RE: [Wtr-general] Inserting variable name in string
You're close! New_string = 'abcdef#{var1}jklmnop' -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Torres, Ben (HQP) Sent: 27 July 2005 11:36 To: wtr-general@rubyforge.org Subject: [Wtr-general] Inserting variable name in string Right now, I am doing this: var1 = 'ghi' new_string = 'abcdef' + var1 + 'jklmnop' Is there any way I can insert the variable name within the string? I tried doing this, but it didn't work: New_string = 'abcdef{var1}jklmnop' ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
RE: [Wtr-general] Inserting variable name in string
But it will not work if you use single quotes ('), you have to use double quotes () if you have variable inside the string. new_string = abcdef#{var1}jklmnop Zeljko -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Rogers Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:43 PM To: wtr-general@rubyforge.org Subject: RE: [Wtr-general] Inserting variable name in string You're close! New_string = 'abcdef#{var1}jklmnop' -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Torres, Ben (HQP) Sent: 27 July 2005 11:36 To: wtr-general@rubyforge.org Subject: [Wtr-general] Inserting variable name in string Right now, I am doing this: var1 = 'ghi' new_string = 'abcdef' + var1 + 'jklmnop' Is there any way I can insert the variable name within the string? I tried doing this, but it didn't work: New_string = 'abcdef{var1}jklmnop' ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Inserting variable name in string
Hi, Try this.. var1 = 'ghi' var1 = 'ghi' new_string = abcdef#{var1}jklmnop I think you forgot to put the # before the braces and also double quoted string is must for this kind of substitution. Regards, Angrez On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 Torres,Ben(HQP) wrote : Right now, I am doing this: var1 = 'ghi' new_string = 'abcdef' + var1 + 'jklmnop' Is there any way I can insert the variable name within the string? I tried doing this, but it didn't work: New_string = 'abcdef{var1}jklmnop' ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
Re: [Wtr-general] Inserting variable name in string
Hi, Try this.. var1 = 'ghi' new_string = abcdef#{var1}jklmnop I think you forgot to put the # before the braces and also double quoted string is must for this kind of substitution. Regards, Angrez On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 Torres,Ben(HQP) wrote : Right now, I am doing this: var1 = 'ghi' new_string = 'abcdef' + var1 + 'jklmnop' Is there any way I can insert the variable name within the string? I tried doing this, but it didn't work: New_string = 'abcdef{var1}jklmnop' ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general ___ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general