From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-05-30T06:36:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15959] Re: .scan() using '/' as the regular expression delimiter

"Luke Crook" <lcluke@wsbnet.com> writes:

> I am trying to parse an Apache log file. The date field looks like:
>     [22/May/2001:23:54:41 -0700]



> 
> How would I use the .scan() method when '/' is the delimiter (I'm trying to
> store day, month, year as seperate fields).
> I have tried \/, "/" , '/', and even [/] but these do not work.

Scan is different to split: with split you specify the delimiter,
whereas with scan you give the contents you want matched. So


  dt = "[22/May/2001:23:54:41 -0700]"

  fields = dt.scan(/[-\d\w]+/)   # letters, digits, and minus sign

  fields   #=> ["22", "May", "2001", "23", "54", "41", "-0700"]


Regards


Dave