From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-11-17T21:37:18+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"

>> adr = "12, HouseName
           Street
           City
           Country"
=> "12, HouseName\n           Street\n           City\n           Country"
>> adr.to_a.each {|s| s.strip! }
=> ["12, HouseName", "Street", "City", "Country"]

Kind regards

    robert