Method: String::Mask#^

Defined in:
lib/strmask.rb

#^(other) ⇒ Object

Mask XOR operation. Only where there is an empty slot will the value filter.

  "abc..123"      "ab..789."
| "ab..789."    | "abc..123"
  ----------      ----------
  "..c.7..3"      "..c.7..3"



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# File 'lib/strmask.rb', line 172

def ^(other)
  other = convert(other)
  i = 0
  o = ''
  while i < to_str.size
    if to_str[i,1] == ESC
      o << other[i,1]
    elsif other[i,1] == ESC
      o << to_str[i,1]
    else
      o << ESC
    end
    i += 1
  end
  self.class.new(o)
end