From: botp <botpena@...>
Date: 2008-05-30T18:27:27+09:00
Subject: Re: split a string at tab positions

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:19 PM, suresh <suresh.amritapuri@gmail.com> wrote:
> #!/usr/bin/ruby1.9
> s = "a  b"
> ss = s.split('\t')
> puts ss[0]
> It just prints the entire line without splitting...

probably your editor is converting the tab to spaces.

try  eg,

s="a\tb"
#=> "a\tb"
ss=s.split "\t"
#=> ["a", "b"]

kind regards -botp