From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-02-06T17:20:36+09:00
Subject: Re: How to keep list of reglar expressions into array

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:13 AM, 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

In this case it's easier to use one regexp:

/r(?:uby|ails):\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

Please show the code and the error.

You can do

if regexps.any? {|rx| rx =~ s}
  puts "any matched"
end

r = regexps.find {|rx| rx =~ s} and
  puts "#{r} matched"

puts "#{regexps.select {|rx| rx =~ s}} all matched"

Kind regards

robert

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