From: Jermaine <Jermaine2028@...>
Date: 2009-06-05T05:30:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Regular expressions: Find part of a string

On Jun 4, 10:16 pm, "Matthew K. Williams" <m...@harpstar.com> wrote:
> You could use regex for this, but if you just want the first three
> characters, why not use the substring?
>
> s="foobar"
> s[0,3]
>
> Using regex, you could do something like:
> "foobar".match(/^.../).to_s
>
> Matt
>
> --
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> track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life
> that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can
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> Joseph Campbell
>
> On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Jermaine wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
>
> > I'm quite new to regular expressions, and I'm looking for a way to
> > find the first 3 letters in a string.
>
> > So let's say I have the following string: "foobar", I want to know
> > what the first three letters of this string is (in this case it's
> > foo).
>
> > What is the regex to make this happen?
>
> > Thanks in advance.

Great stuff. Very simple and concise, worked out great for me.
Thanks guys!