Hey all
I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"]
i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)
any help would be much appreciated, thanks
sk
Hey all
Hello.
I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"]i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)
I suggest:
str.scan(/\d+|[a-zA-Z]+/)
Hope that helps.
James Edward Gray II
On May 14, 2009, at 9:28 AM, shawn bright wrote:
Try scan:
irb(main):001:0> s = "JJ234AB2"
=> "JJ234AB2"
irb(main):004:0> s.scan(/[a-zA-Z]+|[0-9]+/)
=> ["JJ", "234", "AB", "2"]
irb(main):005:0> s = "202GP"
=> "202GP"
irb(main):006:0> s.scan(/[a-zA-Z]+|[0-9]+/)
=> ["202", "GP"]
Jesus.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:28 PM, shawn bright <nephish@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all
I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"]i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)any help would be much appreciated, thanks
Hey,
I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"]i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)
You could use String#scan for this. Eg:
irb(main):019:0> st = "JJ542JQ83"
=> "JJ542JQ83"
irb(main):020:0> st.scan(/\d+|[A-Za-z]+/)
=> ["JJ", "542", "JQ", "83"]
irb(main):021:0> st = "202GP"
=> "202GP"
irb(main):022:0> st.scan(/\d+|[A-Za-z]+/)
=> ["202", "GP"]
irb(main):023:0>
Does that work?
Shajith
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:28 AM, shawn bright <nephish@gmail.com> wrote:
ok James so you beat me to the line, but I gotta fancy 1.9 regexen instead 
str.scan /\p{Alpha}+|\p{Digit}+/u
which might help unicoders.
Cheers
Robert
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:34 PM, James Gray <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
On May 14, 2009, at 9:28 AM, shawn bright wrote:
Hey all
Hello.
I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"]i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)I suggest:
str.scan(/\d+|[a-zA-Z]+/)
Hope that helps.
James Edward Gray II
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ok, i feel like i am at a party as the only one that does not speak a
language.
Thanks for your tips, all. I need to learn reg ex.
thanks again.
shawn
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Shajith Chacko <demerzel@gmail.com> wrote:
scan(/\d+|[A-Za-z]+/)
str.scan(/\d+|[a-z]+/i)
SCNR
Kind regards
robert from "lazy typers anonymous"
2009/5/14 James Gray <james@grayproductions.net>:
I suggest:
str.scan(/\d+|[a-zA-Z]+/)
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