From: Chris Morris <the.chrismo@...>
Date: 2012-05-01T02:46:47+09:00
Subject: Re: delete character from array

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On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Brian Candler <lists@ruby-forum.com>wrote:

> Chris Morris wrote in post #1058975:
> > This is a little blunt, but may be what you need:
> >
> > '123123123123'.scan(/(\w\w)\w/).to_s
> > => "12121212"
>
> That doesn't delete every third character in the string though, as a
> couple of simple tests will show:
>

Good point.

-- 
Chris
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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Brian Candler =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:lists@ruby-forum.com" target=3D"_bl=
ank">lists@ruby-forum.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gma=
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Chris Morris wrote in post #1058975:<br>
<div class=3D"im">&gt; This is a little blunt, but may be what you need:<br=
>
&gt;<br>
&gt; &#39;123123123123&#39;.scan(/(\w\w)\w/).to_s<br>
&gt; =3D&gt; &quot;12121212&quot;<br>
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</div>That doesn&#39;t delete every third character in the string though, a=
s a<br>
couple of simple tests will show:<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good =
point.</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>Chris<div><a href=3D"http://livings=
ocial.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://livingsocial.com</a>=A0|=A0<a href=3D"=
http://clabs.org/" target=3D"_blank">http://clabs.org</a></div>
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