From: "Jörg W Mittag" <JoergWMittag+Ruby@...>
Date: 2010-07-24T00:25:06+09:00
Subject: Re: how to convert the string?

Pen Ttt wrote:
> i want to convert a string  "-34\n   \302\240"  into "-34"
> irb(main):001:0> "-34\n   \302\240".gsub('\302\240','').strip.chomp
> => "-34\n   \302\240"
> how to convert it?
> thinks for your help.

Does the string have *any* kind of random data at the beginning or is
it always an integer? In the latter case, you could simply parse the
number and convert it back into a string:

    "-34\n   \302\240".to_i.to_s # "-34"

jwm