From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2003-12-01T22:19:13+09:00
Subject: Re: regexp  splitting problem

Hi --

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Robert Klemme wrote:

> 
> "Brett S Hallett" <dragoncity@impulse.net.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:3FC81A17.7050909@impulse.net.au...
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to   split the following line of text:
> >
> > <button> "btn Exit" "Exit Button"               ( note the quotes may be
> > " or ' , read from a file)
> >
> > in such a way that I can say
> >
> > txt = line.split(/regrex/)
> >
> > and get back
> >
> > txt[0] = <button>
> > txt[1] = btn Exit
> > txt[2] = Exit Button
> >
> > my current regexp
> >
> > ans = tst.split(/[\"|\']/)
> >
> > does this , except that the last set is missing ! ,
> >
> >
> > txt[0] = <button>
> > txt[1] = btn Exit
> > txt[2] =
> >
> > so how do I get the expression to continue processing the line ??
> 
> txt = line.scan /"[^"]*" | '[^']*' | \S+/x

That preserves the quotation marks, which I don't think Brett wanted.

The best I can do is the somewhat inelegant:

  line.scan(/(?:["']([^"']+)["'])|(\S+)/).flatten.compact


David

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David A. Black
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