使用gsub或delete。区别在于gsub可以删除制表符，而delete不能。有时文件中确实有编辑器添加的选项卡。

a = "\tI have some whitespaces.\t"
a.gsub!(/\s/, '')  #=>  "Ihavesomewhitespaces."
a.gsub!(/ /, '')   #=>  "\tIhavesomewhitespaces.\t"
a.delete!(" ")     #=>  "\tIhavesomewhitespaces.\t"
a.delete!("/\s/")  #=>  "\tIhavesomewhitespaces.\t"
a.delete!('/\s/')  #=>  using single quote is unexpected, and you'll get "\tI have ome whitepace.\t"

" Raheem Shaik ".strip

它将删除左边和右边的空格。 这段代码会给我们"拉希姆·谢克"

别忘了:

$ s = "   I have white space   ".split
=> ["I", "have", "white", "space"]

我会用这样的方法:

my_string = "Foo bar\nbaz quux"

my_string.split.join
=> "Foobarbazquux"

Ruby的String的.scan()和.join()方法也可以帮助克服字符串中的空白。

扫描(\ w + /)。Join将删除所有空格并连接字符串

string = "White spaces in me".scan(/\w+/).join
=>"Whitespacesinme"

它还从字符串的左右部分删除空格。表示ltrim, rtrim和trim。以防万一有人有C, FoxPro或Visual Basic的背景，然后跳到Ruby。

2.1.6:002 > string = " White spaces in me ".scan(/\w+/).join = > " Whitespacesinme " 2.1.6:003 > string = " White spaces in me".scan(/\w+/).join = > " Whitespacesinme " 2.1.6:004 > string = "White spaces in me ".scan(/\w+/).join = > " Whitespacesinme " 2.1.6:005 >

Ruby的.strip方法执行与trim()相当的PHP功能。

删除所有空白:

"  leading    trailing   ".squeeze(' ').strip
=> "leading trailing"

@塔斯让我意识到我原来的答案连续删除重复的字母-恶心!从那以后，我改用了压缩方法，如果使用Rails框架，这种方法对这种情况更聪明。

require 'active_support/all'
"  leading    trailing   ".squish
=> "leading trailing"

"  good    men   ".squish
=> "good men"

引用:http://apidock.com/rails/String/squish