Daniel,
here’s a function to do what you want …
class String
def bencode?
if /^([1-9]+\d*):/.match(self)==nil
return false
else
number=eval((/(^([1-9]+\d*)):/.match(self))[1])
rest_of_string_length=self[self.index(’:’)+1…-1].length
if number==rest_of_string_length
return true
else
return false
end
end
end
end
Best regards,
Axel