From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-08-11T07:34:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Reg Ex Help Required

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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Chris White <cwprogram@live.com> wrote:

>
> On Aug 10, 2011, at 11:20 AM, saurabh a. wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please help me with regular expression.
> >
> > str = "abc = 100.300"
> >
> > i want to write a regular xpression for getting the value after =, i.e.
> > 100.300, i mean reg ex should return value after =
>
> Might I suggest an alternative to regex?
>
> irb(main):003:0> str.split(/ = /)
> => ["abc", "100.300"]
> irb(main):004:0> str.split(/ = /)[1]
> => "100.300"
> irb(main):005:0>
>
> Regards,
> Chris White
> http://www.twitter.com/cwgem
>
>
I'd use split as well, but I'd probably do it like this:

str = "abc = 100.300"
variable, value = str.split('=', 2).map(&:strip)
variable  # => "abc"
value     # => "100.300"

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