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almazom on 02/17/10


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replace quotes & trim (left and right)

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  1. def remove_q_n_trim str
  2.  return str.gsub(/"|^ +| $+|\n/i,'').to_s
  3. end

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Posted By: TomL on February 17, 2010

I tried it with the string " \" hello " and it didn't remove the two spaces before the "h".

How about: def removequotesand_spaces(str) str.gsub("\"","").strip end

Posted By: TomL on February 17, 2010

I tried it with the string " \" hello " and it didn't remove the two spaces before the "h".

How about: def removequotesand_spaces(str) str.gsub("\"","").strip end

Posted By: almazom on February 24, 2010

def removeqntrim str return str.gsub(/"|^ | $|\n/i,'').tos end

added new line removing

Posted By: almazom on February 24, 2010

def removeqntrim str return str.gsub(/"|^ +| $+|\n/i,'').tos end

to TOM:

now it must remove 2 and more spaces in the left and right of the string (added '+')

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