From: Julian Leviston <julian@...>
Date: 2009-02-02T15:01:29+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby string question

x.delete!(x) << "new value"

Before and after, the object id will be identical.

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On 01/02/2009, at 5:40 AM, Tsunami Scripter <lyon2003@lycos.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to modify an existing ruby string without creating a  
> new
> one ?
>
> If for example I have the following code :
>
> x = "first string"
> x = "second string"
>
> between asigning values , the object_id() is different . Is there a
> possibility to modify the first string so that after the modifications
> the object_id will be the same ?
>
> I would like to know how I could get to an empty string from "first
> string". I would like to know if a clear method exists,or something
> alike. I'm using ruby 1.8.7 .
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