From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2011-05-11T06:43:16+09:00
Subject: Re: gsub and multiple-replacement

require 'stringio'

str =<<'ENDOFSTRING'
Record for WendyQ with girlpower@google.com from Germany
Record for bohH with bogH@yahoo.com from USA
ENDOFSTRING

file = StringIO.new(str)
file.each do |line|
  words = line.split(' ')
  words[2] = '***'
  words[4] = '***'
  words[6] = '***'

  puts words.join(' ')
end

--output:--
Record for *** with *** from ***
Record for *** with *** from ***

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