From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2009-01-23T05:22:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Strings - trying to trim values


On Jan 22, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Mmcolli00 Mom wrote:

> What is the correct way to trim off the the first 37 characters of a
> string?
>
> I want to trim off the value from position 0 -> pos 37 or take off all
> characters from right side and stopping at a specific character #.
>
> myval = wererwerwerwerweritop123233434345556#personID
>
> How is this done? Thanks.
> MC
> -- 

Several ways:

irb> myval = 'wererwerwerwerweritop123233434345556#personID'
=> "wererwerwerwerweritop123233434345556#personID"
irb> myval[37..-1]
=> "personID"
irb> myval.split('#',2).last
=> "personID"
irb> myval[/[^#]*\z/]
=> "personID"

Take your pick!

-Rob

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