Hi. I just tested the regexp against 19.0000 and it works, but I got a little problem with the [\s\n]I just solved:
s = '19.0000 / 482.600 mm / 19.060000 / 482.600 mm' s.gsub!(/(\.0?[^0])?0+/, '\1').gsub!(/\.([\s\n])/, '\1') This produces: '19 / 482.6 mm / 19.06 / 482.6 mm' The "insignificant" trailing zeros after are always trimmed after a decimal point. Pepe On Feb 28, 6:30 pm, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > There appear to be some good solutions here, but I thought I'd jump > in > with a bit of non-Rails technical detail. > > I'd double check with the source of this data - the zeros may be > significant. > (seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_figures) > > The data given doesn't seem to match that (482.600 mm would be written > as > 19.0000"), but it doesn't hurt to verify... > > --Matt Jones > > On Feb 27, 2:47 pm, northband <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi - > > > I would like to use gsub() to strip decimals with trailing zeros from > > a string. My string looks like this: > > -- > > 19.0 " / 482.600 mm > > -- > > > I would like to end up with this: > > -- > > 19 " / 482.6 mm > > -- > > > Anyone have a regular expression that can do this? > > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
