From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-02-12T20:59:58+09:00
Subject: Re: (noob) cast string to array?


"Simon Strandgaard" <neoneye@adslhome.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:pan.2004.02.12.00.39.08.258666@adslhome.dk...
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:31:29 +0000, Koncept wrote:
> > Hi. What a fantastic language. This is my first day learning using it
> > and I *love* it so far.
>
> Great.. Welcome to Ruby.
>
> [snip]
> >
> > result = result.sub(/\{/,'[')
> > result = result.sub(/\}/,']')
>
> What you has written is the same as (notice the '!' suffix)
>
>   result.sub!(/\{/,'[')
>   result.sub!(/\}/,']')
>
> Above can be chained, so it becomes
>
>   result.sub!(/\{/,'[').sub!(/\}/,']')

I always feel unconfortable chaining (g)sub! since the result here *may*
be nil.

I'd rather do

array = eval( result.gsub( /\{([^}]*)\}/, '[\\1]' ) )

    robert