On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:35 AM, John Smith <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: > > I need to use gsub in a large text. For example, I will like to search > for 'car' in this text. > > "Lorem ipum car. Locar ipsum,<p>car lorem ipusum</p>.Lorem car ipsum" > > > I will like to put 'bike' instead of 'car'. Exactly I need this words, > and not ' bike ', for example. Also, I do not want to do 'Lobike' in > 'Locar' (it should remain 'Locar'). > > I'll appreciate any help.
Use word break matches in your regular expression as follows: <string>.gsub(/\bcar\b/, 'bike') Andrew Timberlake http://ramblingsonrails.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education" - Mark Twain --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
