From: "Ian M. Asaff" <ian.asaff@...>
Date: 2011-11-24T02:28:15+09:00
Subject: Re: need help with gsub a string

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this is simpler...

ruby-1.9.2-p290 :023 > s = "(linux) alpha / beta"
 => "(linux) alpha / beta"
ruby-1.9.2-p290 :024 > s.split("/")[1].strip
 => "beta"



On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Ian M. Asaff <ian.asaff@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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".
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
> >
>

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