From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-11-17T20:52:17+09:00
Subject: Re: extracting lines from an address

Kris Leech wrote:
> I have an address stored in mysql as a text field.
> I'm using ActiveRecord to access the field.
> But how do I get each line of the address in to their own strings?
>
> eg.
>
> Address = "12, HouseName
>            Street
>            City
>            Country"
>
> -->
>
> Address_line1 = "12, HouseName"
> Address_line2 = "Street"
> Address_line3 = "City"
> Address_line4 = "Country"

address = "12, HouseName
           Street
           City
           Country"

address_lines = address.split( /\n\s*/ )

puts address_lines[0]

address_line1, address_line2, address_line3, address_line4 =
  address.split( /\n\s*/ )

puts address_line4