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Ruby is an open-source dynamic object-oriented interpreted language created by Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz) in the 1990s.
Questions tagged [ruby-1.8]
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How to get the i'th character from utf-8 String in Ruby 1.8.7?
Given the following constant:
RUSSIAN_LOWERCASE_ALPHABET = "абвгдеёжзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя"
When trying to get one letter:
content_tag(:span, RUSSIAN_LOWERCASE_ALPHABET[0])
Ruby 1.9.2 does the work as expected (I see the letter in a browser),…
Misha Moroshko
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Why begin/rescue/else behaves differently on 1.9.2 and 1.8.7
I am working with the method mm. In ruby 1.9.2 it behaves weird, instead of the expected result 1.9.2=>10 I am getting
ELSE **
1.9.2=>8
Any idea of what is going on?
class A
def mm(data)
begin
send_len = data
return send_len
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Is there an equivalent of Array#each_slice() in Ruby 1.8.5?
I'm using ruby 1.8.5, and the each_slice() method for an array is not working.
My code is something like:
array.each_slice(3) do |name,age,sex| ..... end
Is there any other way to implement the same functionality in my older version of ruby.
sundar
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Avoid ActiveRecord#save logging of large fields
I need to prevent ActiveRecord#save from logging the content of large fields.
Is there a way to configure this on Rails 2.3.x?
@document.save #=> Will log something like:
Apr 20 13:45:42 ubuntu rails[2619]: Document::HTML Update (7.0ms) UPDATE…
Leo Gallucci
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DRY double in RSpec
How to DRY(don't repeat yourself) the double in RSpec? For example:
let(:s1) {instance_double(Class1,
:attr1 => val1,
:attr2 => val2,
:attr3 => val3,
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laahaa
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Rails - query a different mysql db to the standard app db
I'm using Rails 2.2.2 and Ruby 1.8.6 with a legacy app, with MySQL. (please don't tell me that I need to upgrade ruby/rails).
I have backups of our live database installed as different databases within my local MySql. This is useful sometimes for…
Max Williams
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How to display unicode characters using curses?
I am currently using this code for a test console, but unicode chars are always completely broken (even more in 1.9 then 1.8.7)
# encoding: UTF-8
require 'curses'
Curses.noecho # do not show typed chars
Curses.nonl # turn off newline…
grosser
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Ruby 1.8 and UTF-8 string case statement compare
I have a Rake task (in lib/tasks directory) that I run with cron on my shared web hosting. The problem is that I want to compare a UTF-8 string using case statment but my source code is not UTF-8 encoded. If I save source code as UTF-8 there is…
Julian Popov
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Ruby - How to invert a Hash with an array values?
Looking for an answer that works on Ruby 1.8.7 :
For example lets say I have a hash like this:
{"Book Y"=>["author B", "author C"], "Book X"=>["author A", "author B", "author C"]}
and I want to get this:
{
"author A" => ["Book X"],
"author…
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How do I use Ruby's SOAP::Attachment class?
So I'm writing a Ruby client for a SOAP web service, and I've figured out how to call a simple method:
# WebServiceClient.rb
require 'soap/wsdlDriver'
wsdl_url = 'http://urlmadness?wsdl'
service =…
Alex Moore
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Ruby 101: How Can I Save, Read, Write, then Save the Contents of an Array?
Thank you for taking the time to review and perhaps advise on my simple question. I'm seeking a solution for an exercise on which I'm working.
I'd like to know how to write the contents of this array:
@points = [1, 2, 3, 4]
to this…
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How do you invoke ruby module methods via reflection?
I'd like to get the following to work. The idea is that I can add methods to Routes and if they exist I can use them later. I'm using Ruby 1.8.
module Routes
def home
#stuff
end
def work
#end
end
end
Routes.method_defined? :home
#…
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RVM and Passenger with two Ruby versions
How can I use Passenger, RVM and Apache with 1.9 and 1.8(ree) ruby version? I need it in production env.
I try this: RVM PASSENGER but REE is only working.
1.9 say this:
The given ruby environment requires ruby-1.9.2-p318 (versus
…
quatermain
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What's the text encoding used for header values on HTTP requests?
I have a Ruby on Rails application that is a server for Java and .Net apps. I have a custom header I'm using to send some data, but when this data reaches the Ruby on Rails app, Rails reads the value as UTF-8 then says the value is not a valid UTF-8…
Maurício Linhares
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Rework ruby 1.8 encoding conversion code to ruby 1.9
How can I convert the following deprecated ruby 1.8 code into ruby 1.9 code?
invalid_chars_stripper = Iconv.new('UTF-8//IGNORE', 'UTF-8')
invalid_chars_stripper.iconv(body + ' ')[0..-2]
Thanks.
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