Can you elaborate on your goal? Taking "xxxy"... what do you want the string to look like?
Robby On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Nik<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello All! > > I have a string: > str = "xxxy" > > and a regular expression: > re=/y/ > > I know that if I do a gsub!, the variable that gets passed into the > block acts as the matched string in str; and I can do something to > this matched string; so: > str.gsub!(re){|s| > s.upcase > } > #=> "xxxY" > > But what can I do to be able to manipulate the pre-match? is it the > $`? I tried > str.gsub!(re){|s| > $`.upcase > } > It wouldn't work. > > Thank you for your help! > > > > -- Robby Russell Chief Evangelist, Partner PLANET ARGON, LLC design // development // hosting w/Ruby on Rails http://planetargon.com/ http://robbyonrails.com/ http://twitter.com/planetargon aim: planetargon +1 503 445 2457 +1 877 55 ARGON [toll free] +1 815 642 4068 [fax] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
