On 14 Nov 2011, at 08:25, mail list wrote:
> I have a dictionary of keys and values.
>
> I have a text string in which the keys are marked with before and ending
> symbols.
>
> In ruby to replace the key with the value in the text string is reasonably
> simple. (eg Dictionary.each { key,value | string.gsub!(key,value) } - or
> similar to this.
>
> While I don't mind rolling my version of this in Smalltalk, just exploring
> the regex code and the streams code it is not obvious where is the easiest
> place to start.
>
> If someone would put their comments on where to start I will build the
> functionality and put it up on squeaksource since I think it is common
> requirement.
>
> S.
There is String>>#format: but there are probably other options as well.
Sven
