From: Raul Jara <raul.c.jara@...>
Date: 2010-03-03T11:50:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Find and replace with values from array with gsub

Raul Jara wrote:
> @full_text_array.each_with_index do |original_name, i|
>   @full_text.gsub!(original_name, @new_link_array[i])
> end
> 
> 
> Although if you have "Derek Jeter Derek Jeter" fifty times in a row 
> you'll end up doing a lot of extra work.  You might want to do something 
> like:
> 
> results = @full_text.scan(/([A-Z]+[a-zA-Z]* [A-Z]+[a-zA-Z]*)/)
> 
> names_links = {}
> 
> results.each do |name|
>   unless names_links[name]
>     names_links[name] = method_to_construct_link_for_name(name)
>   end
> end
> 
> results.each_pair do |name, link|
>   @full_text.gsub!(name, link)
> end


Stupid hitting submit before I meant to.  The first post contains at 
least one typo, and also I meant to add that I hope that helps.

-Ra炭l
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