From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-04-10T10:55:20+09:00
Subject: Re: DRY up consecutive gsub's - How to

RichardOnRails wrote:

> Each of the following one-liners failed:
> 	 col_name.gsub!(/[\s]/, ""). gsub!(/[&]/, "And").gsub!(/[#]/,
> "Number") if col_name

   col_name = col_name.to_s.gsub(/[\s]/, ""). gsub(/[&]/, "And").gsub(/[#]/, 
"Number")

If you don't mind col_name shifting from a nil to a blank.

Also, the [] brackets add no value - both [\s] and \s are a one-width match.