Multiple gsub statements in one line possible?

Hal-
Right, I got a nil error. Ah well.
Thanks!
-k

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Kurt Euler wrote:

All-

For the string called pkg_bug_base, I’m currently using the following code to make some substitutions:

pkg_bug_base.gsub!(/<sp_num>/, sp_num_string)
pkg_bug_base.gsub!(/<rel_num>/, rel_num)

Question: Is there a way to put this all on one line? I tried this, but the code crashed here:

pkg_bug_base.gsub!(/<sp_num>/, sp_num_string).gsub!(/<rel_num>/, rel_num)

What probably happened s that the first gsub! didn’t actually change
anything. In that case, it returns nil. This is a feature that
allows you to test whether anything was changed. Unfortunately, it
also prevents safe chaining.

I’ll bet your error was that nil doesn’t have a gsub! method or
something like that. If so, this is what happened.

Hal

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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 14:45:08 +0900