From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2002-02-20T10:44:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Changing String Without Changing The Address

Songsu Yun wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Based on what I have read, it seems that assignment just change the string
> variable to point to the new string object.
> Is it possible to just change the contents of a string object with the
> string variable still pointing to the same string object ?
> Thanks.

irb(main):001:0> x = y = "foo"
"foo"
irb(main):002:0> x.replace "bar"
"bar"
irb(main):003:0> y
"bar"