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at March 13, 2008 21:41 by cczona
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# pass a Regexp into a String as if it were an Array index

 "cat"[/c/]
 #=> "c" 
 "cat"[/z/]
 #=> nil


# pass in an optional second argument, to return the content of the nth matching group

 re_phone = /(\d{3})-(\d{3})-(\d{4})/
 "986-235-1001"[re_phone, 2]
 #=> "235"
Initial URL 
http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/rubyOneEightOh.html
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Use regex to match a Ruby substring, and reference it like an index

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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regex, ruby

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Ruby