Re: [Rails] regular expression problem

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Vladimir Rybas wrote:

> "Antigua and Barbuda (+1268)".scan(/\d+/).to_s
> => 1268
>
> "Antigua and Barbuda (+1268)".scan(/\(\+\d+\)/).to_s
> => (+1268)

There's a nice technique for quickly getting a substring from a
string using a subscript-style notation:

"Antigua and Barbuda (+1268)"[/\(\+\d+\)/] # "(+1268)"

David

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