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= String::Mask

* home: http://rubyworks.github.com/strmask
* work: http://github.com/rubyworks/strmask


== DESCRIPTION

Mask provides a string utility to manipulate strings
in logicomathematical manner, ie. add, subtract, xor,
etc.

== SYNOPSIS

Mask objects can be created explicitly via #new.

  m1 = String::Mask.new("abc..123", '.')
  m2 = String::Mask.new("ab..789.", '.')
  m1 - m2                             #=> "....789."

But the String#mask extension is much easier to use.

  m1 = "abc..123".mask('.')
  m2 = "ab..789.".mask('.')
  m1 * m2                             #=> "ab..789."

The second operand can be a normal String. Mask will assume
it repesents another mask akin to the first.

  "abc..123".mask('.') + "ab..789."   #=> "abc.7893"


== HOW TO INSTALL

To install with RubyGems simply open a console and type:

  gem install mask


== COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009 Thomas Sawyer

This program is ditributed unser the terms of the LGPL license.

See the LICENSE or COPYING file for details.

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
strmask-0.3.0	README.rdoc
strmask-0.2.1	README.rdoc