Array.include? with a regex?

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i am wondering if this is possible.. i can't seem to figure it out..

i am trying to see if a value is inside an array using regex..

something like:

a = ["pie","cookies","soda","icecream"]

i want to see if something starts with "coo" i should get one..

it doesn't look like i am doing it correctly..

irb(main):010:0> a.include?(/^coo/)
=> false

ideas?

thanks!

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Enumerable#grep:

a = ["pie","cookies","soda","icecream"]
a.grep /^coo/

Cheers,
Peter

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On 2008.11.20., at 19:57, Sergio Ruiz wrote:

i am wondering if this is possible.. i can't seem to figure it out..

i am trying to see if a value is inside an array using regex..

something like:

a = ["pie","cookies","soda","icecream"]

i want to see if something starts with "coo" i should get one..

it doesn't look like i am doing it correctly..

irb(main):010:0> a.include?(/^coo/)
=> false

ideas?

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Sergio Ruiz wrote:

i am wondering if this is possible.. i can't seem to figure it out..

i am trying to see if a value is inside an array using regex..

something like:

a = ["pie","cookies","soda","icecream"]

i want to see if something starts with "coo" i should get one..

irb(main):001:0> a = ["pie","cookies","soda","icecream"]
=> ["pie", "cookies", "soda", "icecream"]
irb(main):002:0> a.find { |e| /^coo/ =~ e }
=> "cookies"

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There's also this option:
a.any? { |val| /^coo/ =~ val }

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everyone rules!

thanks, guys!

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Sergio T. Ruiz wrote in post #751409:

everyone rules!

thanks, guys!

When checking whether the array "includes" the regex expression, you're
in fact asking whether the array's elements MATCH that expression.

Bad:
a = ["pie","cookies","soda","icecream"]
a.include?(/^coo/)
=> false

Good:
a = ["pie","cookies","soda","icecream"]
a.select{|food| food.match(/^coo/)}
=> ["cookies"]

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