From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2008-03-04T12:01:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Split the string

From: S2 [mailto:non.sto.gioando@nien.te] 
# Michael Fellinger wrote:
# > require 'scanf'
# > "3:43;SD,2:65;SD,3:50;Inc".split(',').map do |e|
# >   e.scanf('%d:%d;%s')
# > end
# > # [[3, 43, "SD"], [2, 65, "SD"], [3, 50, "Inc"]]
# 
# but he wants all strings in his array

no, if you scan the thread, the op later wanted the first 2 elements be integers. 

kind regards -botp