From: "Jan E." <lists@...>
Date: 2012-07-19T20:04:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there some seach algorithm available

Hi,

So you're looking for the name with "deal" or "bitte" in it?

Then you could do something like

person_list.each do |name|
  return name if name.split.any? do |name_part|
    ['deal', 'bitte'].any? {|keyword| name_part.casecmp(keyword) == 0}
  end
  nil
end

This will split the name on spaces and check if any part is "deal" or 
"bitte", ignoring the letter case. If there's any match, this name is 
returned. If no name matches, nil is returned instead (you may also use 
person_list.first or so).

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