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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: Chopping the beginning of a string elegantly
From:       Wybo Dekker <wybo () servalys ! nl>
Date:       2005-07-29 13:01:32
Message-ID: 42EA2887.2070404 () servalys ! nl
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francisrammeloo@hotmail.com wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm having some trouble finding an elegant way of removing a part of a
>string based on an pattern.
>
>Suppose I want to chop off the "Begin" in the string "BeginCaption".
>  
>
irb(main):001:0>  w='BeginCaption'
=> "BeginCaption"
irb(main):002:0> w.slice!(/^Begin/)
=> "Begin"
irb(main):003:0> w
=> "Caption"

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Wybo

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