From: Glenn Jackman <glennj@...>
Date: 2009-09-16T09:50:38+09:00
Subject: Re: range

At 2009-09-15 06:23PM, "Rob Biedenharn" wrote:
>  On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Sebastian Hungerecker wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch 16 September 2009 00:06:21 schrieb Re BR:
> >> how can I convert a string '20-30' to a instance range object 20..30
> >
> > first, last = '20-30'.split("-")
> > first.to_i .. last.to_i
> > #=> 20..30
> >
> > HTH,
> > Sebastian
>  
>  Or:
>  
>  string="20-30"
>  Range.new(*(string.split('-',2).map{|s|s.to_i}))

Or: 
    range = string.match(/(\d+)-(\d+)/) and ($1.to_i .. $2.to_i)

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