From: Andrew Stewart <boss@...>
Date: 2006-11-01T21:35:37+09:00
Subject: Re: regex capture and assign... in one line?

Hello,

> Given
>
> $str = "foo123";
>
> my ($foo,$bar) = $str =~ /(\w+)(\d+)/;
>
> # now we have
> $foo; #=> "foo"
> $bar; #=> "123"
>
> I know that I can do this in Ruby in TWO lines, but I want to do it in
> ONE line. Anyone have any ideas?

m, foo, bar = *"foo123".match(/(\D+)(\d+)/)

Regards,
Andy Stewart