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Pretty way of keeping sensitive info out of a logged command string in Ruby?
I have a long command that I am building with shovels (<<), with the intention of eventually running system(command). I'd ...
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String substitutions in ruby and coding style
I wrote a short ruby script to generate various screenshots, and event though I am not completely new to ruby I rarely use it.
Full script (41 LOC): https://gist.github.com/1229115
The string ...
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Generate permutations with symbols
Goal: Create a combination of emails based from inputted first name, last name, middle name, and a domain. Add in common separators. Then I'll check which one is correct with the rapportive API. This ...
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4
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Processing array of objects into two strings
I have an array of Item objects that each have a string particular and a numeric amount. I ...
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1answer
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Ruby: refactor simple string method for aligning DSV text
GOAL:
Accept DSV strings where the delimiter may consist of more than one character
Accept DSV strings where there are no embedded delimiters
Output text with no modification to the source string ...
4
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3answers
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Number to words problem
This is a very long solution I've been working on to a Number to Words problem. I've identified that there's a lot of repeating logic (e.g. 'if writing > 0', 'writing = integer /',).
How would you ...
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2answers
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How to refactor this Ruby method?
The new_string code in this method does not seem idiomatic.
The goal is to not mutate the string passed in, which I believe is a good practice.
This method ...
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2answers
73 views
Transfer the format of an old string to a new string
First, I've extended the String class to detect uppercase and lowercase characters:
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2
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2answers
146 views
Simplify series of string manipulations in Ruby
I have a series of string manipulation, I realize this with the following code. I want it to be more elegant and readable such as ...
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1answer
106 views
Ruby html href parser working slow
I wrote this simple HTML parser in Ruby.
Basically I have a folder that has files. Every file has crawled web pages. The only addition within these files is before the HTML content there is a page ...
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1answer
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Words counter with a hash
My problem is the following: I wrote a method, which counts words and returns a hash. There is a Ruby idiom which was found by me in some of the forums discussions, which I don't understand.
Here is ...
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1answer
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Ruby string splicer
So I came across an interesting problem awhile back, and I finally got around to solving it. Basically, it needs to allow the user to provide two words, and have them progressively splice together, ...
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1answer
106 views
Is this the most efficient way to track word changes in a string?
I'm working on a writing platform and am using a modified version of the Levenshtein distance algorithm to track a writer's engagement with their writing. It tracks not only words added to their ...
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Remove leading, trailing and repeated dashes from a string [closed]
How do I refactor this?
'-hello--world-'.chomp('-').squeeze('-').reverse.chomp('-').reverse # => 'hello-world'
