From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2004-01-31T06:13:41+09:00
Subject: Re: principle of most suprise

tony summerfelt wrote:
> gah, ruby is doing it to me again:
> 
>  logline=String.new("+ 30 Jan 12:20:09 [3988] addr: x.x.x.x")
>  tda=Array[(logline.split(/\[\d+\]/))]
>  tda.first

tda.first.first should work here.

split() returns an array, and you pack it into another array.
To fix your code, do:

tda = logline.split(/\[\d+\]/)
tda.first


> 
> is it too much to assume that the string is split using [xxxx] as a demliter
> and that tda.first should return "+ 30 Jan 12:20:09"?
> 
> i'm getting:  + 30 Jan 12:20:09  addr: x.x.x.x
> 
> i seem to be getting hung up on the simplest things. i'm using 
> 'ruby in a nutshell' and 'programming ruby' as my references.
> 
>