From: daz <dooby@...10.karoo.co.uk>
Date: 2003-06-23T02:29:51+09:00
Subject: Re: String#decorate


"Martin DeMello" <martindemello@yahoo.com> wrote:

> ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote:
> >>>>>> "M" == Martin DeMello <martindemello@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > M> pp = ary.join(",").decorate {|s| "[#{s}]"}
> > M> attrib = title.capitalize.decorate {|t| "\t -- #{author[t]},\"#{t}\""}
> > M> (n*100).to_s.decorate {|p| "#{p}% done"}
> >
> > Something like this ?
> >
> > svg% ri String#%
>
> No, simply
>
> class String
>   def decorate
>     yield self
>   end
> end
>
> martin

Or ... yes; that's exactly what sprintf is for.

ary = %w{eight nine ten}
puts "[%s]" % ary.join(",")
n=3
puts "%s%% done" % (n*100)

#-> [eight,nine,ten]
#-> 300% done

The 'attrib example you give is just as simple but I
haven't got the dataset to resolve all the variables.


daz