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I know how to use regular expressions to find the first match of a
pattern in a string. But, how do I most easily find multiple matches?
For example, if the string is

s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'

and I want to find the location of ALL the 'b' characters, how do I do
it? If I use

m = s.match(/b/)

then m.offset(0) => [1,2]

but I don't have any information about the second or third occurences of
'b'.

--Alex
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Hei,

s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
m = s.scan(/b/)
p m # ['b','b','b']

HTH

--
Andrea Dallera
http://github.com/bolthar/freightrain
http://usingimho.wordpress.com


On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 01:51 +0900, Alex DeCaria wrote:
> I know how to use regular expressions to find the first match of a
> pattern in a string. But, how do I most easily find multiple matches?
> For example, if the string is
>
> s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
>
> and I want to find the location of ALL the 'b' characters, how do I do
> it? If I use
>
> m = s.match(/b/)
>
> then m.offset(0) => [1,2]
>
> but I don't have any information about the second or third occurences of
> 'b'.
>
> --Alex

On Apr 13, 12:51=A0pm, Alex DeCaria <alex.deca...@millersville.edu>
wrote:
> I know how to use regular expressions to find the first match of a
> pattern in a string. =A0But, how do I most easily find multiple matches?
> For example, if the string is
>
> s =3D 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
>
> and I want to find the location of ALL the 'b' characters, how do I do
> it?

Try #scan

On 04/13/2010 06:55 PM, Andrea Dallera wrote:
> Hei,
>
> s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
> m = s.scan(/b/)
> p m # ['b','b','b']

Or even

s.scan(/b) {|match| p match}

Kind regards

robert

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Andrea Dallera wrote:
> Hei,
>
> s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
> m = s.scan(/b/)
> p m # ['b','b','b']
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Andrea Dallera
> http://github.com/bolthar/freightrain
> http://usingimho.wordpress.com

Thanks Andrea. But is there a way to also find the locations (indexes)
of the 'b' characters?

--Alex
--
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Alex DeCaria
<> wrote:
> Andrea Dallera wrote:
>> Hei,
>>
>> =A0 s =3D 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
>> =A0 m =3D s.scan(/b/)
>> =A0 p m # ['b','b','b']
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> --
>> Andrea Dallera
>> http://github.com/bolthar/freightrain
>> http://usingimho.wordpress.com
>
> Thanks Andrea. =A0But is there a way to also find the locations (indexes)
> of the 'b' characters?

Take a look at this thread, maybe you can get some ideas:

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin...by-talk/337667

Jesus.

string = "abcde abcde abcde"
sum = 0
result = []
blocks = string.split(/b/)
blocks.pop
blocks.each do |block|
sum += block.length
result << sum
sum += 1
end
p result # [1,7,13]

Don't tell anyone I've written this crap

--
Andrea Dallera
http://github.com/bolthar/freightrain
http://usingimho.wordpress.com


On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 02:01 +0900, Alex DeCaria wrote:
> Andrea Dallera wrote:
> > Hei,
> >
> > s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
> > m = s.scan(/b/)
> > p m # ['b','b','b']
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > --
> > Andrea Dallera
> > http://github.com/bolthar/freightrain
> > http://usingimho.wordpress.com
>
> Thanks Andrea. But is there a way to also find the locations (indexes)
> of the 'b' characters?
>
> --Alex

On 4/13/10, Alex DeCaria <> wrote:
> Andrea Dallera wrote:
>> Hei,
>>
>> s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
>> m = s.scan(/b/)
>> p m # ['b','b','b']
>>
>> HTH
>
> Thanks Andrea. But is there a way to also find the locations (indexes)
> of the 'b' characters?

I think this works:

s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
i=0
while i=s.index('b',i)
do_something_with i
end

Nope, tried it.

--
Andrea Dallera
http://github.com/bolthar/freightrain
http://usingimho.wordpress.com


On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 02:27 +0900, Caleb Clausen wrote:
> s = 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
> i=0
> while i=s.index('b',i)
> do_something_with i
> end

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:32 AM, Andrea Dallera
<> wrote:
> Nope, tried it.
>
> --
> Andrea Dallera
> http://github.com/bolthar/freightrain
> http://usingimho.wordpress.com
>
>
> On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 02:27 +0900, Caleb Clausen wrote:
>> s =3D 'abcde_abcde_abcde'
>> =A0 i=3D0
>> =A0 while i=3Ds.index('b',i)
>> =A0 =A0 =A0do_something_with i
>> =A0 end
>

what do you mean it does not work?

btw, you can also use stringscan. it's fast.

> s=3DStringScanner.new "this is a test string"
=3D> #<StringScanner 0/21 @ "this ...">

> p s.pos while s.scan_until /s/
4
7
13
16
=3D> nil


pls do not top post.

kind regards -botp