From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2008-09-29T07:53:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Counting Tabs and splitting by that number

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Nick Bo <bornemann1@nku.edu> wrote:
> #THIS IS WHERE MY ISSUE IS NOW
> mimeKey[i], mimeValue[i] = string.split("\t\t\t")
>
> My problem now that sometimes teh document is split by tabs changing in
> number one line may have 3 tabs other may have 5 and one might just have
> just 1.
>
> mimeKey[i], mimeValue[i] = string.split(#{tabCount}*("\t"))
>
> I know there is alot in my message so here is a summary:
>
> HOW TO COUNT \t IN A STRING THEN SPLIT BY THAT NUMBER OF \t

Your tabs are consecutive and you don't actually care how many there are?
        string.split(/\t+/)
?