From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-10-20T05:15:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Find block in a long string

On 19.10.2010 19:51, Greg Ma wrote:
> Gianfranco Bozzetti wrote in post #955473:
>> Does this snippet solve your need?
>>
>> # Given the string:
>> str="&lt;p&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt; Columbus,
>> Ohio\n&lt;/p&gt;\n\n&lt;"
>> # remove unwanted chars with:
>> str1=str.gsub(/[&\/;\n]+|lt|gt|strong|p/im,' ').strip.squeeze(' ')
>> # and obtain;
>> puts "str1: #{str1}" #=>    Location: Columbus, Ohio
>> # if you wish, remove Location: and obtain;
>> str2 = str1.gsub(/Location:\s+/i,'')
>> puts "str2: #{str2}" #=>   Columbus, Ohio
>>
>> HTH gfb
>>
>> "Greg Ma"<gregorylepacha@msn.com>  wrote in message
>> news:14b91fa99bddaa2bd5b39c486fd8d1ce@ruby-forum.com...
>
> Thanks this is what I was looking for :)
> I really need to get learning regular expressions...

Here's a bit more to play with:

http://gist.github.com/635002

Kind regards

	robert


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