capturing regex matches - Ruby Snipplr Social Repository

Revision: 17046

at August 21, 2009 11:33 by obi

Updated Code

str = "Q1-1947"
str =~ /Q(\d)-(\d{4})/

# prints "1"
puts $1

# prints "1947"
puts $2

Revision: 17045

at August 21, 2009 11:32 by obi

Initial Code

str = "Q1-1947"
str =~ /Q(\d)-(\d{4})/

# prints "1"
puts $1

prints "1947"
puts $2

Initial URL

http://www.regular-expressions.info/ruby.html

Initial Description

don't forget to include parentheses around the expressions you want to match

Initial Title

capturing regex matches

Initial Tags

Initial Language

Ruby