newbie question

[Vamsee Kanakala]

Hi all,

I'm playing with patterns:

irb(main):001:0> name = "Jasmine"
=> "Jasmine"
irb(main):002:0> phrase = "ja"
=> "ja"
irb(main):003:0> name.sub(/ja/i, '**')
=> "**smine"
irb(main):004:0> name.sub(/phrase/i, '**')
=> "Jasmine"

So, how do I tell sub that it should use the local variable phrase
instead of the string 'phrase' ?

TIA,
Vamsee.

 

[Michael Fellinger]

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irb(main):001:0> a = "Jasmine"
=> "Jasmine"
irb(main):002:0> phrase = "jas"
=> "jas"
irb(main):003:0> a.sub(/#{phrase}/i, '**')
=> "**mine"
irb(main):004:0>



Am Dienstag 22 November 2005 13:29 schrieb Vamsee Kanakala:

Hi all,

I'm playing with patterns:

irb(main):001:0> name = "Jasmine"
=> "Jasmine"
irb(main):002:0> phrase = "ja"
=> "ja"
irb(main):003:0> name.sub(/ja/i, '**')
=> "**smine"
irb(main):004:0> name.sub(/phrase/i, '**')
=> "Jasmine"

So, how do I tell sub that it should use the local variable phrase
instead of the string 'phrase' ?

TIA,
Vamsee.

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[Benedikt Heinen]

irb(main):001:0> name = "Jasmine"
=> "Jasmine"
irb(main):002:0> phrase = "ja"
=> "ja"
irb(main):003:0> name.sub(/ja/i, '**')
=> "**smine"
irb(main):004:0> name.sub(/phrase/i, '**')
=> "Jasmine"

Just the same way you do variable substitution in strings (like in puts):

irb(main):005:0> name.sub(/#{phrase}/i, '**')
=> "**smine"





Benedikt

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[Robert Klemme]

Hi all,

I'm playing with patterns:

irb(main):001:0> name = "Jasmine"
=> "Jasmine"
irb(main):002:0> phrase = "ja"
=> "ja"
irb(main):003:0> name.sub(/ja/i, '**')
=> "**smine"
irb(main):004:0> name.sub(/phrase/i, '**')
=> "Jasmine"

So, how do I tell sub that it should use the local variable phrase
instead of the string 'phrase' ?

Try name.sub(/#{phrase}/i, '**')

robert

 

[Vamsee Kanakala]

Try name.sub(/#{phrase}/i, '**')

Got it. Thanks all!

 

[William James]

Hi all,

I'm playing with patterns:

irb(main):001:0> name = "Jasmine"
=> "Jasmine"
irb(main):002:0> phrase = "ja"
=> "ja"
irb(main):003:0> name.sub(/ja/i, '**')
=> "**smine"
irb(main):004:0> name.sub(/phrase/i, '**')
=> "Jasmine"

So, how do I tell sub that it should use the local variable phrase
instead of the string 'phrase' ?

irb(main):013:0> phrase = /ja/i
=> /ja/i
irb(main):014:0> "Jasmine".sub(phrase, '**')
=> "**smine"