From: Yaser Sulaiman <yaserbuntu@...>
Date: 2008-12-02T04:34:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Regular Expressions

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I'm not sure if this is what you are asking for, but /23430000.*CodeRed/
will match a line that contains '23430000', followed by zero or more
characters, and then 'CodeRed'.

try in IRB:

irb(main):001:0> line1 = '23430000 @#$#$3455000CodeRed 24AAWERE 740000000'
=> "23430000 @\#$\#$3455000CodeRed 24AAWERE 740000000"
irb(main):002:0> line1 =~ /23430000.*CodeRed/
=> 0
irb(main):003:0> line2 = '23430000 @#$#$3455000CodeGreen 24AAWERE 740000000'
=> "23430000 @\#$\#$3455000CodeGreen 24AAWERE 740000000"
irb(main):004:0> line2 =~ /23430000.*CodeRed/
=> nil

Regards,
Yaser Sulaiman

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Mmcolli00 Mom <mmc_collins@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi everyone.
>
> Just a question about regualar expression in Ruby. Is there a way to
> check in each line of a document for always beginning with "23430000"
> and somewhere on that same line another string 'CodeRed'?
>
> line1: 23430000 @#$#$3455000CodeRed 24AAWERE 740000000
>
> This is what I have so far when I import each textdata from another
> file.
>
>
> textdata.should =~ /23430000/ |CodeRed/
>
> ...the pipe was supposed to determine if CodeRed exists somewhere after
> the identity code 23430000. However, it doesn't work like this. Also for
> my code I am not using OR logic with it.
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

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