From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-08-11T10:17:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Reg Ex Help Required

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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>


Although, I suppose you could make the argument that an actual parser would
be best.

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