Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/core_ext/string/pull_regex.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#pull_regex(regexp) ⇒ Object

Given ‘string’, find all matches of regular expression (removed from string) and return them as an array of strings.



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# File 'lib/core_ext/string/pull_regex.rb', line 4

def pull_regex(regexp)
    found_values = []

    until ((value = self[regexp]).nil?)
        vindex = index(value)
        self[ vindex .. (vindex + value.length) ] = ""
        found_values << value.match(regexp)[1]
    end

    return found_values
end