From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-12-15T10:02:52+09:00
Subject: Re: regular expressions question

ako... wrote:
> thank you. the question is general.
>
> if i wanted to parse a list of letters separated by spaces and commas:
>
> 'a , b,c' =~ /^(?:(\w)\s*,\s*)*(\w)$/
>
> i need to get ['a','b'] in group 1 and ['c'] in group 2. yes, i know i
> can split, then massage the result some more and get the final result.
> is there a way to get to groups' captures after a regex match? like in
> microsoft's .net?

t = 'a , b,c'.split( /\s*,\s*/ )
group1 = t[0..-2]
group2 = t[-1,1]