Fun with String class methods
Jun 14
2008
2008
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class MyString < String # not really useful alias + concat # emulates Array '*' method def *(string) self.split('').inject('') do |s1,c| s1 + c + string end end # emulates Array '-' method def /(string) (self.split('') - string.split('')).to_s end # chars' delimiter def delimiter(string) self.*(string).sub /.$/, '' end end a = MyString.new("abcdef") b = MyString.new("ABCDEF") puts a * ':' puts a / (b + "a") puts a.delimiter(":") #a:b:c:d:e:f: #bcdef #a:b:c:d:e:f
