From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-07-11T06:20:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Help: Efficient regular expression

On 7/10/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Jul 10, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Divya Badrinath wrote:
>
> > Divya Badrinath wrote:
> >> string = "root     14051 14033  3 08:39 pts/2    00:00:00 /bin/bash"
> >>
> >> i need to fetch 14051 and /bin/bash from the string
> >
> > i mean i need the 2nd column and the last column.
>
>    cols      = string.split
>    sec, last = cols.values_at(1, -1)
Very interesting James, I seem to be rather extreme and

  sec, last =  string.split.values_at(1, -1)
might be a tad to long for one line in your style, however Ruby syntax
just supports this marvelous syntax :)

   sec, last = string.split.
                       values_at(1, -1)

Robert
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
>


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