From: "Ian M. Asaff" <ian.asaff@...>
Date: 2011-11-24T02:23:08+09:00
Subject: Re: need help with gsub a string

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something like this?

ruby-1.9.2-p290 :016 > s = "(linux) alpha / beta"
 => "(linux) alpha / beta"
ruby-1.9.2-p290 :017 > s.slice(s.index("/")+1,s.length).strip
 => "beta"



On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:13 PM, skolo pen <skolopen@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Lacking in regular expressions knowledge, I am having difficulty
> replacing the string as shown:
>
> "(linux) alpha/beta"
>
> Essentially, there may be spaces such as:
>
> " ( linux)alpha / beta" or maybe "(linux) alpha / beta"
>
> What I am trying to replace that whole string with is just the last word
> after the / so my string will just be "beta".
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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