Hi,
Could somebody please show me a way to find, and display multiple
regex matches in the same line?
Like this:
test_string = “I shot the Sherrif but I didn’t shot the Deputy.”
The word I would like to find is the “shot” and displayed like
“shotshot” or like each match could go into a new line like:
“shot”
“shot”
Some ways I tried:
regex = /shot/
regex =~ test_string
puts $& ------------> # would only match the first match
regex = /(shot)*/
regex =~ test_string
puts $& -------------> # only applys repetition if the word appears
next to each other with no spaces in between like
“shotshot”. “shot shot” or “shot (some text) shot” would fail.
puts regex = test_string.grep/shot/ ------------> # From Ruby 1.9
String are not enumerable therfore it would give a “no method error”.
I could solve the problem without using regexes but I would like to
know how to solve it with regex.
I hope I was clear enough in describing the problem. I am new to
programming, and ruby is my first language.
Kind Regards,
Loren