From: kyu <kyu@...>
Date: 2005-04-21T01:54:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Another(!!) Newbie question

Ryan Leavengood wrote:

>Here is a very simple (maybe naive) regular expression to use to parse
>this data:
>
>/^:(.*)!(.*) (.*) #(.*) :(.*)$/
>
>An example of using this:
>
>def parse_irc_data(data)
>	if data =~ /^:(.*)!(.*) (.*) #(.*) :(.*)$/
>		puts "Part 1: #$1"
>		puts "Part 2: #$2"
>		puts "Part 3: #$3"
>		puts "Part 4: #$4"
>		puts "Part 5: #$5"
>	end
>end
>
>parse_irc_data(":kyu!kyu@cpimps-34E00F11.elk.dialup.pol.co.uk PRIVMSG
>#matrix :yea that's it")
>
>The output:
>Part 1: kyu
>Part 2: kyu@cpimps-34E00F11.elk.dialup.pol.co.uk
>Part 3: PRIVMSG
>Part 4: matrix
>Part 5: yea that's it
>
>Regards,
>Ryan Leavengood
>
>kyu wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi guys, i'm writing a simple irc bot to get to grips with what i've
>>learned about ruby so far.
>>It works ok, but i'm looking for a simple way to format the output, at
>>the moment the log files and stdout
>>look something like this:
>>
>>:kyu!kyu@cpimps-34E00F11.elk.dialup.pol.co.uk PRIVMSG #matrix :yea that's
>>it
>>
>>I read the pickaxe section on regexp thinking that would point me in the
>>right direction but i'm still not sure.
>>
>>Any help would be great. Thanks.
>>
>>    -kyu
>>    
>>
>
>
>  
>
Thanks alot! It always seems so simple after someone answers your 
question, i'll re-read that section and hopefully figure out how it 
works a bit more.

    -kyu