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Elle Meredith
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Transcript
Regular Expressions with Ruby Elle Meredith – @aemeredith
Test Extract Change
/fox/ =~ "The quick brown fox" Basic Matching
/fox/ =~ "The quick brown fox" => 16 Basic Matching
/cat/ =~ "The quick brown fox" => nil Basic Matching
/cat/ !~ "The quick brown fox" => true Basic Matching
MatchData string = "The quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dog”
MatchData string = "The quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dog” ! matchdata = string.match /fox/ => #<MatchData "fox">
MatchData matchdata.to_s => "fox"
MatchData matchdata.pre_match => "The quick brown "
MatchData matchdata.post_match => " jumps over the lazy dog"
Captures string = "03APR2014" ! string.match /\D{3}/
Captures string = "03APR2014" ! string.match /\D{3}/
Captures string = "03APR2014" ! string.match /\D{3}/
Captures string = "03APR2014" ! string.match /\D{3}/ => #<MatchData "APR">
Captures md = string.match /(.*)(\D{3})(.*)/
Captures md = string.match /(.*)(\D{3})(.*)/
Captures md = string.match /(.*)(\D{3})(.*)/
Captures md = string.match /(.*)(\D{3})(.*)/ => #<MatchData "03APR2014" 1:"03" 2:"APR"
3:"2014">
Captures md.captures => ["03", "APR", "2014"]
Captures md = string.match /(.*)(\D{3})(.*)/ => #<MatchData "03APR2014" 1:"03" 2:"APR"
3:"2014">
Captures md[1] => "03" md[2] => "APR" md[3] => "2014"
Named Captures md = string.match /(?<day>.*)(? <month>\D{3})(?<year>.*)/ => #<MatchData "03APR2014"
day:"03" month:"APR" year:"2014">
Named Captures md = string.match /(?<day>.*)(? <month>\D{3})(?<year>.*)/ => #<MatchData "03APR2014"
day:"03" month:"APR" year:"2014">
Named Captures md = string.match /(?<day>.*)(? <month>\D{3})(?<year>.*)/ => #<MatchData "03APR2014"
day:"03" month:"APR" year:"2014">
Named Captures md = string.match /(?<day>.*)(? <month>\D{3})(?<year>.*)/ => #<MatchData "03APR2014"
day:"03" month:"APR" year:"2014">
Named Captures md['day'] => "03"
Look Around string = ''' I love my job, I
love the pay! I love it more and more each day. I love my boss, he is the best! I love his boss and all the rest. '''
Look Around string.scan /love my/ => ["love my", "love my”]
Positive Lookahead string.scan /love my (?=job)/ => ["love my "]
Changing things string.gsub(/love/, 'hate')
Changing things string.gsub(/love/, 'hate') => "\nI hate my job, I
hate the pay! \nI hate it more and more each day.\nI hate my boss, he is the best!\nI hate his boss and all the rest.\n"
Changing things string.gsub!(/\she/, ' she').gsub!(/ his/, 'her')
Changing things string.gsub!(/\she/, ' she').gsub!(/ his/, 'her')
Changing things string.gsub!(/\she/, ' she').gsub!(/ his/, ‘her') => "\nI love
my job, I love the pay! \nI love it more and more each day. \nI love my boss, she is the best!\nI love her boss and all the rest.\n"
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Regular Expressions with Ruby Elle Meredith – @aemeredith