From: Ne Scripter <stuart.clarke@...>
Date: 2009-10-21T16:52:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Complex GSUB query

Thanks all. I went the suggestion given by David because although the 
structure is consistent I can never be sure on the number of elements in 
the string.

Many thanks


Rob Biedenharn wrote:
> On Oct 20, 2009, at 11:37 AM, David A. Black wrote:
> 
>>> I have a string like follows:
>>> However the problem with doing this is that there are commas  
>>
>> Compleat     Jan 22-23, 2010, Tampa, FL
>> Rubyist      http://www.thecompleatrubyist.com
>>
>> David A. Black/Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypal.com)
> 
> Or perhaps scan is a better hammer for this nail:
> 
> irb> string = "\"bloggs, Joe (JBloggs, INFO)\" joebloggs, \"bloggs,
> Bill (BBloggs, INFO)\" billbloggs"
> => "\"bloggs, Joe (JBloggs, INFO)\" joebloggs, \"bloggs, Bill
> (BBloggs, INFO)\" billbloggs"
> irb> re = %r{"\w+, \w+ \(\w+, \w+\)" \w+}
> => /"\w+, \w+ \(\w+, \w+\)" \w+/
> irb> string.scan(re)
> => ["\"bloggs, Joe (JBloggs, INFO)\" joebloggs", "\"bloggs, Bill
> (BBloggs, INFO)\" billbloggs"]
> 
> You could paste them back together with a .join('_'), but I suspect
> that you want the pieces later anyway.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> Rob Biedenharn    http://agileconsultingllc.com
> Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com

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