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Asked: 2026-06-03T08:41:46+00:00

Code: digits.each do |digit| puts digit.content #&0000000000032056.00000032 056 value = digit.content[24..-1].strip puts value #32

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Code:

digits.each do |digit|
  puts digit.content #&0000000000032056.00000032 056
  value = digit.content[24..-1].strip
  puts value #32 056 it's ok
  puts value.gsub(/\s+/, "") #32 056 !!!! I expected 32056
  population << value
end

I don’t understand why gsub does not work as I expected :/ Could somebody help?

[EDIT]

Anyway I do it another way:

  value = digit.content.split(".")[0]
  value = value[12..-1].strip

but I am still wonder, why first solution sucks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Two things to try:

    If you’re checking the population variable, your method doesn’t actually put the substitution in it. Change the last line to:

    population << value.gsub(/\s+/, "")

    If that still doesn’t work, perhaps there is some non-space character that looks like a space in your terminal? Try replacing non-digits instead:

    population << value.gsub(/\D/, "")
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