Ruby add string to the object with interpolation

Question

I want to add "*" to the object. So I was thinking to do something like

  def initialize(search:)
    @search = search + "*"
  end

it works but I think this is not quite elegant way to do it. What is the better, more efficient way?

In that case I'd just store the search term and append * when actually executing the search. — Stefan
– Stefan, Commented Oct 17, 2019 at 15:20

Yury Matusevich · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-17 13:05:19Z

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I'd recommend you to do it this way

@search = "#{search}*"

answered Oct 17, 2019 at 13:05

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Viktor · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-17 13:12:24Z

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The The Ruby Style Guide says these are ok:

@search = "#{search}*"

or

@search = format('%s%s', search, "*")

answered Oct 17, 2019 at 13:12

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