On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Chris Causer wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> 
> I know this is an easy question, but I want to know the best way to do this
> (i.e. the most Rubyesque).
> 
> How do I strip the last four characters off a string of undetermined length?
> I'm sure it is a one liner and doesn't require regexp. I currently have:
> 
> irb(main):010:0> a='80/tcp'
> => "80/tcp"
> irb(main):011:0> a[0,a.length-4]
> => "80"
> 
How does:

irb(main):001:0> str = "80/tcp"
=> "80/tcp"
irb(main):002:0> str[0...-4]
=> "80"
irb(main):003:0>

look?
        Hugh