From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-10-28T08:27:36+09:00
Subject: Re: convert string format

Junkone wrote:
> Hello
> I have a date like 20070801 in a string. how do i change it to
> 2007/08/01 using regex
> thanks
> 
> 

irb(main):001:0> x = '20070801'
=> "20070801"
irb(main):005:0> d = /(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/.match x
=> #<MatchData:0x56520c>
irb(main):006:0> d[1..3]
=> ["2007", "08", "01"]
irb(main):007:0> d[1..3].join("/")
=> "2007/08/01"

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