2008/5/9 ara.t.howard <ara.t.howard@[...].com> :
>  On May 8, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Todd Benson wrote:
> > Using a set perspective, I can do it like this in irb...
> >
> > s1 = "hello there"
> > s2 = "ohi"
> > (s2.unpack('c*') & s1.unpack('c*')).size == s2.size
> >
> > => false
> 
>  cfp:~ > cat a.rb
>  class String
>   def all_chars? chars
>     tr(chars, '').empty?
>   end
>  end

Using String#tr is nice, but the result is not what Todd wants:

  s1 = "hello there"
  s2 = "ohe"

  (s2.unpack('c*') & s1.unpack('c*')).size == s2.size
  =>  true

  class String
   def all_chars? chars
     tr(chars, '').empty?
   end
  end

  s1.all_chars?(s2)
  =>  false

Like in the regexp examples, you have to switch self and chars:

  class String
   def all_chars? chars
     chars.tr(self, '').empty?
   end
  end

  s1.all_chars?(s2)
  =>  true

Regards,
Pit