From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2007-05-02T22:15:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Inverse scanf: finding format specifers of existing fields

Xavier Noria wrote:
> 
> Then I think you could base the solution on String#index/regexps 
> depending on the existence of "e" and ".", since we can assume numbers 
> are well-formed. The idea would be:
> 
>   if none
>     %d
>   elsif "e"
>     %e
>   else
>     %f with computed widths
>   end

This, coupled with Robert's computed field lengths
is beginning to look tractable...

Thanks,
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Bil Kleb
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