From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2003-06-23T03:50:42+09:00
Subject: Re: String#decorate

daz <dooby@d10.karoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> "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
> 
> 
>