Discussion on: Daily Challenge #1 - String Peeler

[Corey Alexander]

Ruby

Basic

def remove_first_and_last(some_string)
  raise 'Not long enough' unless some_string.length > 2

  some_string[1..-2]
end

Extra

def remove_first_and_last_n_characters(some_string, chars_to_remove: 1)
  raise 'Not long enough' unless some_string.length > (chars_to_remove * 2)

  start_index = chars_to_remove
  end_index = -1 - chars_to_remove
  some_string[start_index..end_index]
end