From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-08-11T10:15:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Reg Ex Help Required

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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 07:34:54AM +0900, Josh Cheek wrote:
> >
> > 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"
>
> I'd probably use a regex for the split sequence rather than a literal to
> account for variations in whitespace, rather than a map:
>
>    variable, value = str.split(/\s*=\s*/, 2)
>
> . . . but either way works.
>
> --
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
>

It seems to me that there could be whitespace on either end, ie

"
def whatever
  var = 123
end
"

This shows a very common example of leading whitespace, so I thought using
strip would be better.

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