Ruby | String delete() Method
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13 Dec, 2019
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delete is a String class method in Ruby which is used to return a copy of the given string with all characters in the intersection of its arguments deleted.
Syntax: str.delete(parameter_list)
Parameters: Here, str is the given string and parameter_list are the specified characters.
Returns: A new copy of the string with all characters in the intersection of its arguments deleted.
Example 1:
# Ruby program to demonstrate # the delete method # Taking a string and # using the method str = "String Counting"puts str.delete "ing" |
Output:
Str Cout
Example 2:
# Ruby program to demonstrate # the delete method # Taking a string and # using the method str = "String Counting"puts str.delete "ing", "^n" str2 = "Ruby Method\\r\\n" puts str2.delete "\\" |
Output:
Strn Countn Ruby Methodrn
