Hi all
I’m trying to build a new string from a existing one.
The original string is: my frog name is froggy
I will pull out only: frog froggy
I have tried the following:
str1 = ‘my frog name is froggy’
str2 = str1[/frog|froggy/]
puts str2
This will print only the string: frog
I can get the information with this code:
str1 = ‘my frog name is froggy’
str2 = str1[/frog] + " " + str1[/froggy/]
puts str2
This will print the string: frog froggy
But i think it is possible to solve this in a better way, Any
suggestions ?
// Micke
Micke M. wrote:
Hi all
I’m trying to build a new string from a existing one.
The original string is: my frog name is froggy
I will pull out only: frog froggy
C:\Users\Alex>irb
irb(main):001:0> str1 = ‘my frog name is froggy’
=> “my frog name is froggy”
irb(main):002:0> str2=str1.scan( /froggy|frog/ )
=> [“frog”, “froggy”]
irb(main):003:0> str3=str1.scan( /frog|froggy/ )
=> [“frog”, “frog”]
irb(main):004:0>
Li
On 7/15/09, Micke M. [email protected] wrote:
str1 = ‘my frog name is froggy’
str2 = str1[/frog|froggy/]
Maybe
str2 = str1.scan( /\bfrog\w*\B/ ).join(" “)
that is if you want to match frog at the start of words only (\b) and
assure charcters of your choice up to the end of the word? As \w might
be a little bit too permissive, in 1.9 you might prefer
str2 = str1.scan( /\bfrog[[:alpha:]]*\B/ ).join(” ")
and all those nice variations 
HTH
Robert
str1 = ‘my frog name is froggy’
// Micke
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Or maybe, 
str2 = str1.scan( /\bfrog\w*\b/ ).join(" ")
Harry
On 7/15/09, Robert D. [email protected] wrote:
Robert
Or maybe, 
str2 = str1.scan( /\bfrog\w*\b/ ).join(" ")
No it was not a typo, I thought that \B was matching at the end of the
word, I did not test with a frog at the end.
I stand corrected \B does not have a special meaning and \b is just a
word boundary.
I mean \B is not a word boundary and \b is a word boundary and I
wonder WHAT I did test???
Sorry
R.
On 7/15/09, Harry K. [email protected] wrote:
Or maybe,
str2 = str1.scan( /\bfrog\w*\b/ ).join(" ")
No it was not a typo, I thought that \B was matching at the end of the
word, I did not test with a frog at the end.
I stand corrected \B does not have a special meaning and \b is just a
word boundary.
Thx
Robert
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Toutes les grandes personnes ont d’abord été des enfants, mais peu
d’entre elles s’en souviennent.
All adults have been children first, but not many remember.
[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]
Hi –
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Robert D. wrote:
Robert
Or maybe,
str2 = str1.scan( /\bfrog\w*\b/ ).join(" ")
No it was not a typo, I thought that \B was matching at the end of the
word, I did not test with a frog at the end.
I stand corrected \B does not have a special meaning and \b is just a
word boundary.
\B is the opposite of \b, i.e., “not at a word boundary”. So:
/\B./.match(“word”)[0]
=> “o”
David