From: botp <botpena@...>
Date: 2012-02-06T16:15:26+09:00
Subject: Re: How to keep list of reglar expressions into array

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Lucky Nl <lakshmi27.u@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have morethan one regular expressions
> I want to keep all in array and iterate them to check my input matched
> or not
>
> reg1 =  /ruby:\s*$/i
> reg2 =  /rails:\s*$/i
>
> input1 = "ruby is my favorite language"
>
> i want to iterate regexp's array and check where input1 matching.But the
> porblem is not the porper way getting regexp in loop .It's returning
> string type

try,

> input1 = "Matz's Ruby is my favorite language"
=> "Matz's Ruby is my favorite language"

> regs = [/ruby/i , /rails/i]
=> [/ruby/i, /rails/i]

> regs.map do |re| re=~input1 end
=> [7, nil]

> regs.group_by do |re| re=~input1 end
=> {7=>[/ruby/i], nil=>[/rails/i]}

best regards
-botp