From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2009-02-01T03:50:57+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby string question

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Tsunami Scripter <lyon2003@lycos.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to modify an existing ruby string without creating a new
> one ?
yes
>
> If for example I have the following code :
>
> x = "first string"
> x  "second string"
x.clear << "second string"
x.sub! /first/, "second"
x[0..4] = "second"

> I would like to know how I could get to an empty string from "first
> string".
I guess my first example answers this.
HTH
Robert


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