From: Erik Veenstra <erikveen@...>
Date: 2008-09-26T07:43:57+09:00
Subject: Re: how to wrap a long string

You'll miss the unrepeated characters:

 > ruby -e 'p "abbcccdddd".scan(/((.)\2+)/).transpose.shift'
 ["bb", "ccc", "dddd"]

Where did "a" go?

Change the "+" into "*" and it'll work:

 > ruby -e 'p "abbcccdddd".scan(/((.)\2*)/).transpose.shift'
 ["a", "bb", "ccc", "dddd"]

gegroet,
Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/