From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-09-03T14:36:08+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get part of a string

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 2, 2012, at 14:23 , Fosiul Alam <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>
>> irb(main):001:0> line ='/dev/cciss/c0d11p1        /xxx/xxxxx/BD55-11
>> ext3    defaults,noatime,nodiratime     1       0'
>> => "/dev/cciss/c0d11p1        /xxx/xxxx/BD55-11        ext3
>> defaults,noatime,nodiratime     1       0"
>> irb(main):002:0> line[%r{US\d+(?=-\d$)}]
>> => nil
>
> That is working perfectly. There is no "US" anywhere in your string.

Also the line has a completely different structure from what was
presented in the first posting of this thread.

Cheers

robert

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