From: Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
Date: 2008-08-25T22:51:32+09:00
Subject: Re: split not returning an array?

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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Amanda .. <a.etherton@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there, I start out with a string containing at least 1 '+' separating
> words in it. I'm trying to get an array using str.split('+'), so I can
> use each word to do something different.
>
> So for example, I have string = "science+students"
> Now I want an array: ["science", "students"]
>
> Problem is, when I do string.split('+'), I'm getting a single string
> with the '+' removed, so if I do:
>
> @cmds = @string.split('+')
>
> for @item in @cmds
>  puts 1
> end
>
> '1' is only outputted once, and if I just print out @cmds, I get
> "science students" (I used this to see how many items were in the
> 'array')
>
> Can anyone explain to me what's happening here? It looks like the split
> method is returning the original strings without the '+' characters, and
> not an array as it should be...
>
> Thanks for any help!
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
split behaves exactly as documented for me.  What is the full section of
code where this is happening?  Does:

string = "science+students"
string.split('+')

return ["science", "students"]

in irb on your machine?

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