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