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instance method

String#delete

delete(*selectors) → new_string

static VALUE
rb_str_delete(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
{
    str = str_duplicate(rb_cString, str);
    rb_str_delete_bang(argc, argv, str);
    return str;
}

Returns a copy of self with characters specified by selectors removed (see Multiple Character Selectors):

Example

"hello".delete "l","lo"        #=> "heo"
"hello".delete "lo"            #=> "he"
"hello".delete "aeiou", "^e"   #=> "hell"
"hello".delete "ej-m"          #=> "ho"

Ruby version changes

3.0
- The following methods now return or yield String instances instead of subclass instances when called on subclass instances: [Bug #10845]

See also #delete! #dedup #crypt #delete_prefix also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0

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