Re: String#each_slice methods (like Enumerable#each_slice)

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Aaron D. Gifford wrote in post #991274:
> Hi,
>
> I find I periodically need to iterate over slices of a string.
> Enumerable has the useful each_slice method, but in Ruby 1.9, I don't
> see an equivalent for the String class.
>

How about:

str = "hello world"

while str.size > 0
  substr = str.slice!(0, 3)  #(offset, length)
  puts "-->#{substr}<--"
end

--output:--
-->hel<--
-->lo <--
-->wor<--
-->ld<--

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String#each_*slice* methods (like Enumerable#each_slice) "Aaron D. Gifford" <astounding@gmail.com> - 2011-04-06 12:52 -0500
  Re: String#each_*slice* methods (like Enumerable#each_slice) Quintus <sutniuq@gmx.net> - 2011-04-06 13:42 -0500
    Re: String#each_*slice* methods (like Enumerable#each_slice) "Aaron D. Gifford" <astounding@gmail.com> - 2011-04-06 13:49 -0500
      Re: String#each_*slice* methods (like Enumerable#each_slice) "Aaron D. Gifford" <astounding@gmail.com> - 2011-04-06 14:09 -0500
  Re: String#each_*slice* methods (like Enumerable#each_slice) 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-06 18:33 -0500

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