From: skelastic@...
Date: 2006-08-12T14:50:10+09:00
Subject: Regexp Parsing -- What's the right way?

Greetings,

I'm trying to parse the following line:

"00608 P 135 001 LEC Tu 2-5P 210 WHEELER Information Tech and Soceity 3
LAGUERRE"

i've constructed the following regexp:
/(\d{5}).(\D\s\w{2,4}).(\d{1,4}\s\D{3}).(\D{1,4}\s\d+).*(\d{1,4}\s\D{1,9}).(\w+).*(\d?).*(\w{1,14}).*/

with a input file i've successfully produced the following output:
control# 00608                     ---- correct
course#: P 135                     ---- correct
section#: 001 LEC                     ---- correct
day-hour#: Tu 2                     ---- missing '-5P
room#: 3 LAGUERRE,           ---- should be 210 WHEELER
course-name#: M                  --- IT and Soceity
credits#:                               --- should be 3
prof#: 5                                 --- should be LAGUERRE

i'm a novice to ruby and regexp. i would like to know if i'm taking the
right approach.
i'll eventually nail it but any hints or suggestions would be useful.

appreciate the help.