How about something like
words = {}
words['word'] = 'newword'
words['otherword'] = 'newotherword'
outmessage = message
splits = message.split(' ')
if (words[splits[0]])
splits[0] = words[splits[0]]
outmessage = splits.join(' ')
end
obviously it can be cleaned up a fair bit, but the hash will save having a god
awful if or switch statement
Simon
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:22:33 +0800, Robert Scott
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Does anybody have a good starting point for how to read the first word
> of a string and then, based on several defined pairs, swap it?
>
> I've been considering using something like
>
> @split = @message.split('-')
> if @split[0] == "word"
> ...
> elsif @split[0] == "otherword"
> ...
> end
>
> Even if this is the best way to do it, I'm not sure how to replace the
> word or patch the string back up for display. :/
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