From: Cheri Ruska <liquid_rails@...>
Date: 2008-01-31T04:54:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Parsing a string with quotes

Thank you for your help.  Where is a good resource to read up on what 
this code means?  %r/["'][^"']+["']|\w+/

Thanks,  Cheri

ara howard wrote:
> On Jan 30, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Cheri Ruska wrote:
> 
>> My dog "ate" my "math homework" and "my cat"
> 
> 
> 
> cfp2:~ > cat a.rb
> string = 'My dog "ate" my "math homework" and "my cat"'
> 
> re = %r/["'][^"']+["']|\w+/
> 
> tokens = string.scan re
> 
> puts tokens
> 
> 
> 
> cfp2:~ > ruby a.rb
> My
> dog
> "ate"
> my
> "math homework"
> and
> "my cat"
> 
> 
> 
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