How do I remove leading whitespace chars from Ruby HEREDOC?

Question

I\'m having a problem with a Ruby heredoc i\'m trying to make. It\'s returning the leading whitespace from each line even though i\'m including the - operator, which is supp

Answer 1

Note: As @radiospiel pointed out, String#squish is only available in the ActiveSupport context.

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I believe ruby's String#squish is closer to what you're really looking for:

Here is how I would handle your example:

def distinct_count
  <<-SQL.squish
    SELECT
      CAST('#{name}' AS VARCHAR(30)) as COLUMN_NAME,
      COUNT(DISTINCT #{name}) AS DISTINCT_COUNT
      FROM #{table.call}
  SQL
end