Michael Neumann wrote:


>>>  # $_ = "...reinventing"
>>>  sub(/re/, //)
>>>  # puts
>>>
>>
>>C:\>ruby -e 'print "reinventing".sub!(/re/,//)'
>>#<Regexp:0x459a880>inventing
>>C:\>ruby -e 'print "reinventing".sub!(/re/,"")'
>>inventing
>>
> 
> maybe even better is:
> 
> $ echo "reinventing" | ruby -pe "sub /re/, ''"
> inventing


Why better?
(I just posted the above because I thought we don't want 
<Regexp:0x459a880>inventing
but
inventing
)

Tobi



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