From: Patrick Hurley <phurley@...>
Date: 2006-10-28T00:44:11+09:00
Subject: Re: a regex

On 10/27/06, Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have a string in the following form: 2006%2F10%2Fasdfasdf (or more
> generic: any_characters+%2Fany_characters+%2Frest_of_it). I am
> wondering if I can retrieve the groups 2006, 10, asdfasdf thru a regex
> (I confess I couldn't figure it out so far :-( ).
>
> many thanks,
>
> ./alex
> --
> .w( the_mindstorm )p.
>
>

I am pretty sure I am missing something from your requirements...

"some character%2Fmore stuff%2Fthe rest...".match(/^(.*?)%2F(.*?)%2F(.*)$/)
puts $1
puts $2
puts $3

pth