From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2009-02-22T03:10:58+09:00
Subject: Re: ask ri for the other squeeze

Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@gmail.com> wrote:

> > but I prefer fastri over ri, because....it's *faster* =D
> > http://eigenclass.org/hiki/fastri
> 
> Note also that you can lookup things in irb
> 
> irb(main):002:0> help "String#chars"
> ----------------------------------------------------------- String#chars
>      str.chars                   => anEnumerator
>      str.chars {|substr| block } => str
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>      Returns an enumerator that gives each character in the string. If a
>      block is given, it iterates over each character in the string.
> 
>         "foo".chars.to_a   #=> ["f","o","o"]

But what I asked about was String.squeeze. Same problem:

irb(main):001:0> help "String#squeeze"
More than one method matched your request. You can refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

     String#squeeze!, String#squeeze, String#squeeze!, String#squeeze

Now what? m.

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