From: Robert Keller Date: 2007-11-02T07:59:28+09:00 Subject: Re: regex question --0-1333356124-1193957968=:49625 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Perfect! Thanks. I really got to get a better handle or regular expressions ------------------------------ Robert Keller rlkeller@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: 7stud -- To: ruby-talk ML Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2007 3:10:32 PM Subject: Re: regex question Jim Weirich wrote: > Is this what you want: > > str.gsub(/([^0-9])\b\s\b([^0-9])/) { "#$1-#$2" } > Or simply: new_str = str.gsub(/([a-zA-Z]) ([a-zA-Z])/) {"#$1-#$2"} puts new_str --output:-- this-is-text-that I want-to 9 9.90 89 9 ii8 u -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --0-1333356124-1193957968=:49625--