Ruby:How to delete a special string in an array

Question

How to delete an string with there name?

Answer 1

Removing Elements

Just as you can add new elements to existing arrays, you can remove elements, too. To remove the last element from the array, use pop:

a = [1, 2] a.pop # a = [1]

To remove an item from the beginning of the array, use shift:

a = [1, 2, 3, 4] a.shift # a = [2, 3, 4]

To remove an item from the middle of the array, use delete_at, providing it the index position of the item to be deleted:

a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] a.delete_at(2) # a = [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]

To remove an item from the array based upon its value, use delete:

pets = ['cat', 'dog', 'rabbit', 'parrot'] a.delete('dog') # pets = ['cat', 'rabbit', 'parrot']
try with gsub to delete special characters

a.gsub!(/[!@%&"]/,'')

try the regexp on rubular.com

if you want something more general you can have a string with valid chars and remove what's not in there:

a.gsub!(/[^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ]/,'')

Answer 2

Thanks :)