From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2007-01-13T01:30:12+09:00
Subject: Re: DRY gsub...

Phrogz wrote:
> James Edward Gray II wrote:
> > a = d.split(/(?:\r\n|[;, ])/)
>
> Way more elegant. Way to see beyond the step-by-step process to the end
> goal.

Except that there's no need for the non-capturing group, so
(simplifying, not golfing):

a = d.split( /\r\n|[;, ]/ )

Unless, of course, you have a string like this:
d = "foo; bar\r\n\r\nwhee"
and you only wanted [ "foo", "bar", "whee" ], in which case:
a = d.split(/(?:\r\n|[;, ])+/)

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