From: calvin8@... (Andi Scharfstein)
Date: 2003-06-11T01:30:48+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: Regexp question

Hi,

> When matching what you want is hard, try matching what you don't want:

irb(main):001:0>> a = [ "Illinois (3762)", "Indiana", "Iowa (64)", "Kansas", "Kentucky (2675)", "New York (2348)" ]
=>> ["Illinois (3762)", "Indiana", "Iowa (64)", "Kansas", "Kentucky (2675)", "New York (2348)"]
irb(main):002:0>> a.each { |state| s = state.sub(/ \(\d+\)$/, ""); p s }

I like that one :)

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