From: Harry <ruby.hardware@...>
Date: 2007-04-05T23:02:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Capture information with a split and maybe a match?

On 1/17/07, anon1m0us <anon1m0us@yahoo.com> wrote:
> However, there is a bunch of garbage (stuff that I do not need to
> capture) before the names of the users are listed. Here is an example
>
> The request will be processed at a domain controller for domain
> abc.com.
>
> Group name     NA-CITRIX
> Comment        Owner:John Doe
>
> Members
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The list of users begins here.
>
>
> I need to get the list of users ONLY. Basically, to capture info AFTER
> the dashes -----------. I did a 20.times do, but each group has a
> different information. The ONLY consistent thing is the list of users
> that start AFTER the dashes,
>
>
>

If I understand your question, something like this should help.


str = "Group name     NA-CITRIX\nComment        Owner:John Doe\nMembers\n" +
"-----------------------------------------------------" +
"--------------------------\nThe list of users begins here."

str =~ /.*?-{3,}.*?(\w.*)/m
puts $1



Look into regular expressions and adjust as necessary.
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/tut_stdtypes.html#S4

Harry


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