From: Marc Heiler <lists@...>
Date: 2012-04-10T19:08:37+09:00
Subject: Re: need to match words from setence

sentence = "this is important information"

if sentence.include? 'important'
  # do something here
end

You could use a regex too:

if sentence =~ /important/

Within your if code blocks, you can check which
combinations to use or avoid.

  sentence = "this is &@important,^%  information"
  this should not match

  if sentence.include? '^'
    # Dont match here
  end

This is really very basic if / else conditionals.

Look at an easy ruby tutorial if this confuses you,
it is really the basic of any programming language
how to use if / else.

http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00

Work through this book at least once, then you know
how to use if / else and .include?.

If you need a regex:

  http://rubular.com/

But also read a tutorial what the meaning is of a
regex.

You can probably make a one liner regex that matches
to impotant, but not if it includes a "^"

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