Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/elizalab.rb

Overview

String

The code for the ELIZA lab (elizalab.rb) has the definition of a new method for strings that removes quotes from the beginning and ending of a string.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#unquote ⇒ Object

Call s.unquote to return a copy of string s with double quotes removed from the beginning and end.

Example:

>> s = '"Is it raining?"'
=> "\"Is it raining?\""
>> s.unquote
=> "Is it raining?"



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# File 'lib/elizalab.rb', line 794

def unquote
  if self[0] == ?" && self[-1] == ?"
    return self.slice(1..-2)
  else
    return self
  end
end