From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-11-17T21:32:46+09:00
Subject: Re: extracting lines from an address

Hi --

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, 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

You probably want a local variable there, rather than a constant.

>           Street
>           City
>           Country"
>
> -->
>
> Address_line1 = "12, HouseName"
> Address_line2 = "Street"
> Address_line3 = "City"
> Address_line4 = "Country"

This is actually a case where the sometimes odd-seeming way that
String#map works (as well as #each and #to_a) can work in your favor:

   house,street,city,country  = address.map {|line| line.strip }


David

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David A. Black
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