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instance method

String#[]=

string[index] = new_string

string[start, length] = new_string

string[range] = new_string

string[regexp, capture = 0] = new_string

string[substring] = new_string

static VALUE
rb_str_aset_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
{
    if (argc == 3) {
        if (RB_TYPE_P(argv[0], T_REGEXP)) {
            rb_str_subpat_set(str, argv[0], argv[1], argv[2]);
        }
        else {
            rb_str_splice(str, NUM2LONG(argv[0]), NUM2LONG(argv[1]), argv[2]);
        }
        return argv[2];
    }
    rb_check_arity(argc, 2, 3);
    return rb_str_aset(str, argv[0], argv[1]);
}

Replaces all, some, or none of the contents of self; returns new_string. See String Slices.

A few examples:

Example

s = 'foo'
s[2] = 'rtune'     # => "rtune"
s                  # => "fortune"
s[1, 5] = 'init'   # => "init"
s                  # => "finite"
s[3..4] = 'al'     # => "al"
s                  # => "finale"
s[/e$/] = 'ly'     # => "ly"
s                  # => "finally"
s['lly'] = 'ncial' # => "ncial"
s                  # => "financial"

String#slice is an alias for String#[].

See also #[] #ascii_only? #=~ #b also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0

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