Splitting a string

Rails
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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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Pale H. 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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Pale H. 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.

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On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Pale H. [email protected]
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.
How about “Example One”.split?

–wpd

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Quoting Pale H. [email protected]:

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