Hi,
I'm new to Ruby. I'm trying to scan an array for lines that match the
following format:
<string> <integer>
Example:
IN:
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980
dr cooper
OUT:
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980
any tips are appreciated, thanks.
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Are you new to programming and regular expressions in general?
Those examples are pretty basic; what have you tried so far?
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:36 PM, smurf smurfing <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
I'm new to Ruby. I'm trying to scan an array for lines that match the
following format:<string> <integer>
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You could do that with grep if you wanted to.
Put together a regex for a string of characters followed by whitespace followed by digits.
Since it looks like a homework question, I'm just giving you general guidance.
Also, at the last Lone Star Ruby Conference, Nell Shamrell did a talk on regular epressions. I think the video is online. It's a good place to start.
-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts.
It's what I can remember in time to use.
On Sun, 8 Dec 2013, smurf smurfing wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to Ruby. I'm trying to scan an array for lines that match the
following format:<string> <integer>
Example:
IN:
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980
dr cooperOUT:
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980
Using grep:
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 5:36 PM, smurf smurfing <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to Ruby. I'm trying to scan an array for lines that match the
following format:<string> <integer>
Example:
IN:
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980
dr cooperOUT:
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980any tips are appreciated, thanks.
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c= <<-EOF
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980
dr cooper
EOF
c.split( "\n").grep /[0-9]/
->> puts c
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980
=)
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> wrote:
Using grep:
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 5:36 PM, smurf smurfing <lists@ruby-forum.com>wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to Ruby. I'm trying to scan an array for lines that match the
following format:<string> <integer>
Example:
IN:
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980
dr cooperOUT:
fred.smith 1970
sarah 1980any tips are appreciated, thanks.
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yes, I am new.. you gotta start somewhere 
match.(/^\w+\s\d+$/)
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good points Matt.. great thanks.
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`ri String.match`
On Dec 7, 2013, at 17:20, Matt Lawrence <matt@technoronin.com> wrote:
match is a method on regular expressions, so /^\w+\s\d+$/.match(text) would be the right syntax
match is a method on regular expressions, so /^\w+\s\d+$/.match(text) would be the right syntax
I don't think "." will be matched by \w, so you may need to use a match for non-whitespace characters.
If I was writing it, I would allow for multiple whitespace characters as dividers and accept trailing whitespace (just because it's easy to have by accident).
-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts.
It's what I can remember in time to use.
On Sun, 8 Dec 2013, smurf smurfing wrote:
yes, I am new.. you gotta start somewhere
match.(/^\w+\s\d+$/)
