From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2008-10-10T01:37:39+09:00
Subject: Re: simple regexp help needed - pull phrase out of string


On Oct 9, 2008, at 12:31 PM, Max Williams wrote:

> Hey folks.  I feel like this should be easy but it's been a long week
> and my brain hurts.
>
> If i have a string like this:
>
> string = "pending: sent at Thu Oct 09 17:25:08 +0100 2008,
> password:banana errors: couldn't find user with id 230"
>
> and i want to pull out 'banana', what's an elegant way to do it?  The
> password will always be followed by a space.
>
> I can think of this:
> string.match(/password:[^\s]+/)[0].gsub("password:","")
>
> but it seems a bit clumsy and error prone.  Is there a nicer way?
> (Passwords can contain non alphanumeric characters btw)

irb> string = "pending: sent at Thu Oct 09 17:25:08 +0100 2008,
password:banana errors: couldn't find user with id 230"
=> "pending: sent at Thu Oct 09 17:25:08 +0100 2008,\npassword:banana  
errors: couldn't find user with id 230"
irb> string.match(/password:(.*) errors:/)[1]
=> "banana"

-Rob

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