 4632
> PO Box 1645 Christchurch                Email : john.car...@tait.co.nz
> New Zealand

I would do it thusly:

a = "bra%sket"
c = ' see '
a % c
=> "bra see ket"