From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-04-14T14:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: How to find multiple matches in a string

On 13.04.2010 19:01, Alex DeCaria wrote:
> Andrea Dallera wrote:
>> Hei,
>>
>>    s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
>>    m = s.scan(/b/)
>>    p m # ['b','b','b']

> Thanks Andrea.  But is there a way to also find the locations (indexes)
> of the 'b' characters?

irb(main):012:0> s="a "*5
=> "a a a a a "
irb(main):013:0> s.scan(/a+/) { p $~, $~.offset(0) }
#<MatchData "a">
[0, 1]
#<MatchData "a">
[2, 3]
#<MatchData "a">
[4, 5]
#<MatchData "a">
[6, 7]
#<MatchData "a">
[8, 9]
=> "a a a a a "
irb(main):014:0>

Kind regards

	robert

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