String#nstrip ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos [mailto:angusquovadis.com.ar] 
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 1:12 AM
> To: ruby-coreruby-lang.org
> Subject: Re: String#nstrip ?
> 
> 
> Getting STRING[0..(STRING.index(0.chr) || 0)-1]:
> 
> > STRING.split("\0").first
> 
> > STRING[0 .. STRING.index(0.chr)-1]
> 
> > STRING.scan(/^[^\000]+/).first
> 
> > STRING[/^.*?(?=\0)/]
> 
> > STRING[ /^[^\0]*/ ]
> 
> And the canonical (?):
> 
>    STRING.unpack("Z*")[0]

A little slower than the regex solutions, but not much. 
Good to know,
though. 

Dan


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