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Removes leading and trailing whitespace from str. Returns nil if str was not altered.

Refer to strip for the definition of whitespace.

Returns a copy of str with leading whitespace removed. See also String#rstrip and String#strip.

Refer to strip for the definition of whitespace.

"  hello  ".lstrip   #=> "hello  "
"hello".lstrip       #=> "hello"

Returns a copy of str with trailing whitespace removed. See also String#lstrip and String#strip.

Refer to strip for the definition of whitespace.

"  hello  ".rstrip   #=> "  hello"
"hello".rstrip       #=> "hello"

Removes leading whitespace from str, returning nil if no change was made. See also String#rstrip! and String#strip!.

Refer to strip for the definition of whitespace.

"  hello  ".lstrip!  #=> "hello  "
"hello  ".lstrip!    #=> nil
"hello".lstrip!      #=> nil

Removes trailing whitespace from str, returning nil if no change was made. See also String#lstrip! and String#strip!.

Refer to strip for the definition of whitespace.

"  hello  ".rstrip!  #=> "  hello"
"  hello".rstrip!    #=> nil
"hello".rstrip!      #=> nil

Returns underlying String object, the subject of IO.

Changes underlying String object, the subject of IO.

Returns the string being scanned.

Changes the string being scanned to str and resets the scanner. Returns str.

Returns help string of OLE method. If the help string is not found, then the method returns nil.

tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Internet Controls', 'IWebBrowser')
method = WIN32OLE_METHOD.new(tobj, 'Navigate')
puts method.helpstring # => Navigates to a URL or file.

Returns help string.

tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Internet Controls', 'IWebBrowser')
puts tobj.helpstring # => Web Browser interface

Returns a frozen copy of the string passed in to match.

m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
m.string   #=> "THX1138."

The content of the TempIO as a String.