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Revision: 63278
at April 22, 2013 06:50 by joshmn


Initial Code
def get_string_between(my_string, start_at, end_at)
    my_string = " #{my_string}"
    ini = my_string.index(start_at)
    return my_string if ini == 0
    ini += start_at.length
    length = my_string.index(end_at, ini).to_i - ini
    my_string[ini,length]
end

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Initial Description
If you're using Rails and want to make this a global function, drop this into your application_controller and call it as a function.

Example:
     # get_string_between("hellomyfriendmoto", 'o', 'm')
     # > myfriend

Initial Title
Get string between two strings

Initial Tags
rails, ruby

Initial Language
Ruby