From: Robert Smith <ricardo.orozco@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T08:54:00+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie qustion

Eric Hodel wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Robert Smith wrote:
> 
>> ID_ONETHINGTOO   "give me a number"
>>    if line =~ /^ID* (.*?) = \s* " (.*?) "/x
>>     #if line =~ /^ \s* " (.*?) " \s* = \s* " (.*?) "/x
>>       table[ $1 ] = $2
>>     end
>>   }
>>
>>   #puts table["StaplingTitle"]
>>   p table
>> end
> 
> //x just gets confusing.  Make your regexp simple:
> 
> table = {}
> 
> File.foreach filename do |line|
>    next unless line =~ /^ID(\S+) "(.*?)"/
>    table[$1] = $2
> end
> 

Thanks for your help eric,

I tried what you said but nothing gets stored in the table...and i'm 
nothing seeing why.  do you see it?

thanks

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