From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-05-02T11:34:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Strings

Hi --

On Fri, 2 May 2008, Jason Lillywhite wrote:

> Could someone help me convert a string with a number in it such as "26.7
> feet" to just the word, "feet"?
>
> I've searched documentation without luck. Thank you!

string[/\w+$/] would give you "feet". A lot depends on how you define
the operation you want (last sequence of characters, everything after
last number, etc.).


David

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