string slice elegant way

[Mage]

Hello,

suppose that:

a = 'hello there'
and I need 'llo there'

a[2,a.size] works, but I find it ugly because the given length is larger
than the real length of the result.
a[2,a.size - 2] is okay, but it is not DRY.

Is there any elegant way, like a[2:] in Python?

(Well, I know that I can write my own [] method for String class.)

Mage

 

[Paolo Capriotti]

Hello,

suppose that:

a =3D 'hello there'
and I need 'llo there'

a[2,a.size] works, but I find it ugly because the given length is larger
than the real length of the result.
a[2,a.size - 2] is okay, but it is not DRY.

Is there any elegant way, like a[2:] in Python?

a[2..-1]

Paolo Capriotti

 

[Marcin Mielżyński]

Hello,

suppose that:

a = 'hello there'
and I need 'llo there'

a[2,a.size] works, but I find it ugly because the given length is larger
than the real length of the result.
a[2,a.size - 2] is okay, but it is not DRY.

Is there any elegant way, like a[2:] in Python?

a[2..-1]

Paolo Capriotti

And consider that it doesnt require Ruby to have any special syntax for
that.



lopex

 

[Mage]

Hello,

suppose that:

a = 'hello there'
and I need 'llo there'

a[2,a.size] works, but I find it ugly because the given length is larger
than the real length of the result.
a[2,a.size - 2] is okay, but it is not DRY.

Is there any elegant way, like a[2:] in Python?

a[2..-1]

Thank you, I`ve only tried a[2,-1] before the letter. My fault.

Mage

 

[Mage]

Thank you, I`ve only tried a[2,-1] before the letter. My fault.

By the way, ranges ending with lesser number than beginning seems nasty
objects to me. Their "member?" and "each" methods are not usable. Are
they good for anything beyond string slicing?

Mage

 

[Gregor Kopp]

p "hello there".reverse.chop.chop.reverse

lol

sorry, couldn't resist that choke...

 

[dblack]

Hi --

Thank you, I`ve only tried a[2,-1] before the letter. My fault.

By the way, ranges ending with lesser number than beginning seems nasty
objects to me. Their "member?" and "each" methods are not usable. Are they
good for anything beyond string slicing?

They're not good for that either; [2,-1] isn't a range object

I can't remember exactly what's been said in the past about backwards
ranges, but I know stuff has been said. There's a ton of range
discussion in the ruby-talk archives. You'll find just about every
possible like, dislike, suggestion for change, etc., represented.


David

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[dblack]

Hi --

[2,-1] isn't a range object

It also doesn't work, at least not the way the OP wanted it to. But 2..-1
does.

Right -- I flipped it around. The backward ranges do indeed serve
that purpose.


David

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