Splitting a string

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Example A: "Example One"

What I need is a string method to remove " One" from that string so the result is just "Example".

I'm sure this is very simple but I just require a swift response.

Thanks.

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How about "Example One".split?

--wpd

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Pale Horse wrote:

Example A: "Example One"

What I need is a string method to remove " One" from that string so the result is just "Example".

I'm sure this is very simple but I just require a swift response.

Thanks.

a = "Example One" a = a.split(/ /)[0]

In general, the way to solve a problem is to try and tackle it from different angles. Do you want to ... a) remove everything after 'Example'? b) remove the last four characters of the string? c) remove everything after the first word? d) remove the last word and the last space?

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a = "Example One" a = a.split(/ /)[0]

In general, the way to solve a problem is to try and tackle it from different angles. Do you want to ... a) remove everything after 'Example'? b) remove the last four characters of the string? c) remove everything after the first word? d) remove the last word and the last space?

I want to remove everything after the first word.

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Quoting Pale Horse <lists@ruby-forum.com>:

Example A: "Example One"

What I need is a string method to remove " One" from that string so the result is just "Example".

irb(main):010:0> "Example One and trailing stufff".split(' ', 2)[0] => "Example"

irb(main):014:0> "Example One and trailing stuff".slice(/\w+/) => "Example"

HTH,   Jeffrey

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Pale Horse wrote:

a = "Example One" a = a.split(/ /)[0]

In general, the way to solve a problem is to try and tackle it from different angles. Do you want to ... a) remove everything after 'Example'? b) remove the last four characters of the string? c) remove everything after the first word? d) remove the last word and the last space?

I want to remove everything after the first word.

Well, then my solution works for you, but you should familiarize yourself with it. http://ruby-doc.org/core/

Go check out the String methods.