Class: String

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• String

Defined in:

lib/core_ext/string.rb

Overview

Extensions to class String.

Author:

• Thorsten Kummerow (@thomerow)

Instance Method Summary

• #remove_first_and_last ⇒ String

  Removes the first and last characters from a string and returns the manipulated string.

Instance Method Details

#remove_first_and_last ⇒ String

Removes the first and last characters from a string and returns the manipulated string.

Returns:

• (String) —

  The string without its first and last characters.

# File 'lib/core_ext/string.rb', line 21

def remove_first_and_last 
  if self.length == 0 then return '' end
  result = self.dup
  result[0] = ''
  if result.length > 0 then result[result.length - 1] = '' end
  return result
end