From: Albert Chou <achou@...>
Date: 2003-12-23T05:53:23+09:00
Subject: Re: String.strip( string_to_strip )

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Thanks for the critique, Austin.  Nice code.  I also came across a
thread from July on the same subject (while searching for something
completely unrelated, isn't that always the way? <g>), so sorry for the
duplication.  I am wondering whether the regexp anchors could/should be
\A, \Z instead of ^, $ ....

Al


-----Original Message-----
From: Austin Ziegler [mailto:austin@halostatue.ca]
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 6:50 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: String.strip( string_to_strip )

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:05:36 +0900, Albert Chou wrote:
> I've wanted a String.strip( string_to_strip ) method to augment
> the existing strip() method for a long time, and today I TDD'ed
> myself one. Anyone else have a use for such a thing?

Not really :) At first, I wasn't understanding what your code was
trying to do. However, I think that you'll find the attached code a
bit more comprehensible. It also properly returns a copy of the
modified code, whereas your original version modifies the original
string.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.12.20
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