From: Jason <jasonmnorris@...>
Date: 2007-04-21T05:10:06+09:00
Subject: Re: splitting a string into words using multiple possible separators

string.split(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\-]/)

Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 20.04.2007 17:05, Doan, Alex wrote:
>> Perhap:
>>>> string = 'my uncle, jumped    over;
>>
>> the moon'
>>
>> a = string.scan(/\b\w+/)
>> ["my", "uncle", "jumped", "over", "the", "moon"] 
> 
> Or
> 
> irb(main):001:0> string = 'my uncle, jumped    over; the moon'
> => "my uncle, jumped    over; the moon"
> irb(main):002:0> string.scan /\w+/
> => ["my", "uncle", "jumped", "over", "the", "moon"]
> irb(main):003:0> string.split /\W+/
> => ["my", "uncle", "jumped", "over", "the", "moon"]
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>     robert