From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T07:32:44+09:00
Subject: Re: getting the last word in each line

Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> File.read(some_file).to_a.map { |l| line.split.last }

line[/(\w+)\s*$/, 1]

might be faster than line.split.last. Worth trying anway.
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