From: aero6dof@... (Alan Chen)
Date: 2003-12-03T10:22:07+09:00
Subject: Re: regexp  splitting problem

Brett S Hallett <dragoncity@impulse.net.au> wrote in message 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

This works for your example, but may be somewhat fragile when you go
to expand its use over a wider range of inputs...

require 'test/unit'

class TC_one < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_01
    str = %Q/<button> "btn Exit" "Exit Button"/
    ans = str.split( / *[\"\'] *\"?/)

    assert_equal( ["<button>", "btn Exit", "Exit Button"], ans)
  end
end

Cheers,
- alan