Deletes the element(s) given by an index (optionally up to length elements) or by a range.
Returns the deleted object (or objects), or nil if the index is out of range.
a = [ "a", "b", "c" ] a.slice!(1) #=> "b" a #=> ["a", "c"] a.slice!(-1) #=> "c" a #=> ["a"] a.slice!(100) #=> nil a #=> ["a"]
Deletes the specified portion from str, and returns the portion deleted.
string = "this is a string" string.slice!(2) #=> "i" string.slice!(3..6) #=> " is " string.slice!(/s.*t/) #=> "sa st" string.slice!("r") #=> "r" string #=> "thing"
Byte Reference—If passed a single Integer, returns a substring of one byte at that position. If passed two Integer objects, returns a substring starting at the offset given by the first, and a length given by the second. If given a Range, a substring containing bytes at offsets given by the range is returned. In all three cases, if an offset is negative, it is counted from the end of str. Returns nil if the initial offset falls outside the string, the length is negative, or the beginning of the range is greater than the end. The encoding of the resulted string keeps original encoding.
"hello".byteslice(1) #=> "e" "hello".byteslice(-1) #=> "o" "hello".byteslice(1, 2) #=> "el" "\x80\u3042".byteslice(1, 3) #=> "\u3042" "\x03\u3042\xff".byteslice(1..3) #=> "\u3042"