Erg .... last_message.gsub( "your town", "your tone" ).repost
j. On 10/1/05, Jeff Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The 'F' in RTFM has ALWAYS had derogatory meaning since the inception > of the acronym. > > http://www.pmms.cam.ac.uk/~gjm11/jargon/jargR.html#rtfm > > And, yes, I saw that you had included irb lines within your post, but, > people come here for help... They want solutions spelled out, because > ( hopefully ) they've already done all of the research they could, and > just didn't understand, or couldn't find the right docs in the first > place... > > If you had simply changed your town from RTFM!!!! to "there are a > number of good online references for regular expressions like : ( > enumerate urls ) ... as well as the wonderful O'Reilly book "Mastering > Regular Expressions" ... Here's a solution, and it does look a bit > like line-noise, so if you'd like to understand it better, any of > these resources should help." > > Much calmer, much nicer, and an easier way to grow the community. > > Anyways, ciao for now. > > j. > > On 10/1/05, Alexey Verkhovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, the RTFM abbreviation wasn't meant to be anything like you > > imagine. Just a suggestion where to look for a generic solution to this > > class of problems. > > The quote from IRB session quote was a specific solution to the question > > posed. > > > > Alex > > > > > I hope I'm speaking for others on this list, but jumping on somebody > > > with an RTFM answer is extremely inappropriate. > > > On 10/1/05, *Alexey Verkhovsky* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > RTFM about regular expressions - they are your best friend for > tasks > > > like this. > > > > > > irb:001:0> s = > > > "http://soft-bogomazov:88/admin/menus/add_item/?menu_id=14"; > > > => " http://soft-bogomazov:88/admin/menus/add_item/?menu_id=14"; > > > irb:002:0> i = s.gsub(/^http:.*\?menu_id=(\d+)$/, '\1') > > > => "14" > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wtr-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > > > > > -- > "http://ruby-lang.org -- do you ruby?" > > Jeff Wood > -- "http://ruby-lang.org -- do you ruby?" Jeff Wood _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
