From: Matthew Kerwin <matthew@...>
Date: 2013-01-16T08:36:15+09:00
Subject: Re: regex hostnames?

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On 16 January 2013 09:20, Joel Pearson <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> >
> > s = "host1.temp.temp.com"
> > s[/\..*/,1]
>
> Shouldn't that be s[/\..*/,0] or s[/\..*/] ?
>
>
Or if you don't want the dot:

    s[/\.(.*)/,1]


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<div dir=3D"ltr">On 16 January 2013 09:20, Joel Pearson <span dir=3D"ltr">&=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:lists@ruby-forum.com" target=3D"_blank">lists@ruby-for=
um.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote">
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;p=
adding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">&gt;<br>
&gt; s =3D &quot;<a href=3D"http://host1.temp.temp.com" target=3D"_blank">h=
ost1.temp.temp.com</a>&quot;<br>
&gt; s[/\..*/,1]<br>
<br>
</div>Shouldn&#39;t that be s[/\..*/,0] or s[/\..*/] ?<br>
<div class=3D""><div class=3D"h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></d=
iv><div style>Or if you don&#39;t want the dot:</div><div style><br></div><=
div style>=A0 =A0 s[/\.(.*)/,1]=A0</div></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></=
div>-- <br>
=A0 Matthew Kerwin, B.Sc (CompSci) (Hons)<br>=A0 <a href=3D"http://matthew.=
kerwin.net.au/" target=3D"_blank">http://matthew.kerwin.net.au/</a><br>=A0 =
ABN: 59-013-727-651<br><br>=A0 &quot;You&#39;ll never find a programming la=
nguage that frees<br>
=A0 you from the burden of clarifying your ideas.&quot; - xkcd
</div></div>

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