From: Matthias Luedtke <matthias-luedtke@...>
Date: 2006-09-29T20:16:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp help


> I have a string of the form
[...]
> 
> Is there a smart regexp one liner that could produce

Hello Marcus,

here's my take on it:

times = %w{ 2hour3min 2h3minutes 3m2h 2h3m }
=> ["2hour3min", "2h3minutes", "3m2h", "2h3m"]

times.map{ |t| [t[/\d+h(a-z)*/].to_i, t[/\d+m(a-z)*/].to_i] }
=> [[2, 3], [2, 3], [2, 3], [2, 3]]

Probably a little slower than the other solutions but perhaps easier to grasp.

Regards
Matthias